Teresa Giudice’s Fiance Luis ‘Louie’ Ruelas’ Controversial Video: What to Know, ‘RHONJ’ Stars’ Reactions

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Teresa Giudice’s Fiance Luis 'Louie' Ruelas' Controversial Video: What to Know, 'RHONJ' Stars' Reactions

After keeping her relationship with Luis “Louie” Ruelas mostly behind-the-scenes during season 11 of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, Teresa Giudice’s fiancé will be front and center during season 12 of the Bravo series. Teresa’s costars wasted no time talking about Louie on the Tuesday, February 1, premiere, bringing up a resurfaced video of the businessman. In the clip that surfaced on social media in July 2021, Louie addressed one of his exes on the beach. “I'm coming home to see you, get engaged and bring our family together and finally get married and have a life together. I’ve been here for a week,” said a shirtless Louie — surrounded by other shirtless men, whom he referred to as his “brothers.” He also referred to one of the men as “coach Kevin,” implying he’s been at a retreat of sorts. He continued: “I love our children and I hope you receive this message well. Thank you, I love you. Thank you for your time. I hope that this hits your heart. … And I hope to come home to have the opportunity to talk to you, and share with you my experience with my life.” After he is encouraged to speak from the heart instead of his “f—king brain,” Louie yelled, “I love you. I’m sorry I made mistakes and held myself back and held my truth inside and worried about other people around me. … I’m sorry I put you through pain. Thank you for being patient with me and seeing the man that you saw in me.” [jwplayer kloZi4Te-zhNYySv2] Teresa and Louie started dating in July 2020, less than one year after she announced her split from Joe Giudice. He popped the question in October 2021, nearly one year after they went public. This isn’t the first time that he has made headlines for his past since their romance began. During the season 11 reunion, Teresa was asked about allegations that Louie mistreated past girlfriends and “demanded” sex from his past partners. “Obviously, you can't believe everything you read. I have found my match. … Next question," Teresa replied at the time, noting that his exes are “so thirsty” and coming out with allegations because of her role on RHONJ. More recently, the longtime Bravo star defended Louie against allegations that he was using Teresa for fame. “I know people make all these judgments and say all these things on social media regarding him. Like he wants to be on TV. He so does not want to be on TV. It's so not his thing. If anything, he's supporting me, but it's really not his thing. And the craziest things that they say, like, he planned to meet me that day. No, he didn't even know who I was, and he's never been at the Jersey Shore, that was his first time. And it's crazy,” she told Entertainment Tonight in November 2021. "I wish people would just leave us alone. Anybody that's negative, just please leave us alone. Because first of all, they're never going to destroy our happiness, just leave it at that. It's never going to happen. And I'm a very strong, strong individual. If everyone doesn't know that, I am. And if they knock me down, I'll get right back up." The Real Housewives of New Jersey airs on Bravo Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET. Scroll through for Teresa’s costars opinions on the video:

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Teresa Giudice’s Fiance Luis 'Louie' Ruelas' Controversial Video: What to Know, 'RHONJ' Stars' Reactions

After keeping her relationship with Luis “Louie” Ruelas mostly behind-the-scenes during season 11 of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, Teresa Giudice’s fiancé will be front and center during season 12 of the Bravo series. Teresa’s costars wasted no time talking about Louie on the Tuesday, February 1, premiere, bringing up a resurfaced video of the businessman. In the clip that surfaced on social media in July 2021, Louie addressed one of his exes on the beach. “I'm coming home to see you, get engaged and bring our family together and finally get married and have a life together. I’ve been here for a week,” said a shirtless Louie — surrounded by other shirtless men, whom he referred to as his “brothers.” He also referred to one of the men as “coach Kevin,” implying he’s been at a retreat of sorts. He continued: “I love our children and I hope you receive this message well. Thank you, I love you. Thank you for your time. I hope that this hits your heart. … And I hope to come home to have the opportunity to talk to you, and share with you my experience with my life.” After he is encouraged to speak from the heart instead of his “f—king brain,” Louie yelled, “I love you. I’m sorry I made mistakes and held myself back and held my truth inside and worried about other people around me. … I’m sorry I put you through pain. Thank you for being patient with me and seeing the man that you saw in me.” [jwplayer kloZi4Te-zhNYySv2] Teresa and Louie started dating in July 2020, less than one year after she announced her split from Joe Giudice. He popped the question in October 2021, nearly one year after they went public. This isn’t the first time that he has made headlines for his past since their romance began. During the season 11 reunion, Teresa was asked about allegations that Louie mistreated past girlfriends and “demanded” sex from his past partners. “Obviously, you can't believe everything you read. I have found my match. … Next question," Teresa replied at the time, noting that his exes are “so thirsty” and coming out with allegations because of her role on RHONJ. More recently, the longtime Bravo star defended Louie against allegations that he was using Teresa for fame. “I know people make all these judgments and say all these things on social media regarding him. Like he wants to be on TV. He so does not want to be on TV. It's so not his thing. If anything, he's supporting me, but it's really not his thing. And the craziest things that they say, like, he planned to meet me that day. No, he didn't even know who I was, and he's never been at the Jersey Shore, that was his first time. And it's crazy,” she told Entertainment Tonight in November 2021. "I wish people would just leave us alone. Anybody that's negative, just please leave us alone. Because first of all, they're never going to destroy our happiness, just leave it at that. It's never going to happen. And I'm a very strong, strong individual. If everyone doesn't know that, I am. And if they knock me down, I'll get right back up." The Real Housewives of New Jersey airs on Bravo Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET. Scroll through for Teresa’s costars opinions on the video:

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Jackie Goldschneider

“The truth is that I thought the video — it was very odd. I think we all did,” Jackie exclusively told Us Weekly. “But really the only thing that matters is whether or not Teresa is happy and whether or not Teresa likes him. I mean, she's the one who's with him behind closed doors and if she loves him and he truly makes her happy, then, you know, a weird video — and my opinion of it — it really shouldn't be relevant.”

Jackie added, however, that it’s “justified” for the cast to have questions as Louie makes waves in the press.

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Melissa Gorga

“I [knew] there was, like, these videos swirling, and I knew there were rumors and exes and all this stuff was going on, but who has a bigger past than Teresa?” Melissa, Teresa’s sister-in-law, told Us. “Teresa has a past as well. I don't wanna judge Louie on his past. I wanna judge him for how he acts when he's in the room with us, how he treats us, how he treats Teresa, how, you know, he treats the girls. That's what I'm judging. If you judge me off some of the relationships I've had before I met Joe [Gorga], you'd be like, ‘Wow, she's crazy.’ We all act to fool sometimes with our exes. So I chose not to, you know, judge him off that. I can't say that all my castmates agree with me on that — some of them wanna like, you know, [go] balls to the wall, like keep questioning, which causes chaos, of course.”

When asked what Joe’s relationship with Louie is currently like, Melissa told Us it’s “great,” explaining, “He talks to him all the time. They really do. I mean, he's gonna be my brother-in-law, he's gonna be our brother-in-law. So we choose to welcome him, to embrace him. And you know, if Teresa's happy, we're happy. … There’s nothing to prove."

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Dolores Catania

“People are entitled to their opinion. I saw the same things that they saw, however, I didn't see red flags from them,” Dolores told Us. “I saw the same thing Teresa saw. I'm OK, I'm not alarmed by it. What I see is how he is with her and how happy he makes her, and they've been together long enough where you would've seen by now if there was something. I have never seen her so happy so how can I question that? It's not like it's new, they've passed the threshold of new, they're engaged. They live together. They spend every moment together.”

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Jennifer Aydin

“I think Louie is absolutely amazing. I think that he brings out the best in Teresa. I think they bring out the best in each other,” Jennifer said. “It's really nice to see somebody so happy and sometimes it's sad to see, like, if you feel that somebody's trying to ruin it, whether that's the case or not. So there are times where she just feels that her relationship is threatened and she's typical Tre."