Latest news with #Teresa
Newsweek
17 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
Why Was Joe Giudice Deported? Bravo Star Asks Trump for Pardon
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Reality star Joe Giudice, who was deported from the United States back to his native Italy in 2019 after being convicted on federal fraud charges asked President Donald Trump for a pardon on Thursday. "President Trump, I respect you and I'm asking for a second chance," Giudice wrote on Instagram, along with the hashtag "PardonJoeGiudice." Newsweek reached out to representatives for Giudice for comment. Why It Matters Giudice rose to fame alongside his now ex-wife Teresa Giudice on Bravo's Real Housewives of New Jersey. Teresa also appeared on the fifth season of The Celebrity Apprentice, which was hosted by Trump. Trump pardoned reality stars Todd and Julie Chrisley last month. The Chrisley Knows Best couple was convicted on fraud and tax evasion charges. Giuseppe "Joe" Giudice, from the "Real Housewives of New Jersey," stands during a hearing in the Passaic County Courthouse in Paterson, New Jersey, on October 15, 2014. Giuseppe "Joe" Giudice, from the "Real Housewives of New Jersey," stands during a hearing in the Passaic County Courthouse in Paterson, New Jersey, on October 15, 2014. William Perlman/NJ Advance Media via AP, Pool What To Know In 2014, Joe and Teresa each pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, one count of bankruptcy fraud by concealment of assets, one count of bankruptcy fraud by false oaths and one count of bankruptcy fraud by false declarations. Joe also pleaded guilty to one count of failure to file a tax return. Teresa was sentenced to 15 months in prison, while Joe was sentenced to 41 months. After Joe completed his sentence, he was deported to Italy. Joe was born in Italy and moved to New Jersey when he was 1 years old. He never obtained U.S. citizenship. He has since relocated to the Bahamas. Teresa and Joe, who share four daughters, finalized their divorce in 2020. Joe's Instagram post, which currently has over 38,000 likes, is captioned: "I'm Joe Guidice. I served my time, and I've been deported from the U.S. for nearly a decade. I was raised in Jersey. I'm a father of four amazing daughters and I just want to be allowed to visit them again. President Trump, I respect you and I'm asking for a second chance. @realdonaldtrump @donaldtrumpjr." Teresa commented on Joe's post on Thursday with prayer hands and heart emojis. "I love you dad," Milania Giudice, Joe and Teresa's daughter, wrote. Their oldest daughter Gia Giudice also wrote, "I love you." Fellow Real Housewives of New Jersey stars Siggy Flicker and Jen Aydin shared supportive comments on Joe's post. "I'm trying. Joe should be back home with his beautiful daughters," wrote Flicker, who was appointed to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's board of trustees by Trump. Earlier this year, Joe Guidice appeared on his ex-wife Teresa Guidice's podcast Turning the Tables where he spoke about fighting his deportation. "I got a lawyer working on something, but she's been working on it and hasn't done anything yet, so, I don't know, we'll see. I did get in front of the embassy and they denied that was it. I paid a bunch of money for that, so...I went, and it took not even five minutes and they denied it, so I'm done with this crap. It is what it is." What People Are Saying Joe Guidice said earlier this year on his ex-wife Teresa Guidice's podcast Turning the Tables about missing the U.S.: "Well, I mean, you got friends, family. I mean, everything. You grow up someplace, you get used to everything. I mean, that's why I adapt[ed] here in the Bahamas, Nassau, because it's kind of like Americanized, and I always see American people here. So, I kind of feel like I'm close to home. When I was in Italy, it wasn't really the same. It was nice, but it just felt far. Like, here, it's close. It's only two-and-a-half hours away, and I guess because everybody comes and visits me, I don't feel like I'm too far." What Happens Next? Trump has not commented publicly on whether he will pardon Joe. Do you have a story that Newsweek should be covering? Do you have any questions about this story? Contact LiveNews@
Daily Mirror
21 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
'Gran died in terrible pain after critics slammed her 'vulgar' paintings'
Now 17 years after her death, Beryl Cook's pictures of pub life are being appreciated by a younger audience and a new exhibition celebrating the artist will give her the acclaim she deserves Her saucy postcard-style portraits of ordinary folk having a laugh made Beryl Cook a hit with the British public. A seaside landlady who took up painting in her 30s, the artist was a 'glamorous granny who loved a gin and tonic and a Silk Cut ciggie' and captured her larger than life characters, basking in what she called 'the joy in life'. Whether they were necking a pint down the pub, winning at bingo, munching on a sausage sandwich, or mincing off to a hen party in a leopard print miniskirt – she painted a slice of British life, like a jolly modern Hogarth. It took a sniffy art establishment a long time to admit that Beryl's earthy style was far more nuanced than they ever gave her credit for. But now, 17 years after her death, a landmark new exhibition at The Box in Plymouth will celebrate 100 years of Beryl in her home city. Born before her time, the late artist's long overdue revival sees her genius being appreciated by a whole new generation. 'I really feel like there's a resurgence of love for Grandma,' says Beryl's granddaughter Sophie Cook, who runs the artist's website. 'An exhibition in London last year brought a new, younger eye to her art. READ MORE: 'We drank to excess and had debauched sex parties – but one drug split the band' 'Grandma was celebrating the fuller figure right from the beginning. People's attitudes have changed now – but Grandma was already there doing it.' Beryl's daughter-in-law Teresa, who has been married to Beryl's carpenter son John for 55 years, reveals a more pragmatic reason behind her voluptuous figures. 'She didn't like painting the background,' explains Teresa, 74. 'Beryl wanted the big characters, so that she could spend her time enjoying painting them and not the background!' Perhaps this straightforward approach to painting is what made execrable art critics like the late Brian Sewell sneer. But if he thought calling it 'vulgar' was a criticism, he was wrong, because Beryl relished the vulgar and her characters' fleshy, wobbly bits. Teresa also thinks critics didn't like her because she was funny. 'She told me, 'They said 'I haven't got a message,'' she says. Luckily, people have finally caught up with Beryl's message of diversity. Famously very shy and private, the artist surrounded herself with flamboyant people. 'Many of her friends were gay,' explains Teresa. 'She was totally unprejudiced about everything – she never minded other people's religions, politics, or wherever. She embraced it all. For her time, she was a free thinker.' Despite leaving school at 14, Beryl was also extremely well read. 'She always read books about people's lives. She was always observing people,' adds Teresa. A quick check on Beryl's Wikipedia page reveals her paintings are classed as 'naive'. 'There was nothing naive about Beryl,' argues Teresa. 'You could call her early paintings naive in the fact that they weren't sophisticated, but never naive.' Quite the opposite, Beryl often painted the ordinary man or woman at their raucous best. And, a master of her art, Beryl's attention to detail captured all of humanity's tics, secret desires and regrets. 'And lots of people smoking,' pipes up Sophie. 'Even when Grandma was forced to give up smoking – she could hardly breathe because of her asthma – she always had a full ashtray of butts in her studio!' 'I think it wasn't so much the smoking as the oil paints,' contradicts Teresa. 'She was breathing in those oil fumes every day for years.' A prolific painter, Beryl famously said how instead of doing housework, she would go and paint. 'She'd have breakfast, go to the shops for an hour, then come back and paint until lunchtime, then go up and paint until the light faded,' continues her daughter-in-law. 'Most paintings would take her a week or two.' Which explains why there are at least 500 Beryl Cook paintings out there. When she found fame, they were snapped up by celebrities like Yoko Ono and Jackie Collins. 'And more are still being discovered,' adds Teresa. 'Which is not easy because she never signed them, you see, she didn't feel like a real artist.' It's quite a back catalogue for someone without any formal training. Born in Surrey in 1926, one of four sisters brought up by their mum, after their dad left, Beryl turned her hand to a variety of jobs in London including model and showgirl. 'Well, she modelled knitting patterns,' laughs Teresa. 'And it was her sister who was a trained dancer, which is how she got roped into that.' In 1948, she married her childhood friend John Cook, who served in the merchant navy, and their son John was born in 1950. She was briefly a pub landlady, but in 1956, the family moved to Southern Rhodesia, now known as Zimbabwe, and it was here that Beryl discovered her talent by accident. READ MORE: 'I found priceless treasure rummaging on UK riverbank - and there's more out there' 'John senior was a car salesman and his brother-in-law had moved out there,' Teresa explains. 'One day Beryl was keeping young John occupied by doing the same painting – but while her son didn't do so well, she discovered she liked painting! 'However, she didn't like apartheid, so they came back to England, and her husband bought her an oil painting set.' After moving to Cornwall in 1965, Beryl started painting to cover her walls, then they bought a four-storey Georgian house on the Hooe, Plymouth, in 1968, and turned it into a guest house. Art student Teresa met Beryl's son John in a pub in Plymouth, and he took her home. 'There were all these paintings all over the walls. I said, 'Oh, wow.' And she asked, 'Do you like them?' I told her, 'Yeah, I do.' And we got on fine from then.' READ MORE: 'I caught British rock stars on film raw and up-close before they were famous' The seaside landlady kept a little room in the house where she did the ironing – and painted. 'The place was stacked with paintings,' says Teresa. 'She would paint on anything, like driftwood and log boxes.' Teresa reminds Sophie: "Remember you used it as a toy box, didn't you? And it had all these nudes dancing around it.' Beryl's granddaughter is now 41 and married with her own children in Cornwall, but she recalls spending wonderful weekends with her quirky and kind granny, having Sunday roasts and her 'wonderful lemon meringue pie'. 'My biggest memory is of her ice cream floats,' recalls Sophie with a smile. 'She liked cherry coke with a scoop of ice cream in it.' Aside from making Beryl the odd tenner when punters bought pictures she'd hung in her friend's pub, the family made their money from paying guests. 'They had one place rented out below, one rented out above, and then they lived on the ground floor,' recalls Teresa. 'They had three bedrooms with sinks in the rooms where she did B&B in the summer. 'She purposely didn't have a guest lounge, so she didn't have to talk to them, and would leave their breakfast for them on a tray outside each room. 'I remember she'd never serve tomatoes next to the eggs – she didn't like the colour combination!' Around this time, Teresa and John ran Elvira's Cafe in town, which also became the backdrop for some of Beryl's paintings 'She had this incredible photographic memory,' recalls Teresa. 'And when she looked at you, it felt uncomfortable because she was really looking.' It was only a matter of time before Beryl's genius was discovered, and one day the late actress Joanna Tope stayed at their guest house and fell in love with the landlady's art. 'Joanna knew Bernard Samuels, who ran the Plymouth Arts Centre, and she told him, 'Oh, you've got to come and see this.' Bernard had to come around three times to persuade Beryl to actually have an exhibition.' The exhibition was a sell-out and before long, Beryl became the toast of the town. She went national when a Sunday newspaper put her on their cover and she appeared on LWT's South Bank Show. Worried people would be offended by her work, Beryl was tickled when she discovered the public loved her art. 'She received so much fan mail and it gave her an enormous boost,' says Teresa. 'She didn't want fame, she wanted her paintings to be famous. And the only reason she did TV was for her fans. She was terribly nervous over all that sort of thing and used to have a little drink beforehand!' In 1995 Beryl was awarded an OBE, which she was too shy to collect, but the fame and fortune that came with it meant she could lavish money on her most precious thing – her family. 'She was very generous with us,' agrees Teresa. Happily, the artist, who was by then in her late 50s, got to enjoy some of the rewards. 'She treated herself by going to the US on Concorde and then they came back on the QE2 – she loved that,' says Teresa. After suffering from cancer, Beryl died aged 81, in 2008. 'They say it was cancer, but she gave up when she couldn't paint any more,' reveals Teresa. 'She painted her last artwork Tommy Dancing in 2008, so she really did paint up until her last, but she was in terrible pain from sitting with her legs crossed at her easel for hours and leaning forward to paint.' John senior enjoyed several more years before he passed away aged 88, in 2014. Beryl always said family was 'the most important thing in my life, not my painting.' But they love her painting - and so, now, does the art world. 'Her art has provided for us all,' says Sophie. 'And we're so grateful.' • The Beryl Cook exhibition will be The Box, Plymouth, from January 24, 2026 at
Courier-Mail
21-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Courier-Mail
TV star abruptly ends interview: ‘Hanging up'
Don't miss out on the headlines from Reality. Followed categories will be added to My News. Teresa Giudice unceremoniously cut off an interview when asked about tax liens totalling over $US3 million ($4.6 million). In a clip shared via X Friday, the Real Housewives of New Jersey star, 53, fielded questions from local anchor Larry Potash at WGN9 in Chicago during a remote interview. 'How is it that a family doesn't pay their taxes for years?' Potash asked. 'Is that what the fraud charges were?' 'Um, who's – what family are you talking about?' the Bravo star asked, to which he replied, 'Your family.' Teresa Giudice abruptly ended a TV interview after she was asked a tax fraud question. 'OK,' Giudice said before attempting to end the video stream. 'Let's just hang up. That's it,' she said. Text reading 'Teresa's iPhone' could then be seen on the screen as the call ended. 'She didn't like that question,' marvelled Potash. 'Yeah. Well,' responded his co-anchor in the awkward clip. In an X re-post of the video, Potash quipped, 'In the words of one of our viewers, she evaded that question like …taxes.' Teresa, who was jailed for fraud charges in 2015, was not impressed with the question and immediately hung up. A black screen soon appeared, much to the shock of the hosts. Giudice owes $US303,889.20 ($470,000) in tax liens, according to documents obtained by Page Six back in March. Her husband, Louis 'Luis' Ruelas, whom she married in 2022, owes upwards of $US2.6 million ($4 million). The former Dancing With the Stars star was married to Joe Giudice for 20 years before their 2020 split. And prior to that, both served time in prison for mail, wire and bankruptcy fraud. Teresa was behind bars for 11 months in 2015. Joe, meanwhile, spent two years in prison before being released in 2019 and subsequently deported to his birthplace of Italy. Teresa served 11 months behind bars for mail, wire and bankruptcy fraud. Picture:/AFP Her now ex -husband husband Joe Giudice served two years in prison in the US before being deported to Italy in 2019. Picture: Getty Images Teresa (centre) has been a mainstay cast member on The Real Housewives of New Jersey since Season 1 in 2009. Picture: Tommy Garcia/Bravo The former couple shares daughters Gia, Gabriella, Milania and Audriana. Teresa's lookalike daughter Gia, 24, downplayed the family debt during a March episode of her Casual Chaos iHeart podcast. 'Let's start from the beginning,' she said. 'My mum has been the sole provider for my sisters and I since the minute my father [Joe] left for prison. The second my mum got home from jail, she has been working her arse off to make sure that my sisters and I live a stable life and that my family is financially stable.' Gia continued, saying she 'can't stress enough' how hard her 'mum has worked' and assured her listeners that 'everything will be resolved.' 'My mum has everything under control, and there's nothing to worry about,' she explained. This article originally appeared in Page Six and was reproduced with permission Originally published as Real Housewives star Teresa Giudice abruptly ends live TV interview when asked personal question
RNZ News
20-06-2025
- RNZ News
Australians in Bali during 2017 volcano eruption warn others to take out travel insurance
By Angelica Silva , ABC Passengers look at an electronic board displaying cancelled flights at the Ngurah Rai International Airport in Tuban near Denpasar on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on 21 March 2025, after Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano in the archipelago nation's east erupted, shooting dark ash eight kilometres into the sky. Photo: Sonny Tumbelaka / AFP Brisbane woman Teresa was excited about her girls' trip to Bali in 2017. Her group even extended their trip to enjoy the Indonesian holiday island a little longer. But when the time came to fly home, Bali's Mount Agung threw their plans into chaos. The volcano erupted in November of that year, causing some 150,000 residents to evacuate from their homes nearby. Mount Agung spews ash into the sky on 27 November. Photo: AFP / CITIZENSIDE / Nelli Kopylova Bali's busy Denpasar airport was also closed due to ash fall from the mountain. "The whole thing was a debacle," said Teresa, who is again in Bali for a holiday. She told the ABC she was "experiencing deja vu". Bali airport has reopened following this week's eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki on the nearby island of Flores, but holiday-makers are warned that disruptions may continue. Photo: STR/AFP But Teresa, who only wants to be identified by her first name, said this time she didn't make the same mistake as in 2017 - not taking out travel insurance. During the previous trip, only one of Teresa's friends had travel insurance. "She was able to get a Singapore Airlines flight out quickly, about three days after the eruption," she said. "One friend was flown to Sydney [as a transit point] where the airport was closed at the time and there was no accommodation available. "She actually sat on the kerb outside the terminal waiting all night on her own. It was shocking." It was a similar story for another one of her friends, who was flying home to Perth but had to stay overnight in Darwin. "The airport there was closed at night. She sat on her suitcase until the next morning," she said. For Teresa, it took just over a week to leave Bali - and even then it wasn't a direct trip home. "I had to fly to Melbourne first, then I got put into a run-down motel the airline had booked for the passengers," she said. Indonesia's transport ministry said some 14,000 travellers had been affected by the eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki. They said despite the airport returning to normal operations, a backlog of passengers was expected to take some time to clear. Members of an Indonesian search and rescue team gather for a roll call as they conclude the search operations on Mount Marapi after all survivors and victims have been found, in Batupalano, Agam, West Sumatra on 7 December 7, 2023. Photo: ADI PRIMA / AFP Several flights between capital cities and Bali scheduled for Wednesday morning were cancelled after Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupted on Tuesday evening. Others slated for Wednesday evening were delayed for hours. Indonesian authorities raised the volcanic alert to the highest level and two villages were evacuated. Denpasar airport operators said in a statement on Wednesday that 87 flights were affected by the eruption - 66 international and 21 domestic. The international flights affected included legs to and from Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Melbourne, the Gold Coast, Perth, Sydney, Singapore, Auckland, Kuala Lumpur and Ho Chi Minh City. Andrew was in the Indonesian city of Bandung during Mount Agung's eruption in 2017. Mount Agung belched smoke as high as 1500 metres above its summit on November 26. Photo: AFP / Muhammad Fauzy / NurPhoto He said, unlike Teresa's experience, having travel insurance covered the cost of his cancelled flight and accommodation. "My flight from Bandung to Bali was cancelled, so I had to stay a few extra days until a flight was available," he told the ABC. Andrew managed to get a flight to Lombok, where he stayed overnight. The next morning, he caught a boat to Bali, where he now lives. "My travel insurance covered everything," he said. "You just never know what's going to come up and change all of your plans." These experiences reiterate how travel insurance is "essential protection" for holidays, said CHOICE insurance expert Jodi Bird. Jodi Bird says Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki's eruption is "a perfect example" of having travel insurance at the right time. Photo: Supplied / Jodi Bird "The volcano affecting travel to Bali is a perfect example. If you bought your travel insurance in time, it will help you with the cost of cancelling or rescheduling your holiday," Bird told the ABC. Bird said in order to be covered for natural disasters, you need to buy travel insurance before the incident becomes "a known event". Otherwise, it could be too late. "Once an event becomes known, it's generally too late to buy insurance to cover you for that specific event." An event becomes "known" when it is publicised in the media, or official government websites, like the government's Smartraveller. "For a major event, like the Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, many insurers will publish advice on their website about when you needed to buy the policy to be covered," Bird said. However, he said some insurers have cut off cover in the last few days: "The trick is to know your destination and buy travel insurance when you book your trip." Travel insurance can be purchased from a direct insurance company, or through travel agencies like Webjet and Flight Centre. In other cases, some credit card providers offer complimentary travel insurance as a perk. When choosing a policy, it is important to understand the coverage and exclusions. - ABC
ABC News
20-06-2025
- ABC News
Australians in Bali during 2017 volcano eruption warn others to take out travel insurance
Brisbane woman Teresa was excited about her girls' trip to Bali in 2017. Her group even extended their trip to enjoy the Indonesian holiday island a little longer. But when the time came to fly home, Bali's Mount Agung threw their plans into chaos. The volcano erupted in November of that year, causing some 150,000 residents to evacuate from their homes nearby. Bali's busy Denpasar airport was also closed due to ash fall from the mountain. "The whole thing was a debacle," said Teresa, who is again in Bali for a holiday. She told the ABC she was "experiencing deja vu". Bali airport has reopened following this week's eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki on the nearby island of Flores, but holiday-makers are warned that disruptions may continue. But Teresa, who only wants to be identified by her first name, said this time she didn't make the same mistake as in 2017 — not taking out travel insurance. During the previous trip, only one of Teresa's friends had travel insurance. "She was able to get a Singapore Airlines flight out quickly, about three days after the eruption," she said. "One friend was flown to Sydney where the airport was closed at the time and there was no accommodation available. It was a similar story for another one of her friends, who was flying home to Perth but had to stay overnight in Darwin. "The airport there was closed at night. She sat on her suitcase until the next morning," she said. For Teresa, it took just over a week to leave Bali — and even then it wasn't a direct trip home. "I had to fly to Melbourne first, then I got put into a run-down motel the airline had booked for the passengers," she said. Indonesia's transport ministry said some 14,000 travellers had been affected by the eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki. They said despite the airport returning to normal operations, a backlog of passengers was expected to take some time to clear. A number of flights between capital cities and Bali scheduled for Wednesday morning were cancelled after Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupted on Tuesday evening. Others slated for Wednesday evening were delayed for hours. Indonesian authorities raised the volcanic alert to the highest level and two villages were evacuated. Denpasar airport operators said in a statement on Wednesday that 87 flights were affected by the eruption — 66 international and 21 domestic. The international flights affected included legs to and from Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Melbourne, the Gold Coast, Perth, Sydney, Singapore, Auckland, Kuala Lumpur and Ho Chi Minh City. Andrew was in the Indonesian city of Bandung during Mount Agung's eruption in 2017. He said unlike Teresa's experience, having travel insurance covered the cost of his cancelled flight and accommodation. "My flight from Bandung to Bali was cancelled, so I had to stay a few extra days until a flight was available," he told the ABC. Andrew managed to get a flight to Lombok, where he stayed overnight. The next morning, he caught a boat to Bali, where he now lives. "My travel insurance covered everything," he said. These experiences reiterate how travel insurance is "essential protection" for holidays, said CHOICE insurance expert Jodi Bird. "The volcano affecting travel to Bali is a perfect example. If you bought your travel insurance in time, it will help you with the cost of cancelling or rescheduling your holiday," Mr Bird told the ABC. Mr Bird said in order to be covered for natural disasters, you need to buy travel insurance before the incident becomes "a known event". Otherwise, it could be too late. An event becomes "known" when it is publicised in the media, or official government websites, like the government's Smartraveller. "For a major event, like the Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, many insurers will publish advice on their website about when you needed to buy the policy to be covered," Mr Bird said. However, he said some insurers have cut off cover in the last few days: "The trick is to know your destination and buy travel insurance when you book your trip." Travel insurance can be purchased from a direct insurance company, or through travel agencies like Webjet and Flight Centre. In other cases, some credit card providers offer complimentary travel insurance as a perk. When choosing a policy, it is important to understand the coverage and exclusions.
