<p id=”par-1_12″>Teresa Giudice definitely does not want to talk about her tax problems. </p>
<p id=”par-2_54″>On Friday, <a href=”http://cheatsheet.com/tag/the-real-housewives-of-new-jersey”><em>The Real Housewives of New Jersey</em></a><em> </em>star was a guest on Chicago’s WGN News Morning Show. <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/teresa-giudice-doubles-down-pledge-never-film-the-real-housewives-of-new-jersey-melissa-gorga-again.html/”>The Bravo personality</a> was promoting her upcoming “Party With a Housewife” event on June 29 at Zanie’s Comedy Club in Rosemont, Illinois. But the conversation turned testy when anchor Larry Potash inquired about her tax problems. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-teresa-giudice-refuses-to-answer-questions-about-tax-fraud-i-m-hanging-up”>Teresa Giudice refuses to answer questions about tax fraud: ‘I’m hanging up’ </h2>
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<p id=”par-3_33″>After Teresa chatted with Potash’s co-host Robin Baumgarten about daughter Gia Giudice’s <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/real-housewives-kids-gia-giudice-brooks-marks-next-gen-nyc.html/”>new Bravo show <em>NextGen NYC</em></a><em> </em>and her thoughts on the rumored <em>RHONJ </em>reboot, Potash cut in with a more pointed question. </p>
<p id=”par-4_14″>“How is it that a family doesn’t pay their taxes for years?” he asked. </p>
<p id=”par-5_8″>“What family are you talking about?” Teresa replied. </p>
<p id=”par-6_12″>“I’m talking about your family. Isn’t that what the fraud charges were?”</p>
<p id=”par-7_32″>Teresa, who was on a video call, was obviously not happy to be quizzed about her guilty plea in a 2014 tax fraud case, which landed her in prison for 11 months. </p>
<p id=”par-8_19″>“OK, I’m hanging up,” she announced. She then turned her phone into portrait mode before the screen went dark. </p>
<p id=”par-9_21″>“She didn’t like that question,” Potash quipped. “Wasn’t that part of the show? … It’s what reality shows are made of.” </p>
<p id=”par-10_74″>While Giudice’s prison stint happened more than a decade ago, her tax problems might not be behind her. Earlier this year, <a href=”https://people.com/teresa-giudice-and-husband-luis-ruelas-hit-with-usd3-million-in-tax-liens-11702630″>People</a> reported that she and her current husband, Luis Ruelas, have been hit with more then $3 million in tax liens, with most of the money owed by Ruelas. (Teresa’s ex-husband, Joe Giudice, also served 41 months for tax fraud. He was deported to Italy following his release, and he and Teresa divorced.) </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-wgn-news-anchor-compares-teresa-giudice-to-tom-sandoval-healthy-self-awareness”>WGN News anchor compares Teresa Giudice to Tom Sandoval: ‘Healthy self-awareness’ </h2>
<p id=”par-11_48″>Teresa wasn’t the only Bravo alum on WGN’s morning show on Friday. Later in the broadcast, Potash and Baumgarten also chatted with <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/tom-sandoval-joins-tiffany-new-york-pollard-and-kate-chastain-in-house-of-villains-season-3.html/”><em>Vanderpump Rules </em>star Tom Sandoval</a>, who was promoting live appearances in Illinois and Michigan this weekend. <a href=”https://youtu.be/Z0eUt1EMyKw?feature=shared”>The interview</a> was less combative than their conversation with Teresa. </p>
<p id=”par-12_35″>“Compared to other reality [stars] that we’ve interviewed on this show, at least today, you seem like you really have a healthy self-awareness,” Potash said, getting in one more dig at the table-flipping <em>RHONJ </em>star. </p>
<p id=”par-13_23″>“I think it’s really important to have self-awareness when you’re on a reality show,” Sandoval agreed. “You’re constantly reminded when you watch yourself…” </p>
<p id=”par-14_57″>“It’s not one of those things where you get residuals every time because it’s reality TV,” he added, referencing his cheating scandal, where he stepped out on his long-term girlfriend Ariana Madix with fellow cast member Rachel Leviss. “But you sure as hell have to relive it and get the slew of negativity that comes with it.” </p>
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