'There is an icy distance': Teresa and Joe Giudice 'feeling pressure and resentment' as prison time approaches
Reality appears to have finally set in for Teresa Giudice and her husband Joe.
The legally troubled couple are said to be going through more emotional turmoil in the wake of their dual prison sentences in a federal court earlier this month.
Teresa and Joe, who are both 42, are feeling the pressure and taking it out on each other, Us Weekly is reporting.
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Reality setting in: Teresa Giudice and her husband Joe are experiencing 'resentment' as their dual prison sentences for bankruptcy fraud and conspiracy approach; the couple, both 42, was pictured on July 13
Their 'emotional connection is fading,' a source close to the Giudice family told the publication, adding: 'Resentment is creeping in. There is an icy distance.'
The author of Italian cookbooks will begin her 15 months behind bars first in a low-security prison beginning on January 5, leaving the couple's four daughters, Gia, 13, Gabriella, nine, Milania, eight, and Audriana, five, in Joe's care.
According to Us Weekly's source, Teresa is stressing because she doesn't believe Joe will look after their girls properly.
'Icy distance': The couple is said to have developed 'an icy distance' since their dual prison sentencing; Teresa and Joe appeared together on the often acrimonious RHONJ renunion on Bravo's Watch What Happens Live
Hands-on mama: Teresa will serve her 15 months behind bars first so Joe can look after their four daughters (pictured in 2013) but she's apparently stressing that he won't care for them properly
The Real Housewife Of New Jersey star 'expects him to step up and learn the girls’ schedules, but he hasn’t shown interest,' the source said.
That is grating on the nerves of Joe, who complains that 'Teresa is nagging' him.
In spite of the tensions, Teresa has no plans of leaving Joe, who held her hand during a recent and often acrimonious RHONJ reunion on Watch What Happens Live.
Step up to the plate: The best-selling cookbook author, pictured with Joe at court on March 4, is apparently 'resentful' of Joe because he's 'not interested' in learning their daughters' schedules
A friend told Us Weekly: 'Splitting up would cause the kids turmoil. She wouldn’t bring them more harm.'
Teresa, meanwhile, will serve time at the low-security prison where Orange Is The new Black is set.
A judge announced Wednesday that the mother-of-four will be assigned to Danbury Federal Prison in Connecticut.
The judge also nixed the star's request to serve most of her prison sentence in a halfway house.
Giudice was sentenced to 15 months in prison for bankruptcy fraud and conspiracy while Joe Giudice was sentenced to 41 months.
The Giudices pleaded guilty in March, admitting they hid assets from bankruptcy creditors and submitted phony loan applications to get $5 million in mortgages and construction loans.
Joe also pleaded guilty to failing to pay taxes totaling more than $200,000.
New Year: Teresa will begin serving her sentence on January 5 at the same low-security prison in Connecticut where Netflix hit Orange Is The New Black is set
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