Back in love! Teresa Giudice gushes about 'honey' Joe and 'sneaking' off for romance... as she reveals he'll enter 'alcohol program' when in prison 

  • Teresa said she had to 'sneak' off with Joe her first night home from prison
  • He added he 'missed everything about her' when she was in jailed
  • The star, 43, wants to get into a Jacuzzi with her 'honey' for Valentine's Day
  • She also said that he has been drinking too much and will go to a program
  • Teresa addresses cheating claims saying they are 'devoted' to each other 

Teresa Giudice spent almost one year inside the Danbury Federal Correctional Facility in Connecticut due to 40 counts of fraud charges.

And during that time the 43-year-old Bravo beauty was not able to have sex with her spouse, Joe, because she thought conjugal visits did not provide the right 'setting.'

But they made up for it when she returned to their New Jersey home on December 23. 'My husband and I had to sneak into another room in the middle of the night [away from the kids],' the Real Housewives Of New Jersey star told People. 

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The love is still there: Teresa Giudice told People on Wednesday that she is happy with her 'honey' Joe; here they are seen in a RHONJ teaser on the first night she returned home from prison  

The love is still there: Teresa Giudice told People on Wednesday that she is happy with her 'honey' Joe; here they are seen in a RHONJ teaser on the first night she returned home from prison  

Her rock: The reality star said the two are 'devoted' to each other after 16 years of marriage

Her rock: The reality star said the two are 'devoted' to each other after 16 years of marriage

The kiss:'My husband and I had to sneak into another room in the middle of the night,' the Real Housewives Of New Jersey star told People about their first intimate night together in nearly a year

The kiss:'My husband and I had to sneak into another room in the middle of the night,' the Real Housewives Of New Jersey star told People about their first intimate night together in nearly a year

That was after all four of her children - Gia, 15, Gabriella, 11, Milania, 10, and Audriana, six - fell asleep in their king bed inside their New Jersey mansion, which they saved from foreclosure.

Teresa added she is already looking forward to Valentine's Day with her man. 'I would love to take a Jacuzzi bath with my honey and just stay home.' 

Joe couldn't stop gushing about his wife of 16 years to the magazine.

Their clan: That was after all four of her children - Gia, 15, Gabriella, 11, Milania, 10, and Audriana, six - fell asleep in their king bed inside their New Jersey mansion, which they saved from foreclosure

Their clan: That was after all four of her children - Gia, 15, Gabriella, 11, Milania, 10, and Audriana, six - fell asleep in their king bed inside their New Jersey mansion, which they saved from foreclosure

Bonded for life: Teresa added she is already looking forward to Valentine's Day with her man. 'I would love to take a Jacuzzi bath with my honey and just stay home'

Bonded for life: Teresa added she is already looking forward to Valentine's Day with her man. 'I would love to take a Jacuzzi bath with my honey and just stay home'

'I missed everything about her when she was gone,' he said. 'It's just so good to have her back.'

The businessman also said that he didn't even mind her hollering. 'When she's here she's constantly calling my name. It's always Joe this, Joe that.'

Joe missed his wife so much, in fact, that during her nearly year stay in jail he drank heavily to deal with the pain. 'The whole year she was gone I drank a couple bottles of wine at night, every day, just to go to bed.'

The reality diva addressed his drinking in her interview.

In love: 'I missed everything about her when she was gone,' he said. 'It's just so good to have her back'; here they are seen in 2011

In love: 'I missed everything about her when she was gone,' he said. 'It's just so good to have her back'; here they are seen in 2011

'He drinks a lot,' she said. 'He's gonna get into, God willing, the right alcohol program, I want him to do a program; let's just leave it at that. He's not abusive or anything, thank God, but he drinks every day. That's not good. It's not good for your liver.'

Joe's 41-month sentence begins in March. 

As far as claims that he cheated on her before she went to prison, she said there's no proof.

'No woman has ever come up to me and said that my husband was having an affair with her,' she stated.

Getting real: 'He drinks a lot,' she said. 'He's gonna get into, God willing, the right alcohol program, I want him to do a program; let's just leave it at that'; here they are seen in 2010

Getting real: 'He drinks a lot,' she said. 'He's gonna get into, God willing, the right alcohol program, I want him to do a program; let's just leave it at that'; here they are seen in 2010

And she offered: 'We've been married 16 years; listen, we're both devoted to each other, and I don't have a collar around his neck. If we didn't want to be around each other, we would both go our separate ways.'

As far as her new thinner body - she worked out steadily while in prison - he's into it. 'He likes my body,' she said. 'I just lost my ass. My husband says, "You gotta do squats."'

When she offered to get implants, Joe scoffed, saying he would not touch them.

Teresa then hilariously countered: 'I'm like, "Why? I have fake boobs and you touch them!"'

The new and improved Trey: The star seen leaving Good Morning America in New York City on Tuesday

The new and improved Trey: The star seen leaving Good Morning America in New York City on Tuesday

This interview comes after a Tuesday teaser for The Real Housewives Of New Jersey season seven showed her hugging Joe the first night she was home from prison. 

'After 11 months in prison, be there for the moment Teresa comes home,' read the text on the clip.

When the star first gets home she can see handwritten signs that have been taped to the front door of her residence, which is now out of foreclosure.

Good to go: On Monday it was announced The Real Housewives Of New Jersey is set to return for season seven. And there are plenty of vets on board, including Teresa, Melissa Gorga and friend Jacqueline Laurita

Good to go: On Monday it was announced The Real Housewives Of New Jersey is set to return for season seven. And there are plenty of vets on board, including Teresa, Melissa Gorga and friend Jacqueline Laurita

The mother mom of four is greeted by Joe and their daughters. Teresa was so overcome with emotion that she covers her face with her hands.

Giudice looks different from her pre-prison days with a slimmer figure and shorter hair. She also much less makeup on than normal.

Joe is dressed in nothing but a black tank top that shows off his many tattoos. 'Hi, honey. Welcome home,' he said. 

This comes the day after Bravo confirmed the series would return for a seventh season with the new episodes centering on Teresa, Melissa Gorga and Jacqueline Laurita.

Finally talking: Also on Monday a new teaser for Giudice's first post-prison sit down with ABC's Good Morning America was shared where the beauty revealed her New Jersey mansion is out of foreclosure

Finally talking: Also on Monday a new teaser for Giudice's first post-prison sit down with ABC's Good Morning America was shared where the beauty revealed her New Jersey mansion is out of foreclosure

Stronger than ever: The TV star had no problem talking about her painful past that included time in jail

Stronger than ever: The TV star had no problem talking about her painful past that included time in jail

Other cast members have yet to be announced. The show will debut later this year.

Also on Tuesday, Teresa's Good Morning America interview aired. She described prison life as 'hell.' 

'It was no country club, trust me,' she said. 'There was mold in the bathrooms, there was not running water constantly, the showers were freezing cold. It was hell.' 

While she says there were fights in the jail, she was never scared because she knew she 'could hold my own'.

Still, she says meeting the women changed her opinion of criminals as all being bad people. To the contrary, she says she encountered a good amount of kindness and even made fiends.

'The girls were amazing there. Anytime someone new comes we help each other,' she said. 

Home again: Teresa looked to be in good spirits as she told Robach in her ABC interview, which will air Tuesday at 7 am EST: '[We're not in] foreclosure any longer, thank you, God. And our restitution's paid off. We're in - thank God - in good shape'

Home again: Teresa looked to be in good spirits as she told Robach in her ABC interview, which will air Tuesday at 7 am EST: '[We're not in] foreclosure any longer, thank you, God. And our restitution's paid off. We're in - thank God - in good shape'

Determined: 'Losing the family home was never an option. Teresa made that very clear to me,' Leonard said. 'There was no way we were going to let that happen. I am very happy it all worked out'

Determined: 'Losing the family home was never an option. Teresa made that very clear to me,' Leonard said. 'There was no way we were going to let that happen. I am very happy it all worked out'

'I am very excited to be back,' Giudice told Bravo's The Daily Dish on Monday about her return to RHONJ.

'For me, this season is all about letting go of the past and embracing the future. People are calling me Teresa 2.0.'  

Her house arrest ended on Friday. 

Gorga added: 'I can't wait for you to see what we've been up to and how much our kids have grown.'

Also in her GMA interview, Teresa told Amy Robach: '[We're not in] foreclosure any longer, thank you, God. And our restitution's paid off. We're in - thank God - in good shape.'

'Like a lot of people, the Giudices had fallen behind on their mortgage payments, which then puts the home into foreclosure as a way to protect the bank,' her lawyer, James J. Leonard Jr. told People.

Hawking her story: Her new book Turning the Tables: From Housewife To Inmate And Back Again is out Tuesday

Hawking her story: Her new book Turning the Tables: From Housewife To Inmate And Back Again is out Tuesday

 

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