Following Luis Ruelas‘ anti-Joe Gorga and Melissa Gorga rant to his soon-to-be wife Teresa Giudice on Tuesday night’s (May 9) episode of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, fans of the show have taken to Twitter to slam him as a “malignant narcissist.”
Early in the episode, Luis referred to his brother-in-law as an “animal,” before saying he won’t “lower” himself “to fucking trash” while discussing the Gorgas’ decision to reject the invitation to their rehearsal dinner — despite them not being included in the wedding in the first place.
While getting ready for a party later on in the episode, matters only worsened as Luis lost his temper when he told Teresa that her brother is “gaslighting” and “manipulating” her.
“Your brother is devilishly calculated by everything he does that he’s actually thinking about how to hurt you,” he said. “It’s disgusting.”
Luis went on to say he doesn’t want Joe — whom he called a “pig of an energy” — attending their upcoming wedding. And when Teresa asked if he would be confronting him at the party that night, he said, “I would like to talk to your brother as much as I’d like to talk to a rat in the street.”
Luis added that Teresa is “not gonna recognize” him if something explosive happens at the party, while telling her, “I’m fucking done, man. It’s scary what can happen tonight.”
Meanwhile, fans of the show have taken to Twitter to blast Luis for his heated tirade.
“Luis is doing everything in his power to ensure the Joe Gorga can’t attend his sister’s wedding so Luis can ‘win’ and isolate her from her sibling,” one wrote. “Luis is a narcissist and everything is about his ego.”
Another added, “To me it’s so obvious he’s a narcissist. He’s a textbook abuser. Isolating her. Next it will be her friends. Everything he said was projection.”
“This is a very different Luis than the ‘peacemaker’ and ‘mediator’ we saw earlier in the season,” a third person pointed out.
As predicted, things only seem to get messier in next week’s season finale. According to a preview, a bulging-eyed Luis says, “I don’t give a fuck because I’m a winner. I’m winning,” while he and Joe appear to get held back from each other by their fellow castmates.
The Real Housewives of New Jersey airs on Tuesday nights at 9/8c on Bravo. New episodes are available to stream the next day on Peacock.