Will Teresa Giudice’s alleged affair become a RHONJ storyline?

Rumors that Teresa Giudice has been having an affair while Joe is in prison have been circulating for months and now the alleged other man has been named. 

Kim DePaola has been taking shots at Teresa Giudice even though she’s not even on Real Housewives of New Jersey anymore. Kim claims that Teresa has been keeping herself busy while Joe is in prison by spending time in the company of another man. Most recently, that man was named and RHONJ fans have been wondering if the cheating accusations are true.

A shocking report from All About The Tea outed Teresa Giudice’s supposed side piece as Shane Wierks. He happens to be a good friend of Teresa’s brother and has been buddied up to Tre pretty close lately too.

Shane Wierks has also been described as a young Joe Giudice. He’s good looking and successful, both things that Teresa likes (who doesn’t?) With Joe behind bars, it would be easy enough to sneak around and have some fun but would Teresa really do that?

Shane was present at Teresa Giudice’s book signing and has been photographed at several of the same events that she has attended. Many times, Shane and Teresa are standing or sitting together in those photos, making it hard to ignore the cheating rumors.

Kim DePaola used to be very close to Teresa Giudice and she’s the one who outed the RHONJ star to AATT. She said that Teresa texts nonstop with Shane and that it’s gotten so bad that Melissa Gorga figured out what was going on but that her husband Joe has no idea. Matter of fact, none of the Joes do.

With Teresa Giudice allegedly texting and spending so much time with Shane Wierks, reports claim that even Melissa is worried that Real Housewives of New Jersey producers may want to make the alleged affair a part of their storyline. After all, that would be pretty juicy and so far this season, Teresa hasn’t done a whole lot besides throw cake.

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It seems that a storyline about an alleged Teresa Giudice affair would be a ratings boost for RHONJ. Should producers work Shane Wierks into the storyline?