'Real Housewives of New Jersey' star Teresa Giudice hurls a drink at Margaret Josephs over rumors about her fiancé

• Rumors about Teresa Giudice's fiancé Luis Ruelas spread on "The Real Housewives of New Jersey."

• Giudice accused her castmate Margaret Josephs of being the source of the rumors.

Teresa Giudice accused Margaret Josephs of spreading rumors about her fiancé Luis "Louie" Ruelas on "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" Tuesday. The cast was on a group trip to Nashville, Tennessee and enjoying a round of green tea shots when the confrontation occurred.

Jackie Goldschneider asked Josephs how she was connected to friend of the show, Traci Johnson. "I know everybody," Josephs replied. The response immediately triggered Giudice's anger. "You know everybody," she interjected before accusing Josephs of being the source of the rumors about Ruelas.

"I'm sure you inserted yourself," she continued. "Maybe someone from his past contacted you. You know everybody, Margaret knows everybodyyyy," she taunted. In response, Josephs called Giudice a "sick, disgusting liar."

At that point, Giudice swiped several drinks and plate settings off the table. The action echoed her infamous table-flipping scene from the show's season one finale back in 2009.

Season twelve of the Bravo reality show opened with rumors about Ruelas circulating on camera and through various entertainment blogs. Some of the rumors center on his alleged mistreatment of old girlfriends and others stem from a video of a warrior camp he attended where he engaged in solo and group self-flagellation.

"I've had a couple of bad relationships, but I'm sure every guy at this table has a girl that'll talk bad about you, and say something different or opposite of the truth," Ruelas said regarding the rumors during a "guys' night" on the show.

He directly denied the abuse allegations to Tiki Barber, Johnson's husband. "There's no physical violence. There's no truth to that," he said, before calling the accusers "angry exes" who are "thirsty for attention."

Page Six reported in April 2021 that Ruelas' ex-fiancée Vanessa Reiser claimed in a lawsuit against Ruelas that he would "punish" her if they didn't have enough sex. (The suit was eventually settled for undisclosed terms, per Page Six.) The publication separately reported the same month that Ruelas had previously been charged with simple assault after a road-rage incident in New Jersey in August 2018, according to a police report they'd obtained. There was no criminal conviction, a source told Page Six.

Josephs, meanwhile, denied to Giudice that she was the source of the rumors about Ruelas.

"Don't spread rumors that I would spread rumors," Josephs said.

"If it wasn't for you, this fucking news wouldn't be out. You're the one who put it out there," said Giudice during the argument, later threatening to "beat the fucking crap out of that bitch," referring to Josephs.

"Real Housewives" are often accused of contacting individuals from their castmates' pasts to bring conflict and drama to the show. Similar storylines have appeared in the franchise's Potomac, Beverly Hills, Atlanta, and Salt Lake City spinoffs.