Tre’s a hustla, baby — according to Rachel Fuda.
The “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star, 32, offered an amusing reaction to castmate Teresa Giudice signing on for Season 2 of E!’s “House of Villains” while chatting with Page Six’s “Virtual Reali-Tea” podcast.
“Hustlin’ for a buck out here in these streets. You gotta do what you gotta do,” said Fuda, likely referencing Giudice’s alleged money woes that play out on “RHONJ” Season 14.
The Bravolebrity — who, alongside husband John Fuda, feuds with Guidice throughout the next installment of the unscripted hit — noted her surprise at the OG readily accepting the “villain” label.
“She took the title. I didn’t take the first punch as she says, right?” Rachel said. “So she called herself a villain.”
Giudice, 51, is starring on the sophomore edition of “House of Villains” — slated for a fall premiere — which also features Victoria Larson of Bachelor Nation, Kandy Muse of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” Richard Hatch of “Survivor” and Tiffany “New York” Pollard of “Flavor of Love,” among other infamous TV personalities.
Giudice filmed the show earlier this year, months after the upcoming season of “RHONJ” wrapped. Notably, the state of her finances was a hot topic while the latter series was in production.
In the trailer for “New Jersey” Season 14, several of Giudice’s adversaries accuse her husband, Luis “Louie” Ruelas — whom she wed in August 2022 — of financially ruining her.
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In one scene, Danielle Cabral tells Giudice’s estranged sister-in-law, Melissa Gorga, that the “Turning the Tables” author has become displeased at home with Ruelas, 48.
“Teresa is distraught because in the house there is not a lot of calm,” Cabral says as a vignette of a sobbing Giudice flashes onscreen.
Meanwhile, Margaret Josephs is heard telling her husband, Joe Benigno, that Ruelas’ spending habits have had a devastating impact on his marriage to Giudice.
“Louie pissed her money away,” Josephs, 56, tells her spouse over the phone.
The couple also clashes on camera, with Ruelas telling Giudice that wants to improve their seemingly fractured dynamic.
“I want it to be better,” he starts before she cuts him off, asserting, “It’s not going to be better.”
Meanwhile, a source close to the pair told Page Six in March that all was well in their union.
“Teresa and Louie are amazing and very happy in their love bubble,” an insider said at the time.
Though they remain at odds with Giudice and Ruelas, Rachel told “Virtual Reali-Tea” that she and her hubby are also doing great after a tumultuous season of “New Jersey” brought them closer together.
“I mean, our marriage is as strong as it’s ever been,” she raved. “I think the show has really helped us and propelled us in a positive direction because it brings you kind of back home to what’s important and it kind of makes you united again in a weird way.”
The Fudas go head to head with Giudice in the premiere after the latter repeated vicious social media rumors about John on camera.
Rachel, for her part, tells the former inmate to keep her husband’s name out of her “fat f—king hot-dog-lipped mouth” — as seen in the explosive cold open for Sunday night’s premiere.
“If you come after my family, I’m going to defend them. I’m doing what anybody else would do. I didn’t go into the season thinking that’s what I was going to do. I definitely thought me, my husband or both of would be attacked, for sure. That was definitely in the forefront of my mind,” Rachel explained.
“But I just think that to have a supportive husband in all of this and for him to really be involved in a career choice that I made, I’m just really grateful to have him by my side through all of it.”
“The Real Housewives of New Jersey” Season 14 premieres Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo.
