RHONJ’s Joe and Teresa Giudice admit they never wanted to marry as they argue over their pre-nup ahead of split

REAL Housewives of New Jersey's Joe and Teresa Giudice argued over their pre-nup ahead of their split last month.

The pair revealed that they never wanted to get married as they fought in front of their 18-year-old daughter Gia in the latest episode of the reality show.

In the programme, which was filmed before Joe's deportation to Italy, 47-year-old Teresa had taken Gia prom dress shopping.

The star called Joe from the store - with her husband irritable as he spoke from an ICE detention centre.

He ended up complaining about the amount of money Teresa spent shopping, with her hitting back that he'd never been rich.

She sniped: "It's not like I was marrying a friggin' millionaire.

"I was marrying nothing."

Opening up some more in a confessional, Teresa explained to viewers that one week before they tied the knot 20 years ago, Joe had made her sign a pre-nup agreement.

She was left so angry by his request that she almost called off the entire thing, sharing: "I just feel like when you love someone, you don't do that.

"I wasn't going to go through with it, but being Italian, you know, I have old-school parents, that's an embarrassing thing to call off a wedding.

"I didn't even read it, I just said: 'I want you to put one thing in there: If you ever cheat, prenup goes void'."

During their telephone conversation, Joe seethed: "Oh my God, you and your stupidity.

"You know what? You want me to say it now? Alright, you and this stupid prenup that you keep bringing up? I didn't want to get married, alright?"

Gia looked understandably uncomfortable throughout the confrontation, eventually snapping at her mum to put the issue to bed as she moaned: "That's your personal business with my father, so enough."

Just before Christmas, The Sun Online confirmed that Joe and Teresa had officially called time on their relationship.