Teresa Giudice Demands “Real Housewives Of New Jersey” Pay Raise

Bankrupt Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice is threatening to leave the Bravo show if the network does not raise her $3,000 a month salary to a figure closer to the rumored $30,000 per-episode cable rival MTV is forking over for the cast of Jersey Shore.

Among her demands — a doubling of her salary, a cut of DVD and merchandise sales, and freedom to make more paid appearances.

TMZ.com tattles say: “Sources connected to the show tell us ’several of the women are no longer satisfied with their deals’ and will not show up to begin shooting Season 3 on September 3rd — unless they get new contracts worth significantly more moolah. We’re told Teresa — who’s financial issues have been a major plot point on the show — is the most adamant about the contract situation … asking for a cut of the DVD and merchandise sales … freedom to make more paid appearances … and her salary DOUBLED.”

Meanwhile, Teresa and her husband Joe Giudice are gabbing about their cashflow troubles on the pages of the new issue of In Touch Weekly. The Giudice say they were “humiliated” by their bankruptcy and have learned from past mistakes. Joe also defends his wife’s excessive shopping, arguing that the family’s fall from financial grace was was “almost all business-related.”