THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW JERSEY ARE BACK!

The cast talks to Us about what to expect when season 14 premieres May 5 at 8 P.M. on Bravo 

- LEANNE ACIZ STANTON

MELISSA GORGA DITCHES FAMILY DRAMA

Despite severing ties with sister-in-law Teresa Giudice, season 14 was “refreshing,” Gorga tells Us, noting the highlight “was not having to deal with [my husband’s] family.” Though she’s now at odds with Jackie Goldschneider (“I’m second-guessing her motives”), the Envy owner is content with the company she’s keeping: “I want to surround my family with people that appreciate and love us.”

RACHEL FUDA CHALLENGES HER ENEMIES

Prepare for surprising shakeups, teases Fuda, who tells Us there have been “some disappointing shifts in my friendships.” After she and husband John Fuda faced off with Giudice and Luis “Louie” Ruelas at the season 13 reunion — “Certain people play dirty, and we know their tricks,” she notes — the couples continue to find themselves at odds: “It’s ultimately a conflict of character.”