2 Bergen Cast Members Return Full Time To 'Real Housewives of NJ'

FRANKLIN LAKES, NJ – Jacqueline Laurita and Melissa Gorga are back as full-time cast members for ‘The Real Housewives of New Jersey’s” seventh season.

Laurita announced her return to the show Monday afternoon on Twitter.

Laurita was demoted to a “friend” of the show for season six, Bravo TV reported. Both she and Gorga live in Franklin Lakes.

Gorga also posted on Twitter about returning to the show.

Laurita and Gorga will be joined by ex-con Teresa Giudice, who returns to the show after serving nearly a year of her 15-month sentence after pleading guilty to multiple counts of fraud in 2014. She was released from prison Dec. 23.

Jacqueline Laurita (center) at an Autism benefit in 2012/Patch file photo