Here's what happened on 'The Real Housewives of New Jersey' Sunday

The housewives get together for a celebration of life, the root of John Fuda's drug dealer accusations come to light, and Jenn Fessler chooses to remain neutral, potentially stirring up more drama on the most recent episode of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey," which aired Sunday night on Bravo.

The episode opens with Danielle and Nate Cabral and their kids as their daughter Valentina, who recently signed with a talent agency, poses for some photos. Danielle reveals that six years has gone by since her husband Nate underwent surgery to remove a cyst in his brain and that she is planning a party down the shore to celebrate his life and his health.

Teresa Giudice and Louie Ruelas celebrate Ruelas' father's eight years of sobriety and prepare for Gabriella, who Giudice describes as "the rock of the family" to go off to college. They also reveal that there are some legal issues going on that they cannot discuss yet as they have to do with Margaret Josephs.

"There are things that I can't say because it involves legal issues, and it is regarding Margaret Josephs, but I can't wait for the world to see what a liar she is. I am going to be so happy singing like a bird," Giudice says.

Melissa and Joe Gorga celebrate their daughter Antonia's birthday with family.

Later on in the episode, Danielle and Jenn Aydin go to Giudice's house to undergo Emsculpt Neo treatments and Danielle reveals that she will be staying with Rachel Fuda during their weekend at the shore which Danielle describes as a "slippery slope" due to the tension between Giudice and Fuda.

"Listen, you know me. I don't tell you who to be friends with, I don't tell you whose team to be on," said Giudice. "You want to be friends with Rachel, like God bless."

The camera's cut back and forth from the gathering at Giudice's house to Melissa, Josephs, and Fuda as they get together to learn how to play pickleball. In a confessional during this gathering, Rachel reveals the truth behind the accusations that her husband, John Fuda, is a drug dealer.

"When John was 17 years old, he was selling pot and he got arrested," said Rachel. "That's it, that's the story. So, for her to try to weaponize something that my husband went through as a child is f------ disgusting coming from a criminal herself."

Queue the weekend at the Jersey Shore.

Giudice and Dolores Catania arrive at Aydin's shore house where they will be spending the weekend.

Josephs and her husband are staying with the Gorgas in Toms River.

The Cabrals and Fesslers arrive at the Fuda's shore house, their home for the weekend.

Tension quickly rises as Giudice and the birthday party that took place during last week's episode comes up in conversation among the Fudas and Jenn Fessler.

"It was the best party ever, except for the Teresa altercation," said Jenn Fessler.

"But she's your friend," responded Rachel Fuda with John following up saying, "You're gonna have to pick one, I don't associate with people that associate with her."

"When someone says something mean I am not in turn mean," says Fessler. "I don't have any beef with Teresa, we're not close, we're not like I am with you [Rachel]."

"The thing that is unfathomable to me is that you even want to be her friend. The writing is on the f------ wall. If there is anyone walking the planet that has seen the way she and I have interacted, it's pretty f------ clear," says Rachel.

Jenn responded simply by saying, "This is not defending her, I think what she said is horrible. The thing is this group tends to say really crappy, ugly things."

As the whole group arrives and settles in at the Cabral's celebration of life party, everybody seems to be getting along and having a good time. A musical group takes the microphones and begins to sing, encouraging everybody to get up and dance.

"This whole moment is beautiful, it is what I envisioned times a million and standing with my husband who is so beautiful and so healthy, man, thank you God," said Danielle. "To bring everybody here and celebrate the goodness that life can bring, you're welcome."

Things start take a turn when Giudice sits down on the side with Jenn Fessler to discuss the rumors that she heard about a gathering that occurred prior to the reunion.

"My husband met with Frank [Catania] after New York. He said to him that everyone had met at Margaret's house the night before the reunion. Why did Margaret have you guys all at her house?" asked Teresa.

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"It was like a get together to say we're walking into this s--- show. When they come at us with this, we can come back at them with whatever, x, y, z," Fessler tells her. She then tells producers in a confessional that Jackie Goldschneider, Margaret and Joe, her and her husband Jeff Fessler, the Gorgas, and the Fudas were all at Margaret's house that night "prepping for Louie to have a lot of information because of the private investigator."

Giudice tells Fessler that she heard that Fessler said that the group did not "execute the plan correctly."

"No, I never said that," says Fessler. "They came in there with the manila envelopes, and I was like you talk this big talk about the manila envelope and you didn't even open them ... At some point I would love to sit down with you because Margaret, she doesn’t want me to talk about it, but like, as somebody who has been friends with Margaret for a while, I heard her hysterical the day that she thought that Louie called her son."

Giudice swears on her four daughters that Ruelas did not call Josephs' son.

"Teresa is a good person. You can't stop staring at Teresa because you never know what is coming," says Fessler. "So, yeah, I enjoy her. Maybe that makes me disloyal, but I can't help it, I do, I like her, sorry."

As the episode comes to a close, viewers see the Fuda's talking to other guests at the party, feeling tense about the conversation going on between Giudice and Fessler.

"I feel really remorseful right now because I thought that I had someone who was my ride of die for a really long time and in this moment, I don't see that Jenn," says Rachel. "I feel like I should've known better."

The next episode of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" will air on Bravo on Sunday at 8 p.m.

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