Bankrupt entitled real housewife of New Jersey Teresa Giudice stars in a new commercial for a local tanning center called Sizzle Tans. She lounges around in orange and yellow bikinis and shills for the tanning center with plumped frosted lips. “I tan, I spray, and I bring the heat to Jersey,” Teresa declares.

Also: A very brown looking Teresa was on the View yesterday. She said that her financial problems were all due to business problems her husband was having and that she lives “within my means.” She claimed that “the money was coming in from the apartment buildings so we were able to live the lifestyle that we lived.” Teresa and her husband Joe are $11 million dollars in debt despite declaring less than $80,000 in income. Their home and possessions are up for auction and include tacky high ticket items like $5,000 chandeliers, a suit of armour and a mahogany bar. She was seen dropping $120,000 in cash on furniture in one outing that was filmed for the show. Yet Teresa is in complete denial that her constant spending has anything to do with her family’s deep financial hole and explains that her husband just didn’t tell her that they didn’t have the money:

The Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice made an appearance on The View Monday to talk about her messy financial situation — and admitted that for a long time, her husband Joe kept her in the dark about their massive debt.

“Joe didn’t want to worry me,” she said. “He didn’t tell me at first because he thought things were going to get better.”
Giudice explained that her husband’s failed real estate investments and a lawsuit with a former partner were what forced them to eventually file for bankruptcy last fall. “When it wasn’t getting better he did tell me,” she said, but admitted she still doesn’t actually know the total amount of debt she and her husband have. (Bankruptcy documents indicate that the couple have $10.98 million in liabilities.)

“I wasn’t upset with him,” she added. “If anything, it brought us closer.”

Although she appeared to spend lavishly on her home, clothes for her kids and even plastic surgery on Real Housewives, Giudice says she was only spending money she thought she had.

“I always live within my means. Always,” she insisted. “The money was coming in from the apartment buildings so we were able to live the lifestyle that we did.”

Giudice added that she no longer uses credit cards and watches her money, even though she has been able to spend the profits from her best selling book, Skinny Italian, since it was earned after the filing. “I am not jet-setting. I don’t have gold toilets,” she says. “I watch my money.”

And what about that yellow diamond ring Joe gave her for their anniversary on a recent episode of their show?
“It’s not real,” she says. “I love costume jewelry.” –Charlotte Triggs

[From People]

When questioned whether she’s watching her money, Teresa says “of course I am. I don’t use my credit cards.” In their bankruptcy filing the Guidices listed more than $100,000 in debt on credit cards, more than they declared in income per year. It takes a special kind of scam artist to wrack up that much debt and still continue to lie about it and deny they have a problem. At least Teresa can keep doing local commercials to make ends meet. She probably made enough for that spot to last her a whole 15 minutes at Neiman Marcus.