Joe Gorga Jokes Secret to 21-Year Marriage with Wife Melissa Gorga Is That 'She’s Obsessed with Me’ (Exclusive)

Joe Gorga joked that the secret to his 21-year marriage with wife Melissa Gorga is that "she's obsessed with me"

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• The Real Housewives of New Jersey stars got married in 2004

• Joe and Melissa share three children: daughter Antonia, 20, plus sons Gino, 18, and Joey, 16

MelissaandJoe Gorgahave a decades-long love story.

TheReal Housewives of New Jerseystars attendedVulture's Inaugural Reality Masterminds Celebration at The Lawn Club in New York City on May 7, when they dished about what fuels their "true love."

"She's just obsessed with me," Joe, 51, joked to PEOPLE, playfully adding of Melissa, "She's so crazy."

On a more serious note, Joe explained, "We have the same goals, we care about family as the center of our universe."

He added, "You got to keep dating, and that's what we do. We date, we work hard, we play hard."

Melissa, 47, first met Joe in 2002 while she was vacationing in Mexico, according toCosmopolitan. They crossed paths again later on at a bar on the Jersey Shore.

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Sparks flew between the couple, and they eventually got married in 2004.

“I do give a lot of the credit to Joe on this,” Melissa previously told PEOPLE in 2024 as the couple marked their 20th wedding anniversary.

“He is a preacher when it comes to relationships and how they should be handled. He truly believes in compliments and coming home and really having ... date nights," she added.

“I know this sounds so cliché, but we do. We still have date nights. We'll still go see a movie," continued Melissa.

Melissa and Joe share three children: daughter Antonia, 20, plus sons Gino, 18, and Joey, 16.

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