“Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Teresa Giudice in at Destiny USA with her daughter Milania. Milania Giudice is filming her first music video at the mall. Instagram photoSYRACUSE, N.Y. — “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Teresa Giudice said she did some Christmas shopping this morning at Destiny USA while her daughter filmed a music video.
Giudice’s daughter, Milania, filmed her first music video for her song, “Can’t Wait to Grow Up.”
Why Syracuse?
“Because we heard it was the best mall ever,” Giudice said. “There’s a lot going on here.”
The video is also being directed by Kevin Losani, a Syracuse native. Destiny USA officials said Losani didn’t think he would be granted permission to film at the mall, but Destiny USA was excited to welcome the group, said Director of Marketing Nikita Jankowski.
Milania and her dancers filmed scenes for the music video on go-karts at RPM Raceway, the carousel in the food court and dancing in the canyon area.
“It’s so big here,” Milania said.
The concept of Milania’s music video features the shopping-theme board game from the 1980s “Mall Madness.” Milania and her friends get sucked into the game and end up at Destiny USA.
“I love watching her dance,” Giudice said. “It puts a big smile on my face from ear to ear.”
Giudice, an author, visited Syracuse in 2016 when she signed autographs at the 2016 New York State Fair.
She was scheduled to appear at the 2013 NYS Fair, but canceled her visit after she and her husband, Giuseppe “Joe” Giudice, were charged in a 39-count indictment with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, bank fraud, making false statements on loan applications and bankruptcy fraud. Giudice served nearly a year in prison, then completed the rest of her sentence on home confinement until Feb. 5, 2016.
Joe Giudice is serving a 41-month federal prison sentence for bankruptcy fraud at FCI Allenwood. He scheduled to be released on March 14, 2019. Last month, a judge ordered that Joe Giudice be deported to Italy after serving his prison sentence. He has appealed the order, according to NJ.com.
Teresa Giudice arrived in Syracuse Sunday night and stayed at the Embassy Suites by Hilton hotel at Destiny USA. She’s been documenting her trip to Syracuse on her Instagram.
