Victoria Gotti

Not to be confused with Victoria Gotti (née DiGiorgio), her mother.

Victoria Gotti
Born (1962-11-27) November 27, 1962 (age 61)
Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
Occupation(s)Writer, television personality
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(m. 1984; div. 2003)​
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Victoria Gotti (born November 27, 1962) is an American writer and television personality, known for being the daughter of Gambino crime family Mafia boss John Gotti.

Early life

Victoria Gotti was born November 27, 1962, in Brooklyn, New York. Her parents are mob boss John Gotti and Victoria (DiGiorgio) Gotti, whose father was of Italian descent, and mother was of half Italian half Russian ancestry.[2] Gotti was raised in a two-story house in Howard Beach, New York, with her four siblings,[3] which include brother John A. Gotti,[4] sister Angel,[2] and her younger brother Frank, whom she referred to as her "little doll".[3]

Career

Writing

Victoria Gotti was a columnist at the New York Post and a reporter for WNYW, the New York City flagship station of the Fox Television Network.[3]

In 1995, Gotti wrote her first book, Women and Mitral Valve Prolapse, which was inspired by and documented her own struggle with the illness. In 1997, she published her mystery novel The Senator's Daughter, followed by more: I'll Be Watching You (1998), Superstar (2000), and Hot Italian Dish (2006). She additionally wrote the memoirs This Family of Mine: What It Was Like Growing Up Gotti (2009).

Television

From August 2004 until December 2005, Gotti was the star of Growing Up Gotti, an American reality television series on the A&E Network, on which she starred with her three sons. In August 2005, days before the third-season premiere of Growing Up Gotti, Gotti stated that she had breast cancer. However, after being accused of faking her illness by various media outlets, she admitted soon after her initial announcement that she did have precancerous cells present in her breast, rather than an actual diagnosis.[4][5][6][7]

In early 2012, Gotti appeared as one of 18 contestants on the American reality television series Celebrity Apprentice, which premiered on February 19. Gotti was eliminated in week 2 of the competition.[8]

On September 22, 2013, Gotti made a guest appearance on The Real Housewives of New Jersey alongside cast member Teresa Giudice, appearing in the season 5 episode "Hair We Go Again".[9][10] She appeared on the show again in the season 6 episode "Roses Are Red, Dina Is Blue", which premiered on August 24, 2014.[9][11][12]

In December 2014, Gotti made a guest appearance in "Storm A-Brewin'", a fifth-season episode of the VH1 reality show Mob Wives.[13][14][15] Despite having criticized the authenticity of that show in a 2012 radio interview, in which she characterized it as a "train wreck" and "not real",[16] Gotti appeared in the episode for a scene in which cast member Angela Raiola seeks her advice on how to resolve her conflicts with her inner circle.[13][14][15]

On February 9, 2019, Lifetime aired the documentary film Victoria Gotti: My Father's Daughter which stars Chelsea Frei as Victoria Gotti and Maurice Benard as John Gotti. Victoria Gotti serves as the narrator, co-writer, and executive producer of this film.[17]

Personal life

In 1984, Agnello married Victoria despite her parents' disapproval. The couple had three sons, Carmine, John, and Frank. The family lived in a mansion in Old Westbury, New York, which was the filming location in 2004 for the reality television series Growing Up Gotti.[18]

In 2003, while Agnello was in jail, Victoria Gotti divorced him on grounds of constructive abandonment.[19]

In May 2009, foreclosure was approved on the $3.2 million mansion that Gotti was awarded as part of her divorce from Carmine Agnello.[20][21]

References

  1. ^ "All in the Family: Inside the Gambinos". Daily News. Archived from the original on August 22, 2023. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Hartocollis, Anemona (March 6, 2006). "In Break From Code, Gotti Women Soak Up Trial Spotlight". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 13, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Victoria Gotti". Biography.com. October 28, 2021. Archived from the original on February 12, 2023. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Report: Gotti Breast Cancer a Sham". Fox News. August 24, 2005.
  5. ^ Peterson, Todd (August 24, 2005). "Victoria Gotti Denies Cancer 'Scam'". People.
  6. ^ Molloy, Joanna (August 21, 2005). "VICTORIA'S CANCER CHALLENGE. Exclusive: Gotti daughter reveals her health crisis". Daily News (New York).
  7. ^ "Victoria Gotti denies lying about cancer" Archived January 11, 2018, at the Wayback Machine. Today. August 24, 2005.
  8. ^ Ross, Dalton (February 27, 2012). "The Celebrity Apprentice recap: Let the Jousting Begin!". Entertainment Weekly.
  9. ^ a b Mercader, Virnelli, (August 24, 2014). "'The Real Housewives of New Jersey' News: Rino and Victoria Gotti's Cheating?". The Christian Post.
  10. ^ "Ep 17: Hair We Go Again". Bravo. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  11. ^ "Ep 7: Roses Are Red, Dina Is Blue". Bravo. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  12. ^ Andersson, Eric (August 25, 2014). "Gotti Reveals Bombshell About Teresa Aprea’s Marriage". Us Weekly.
  13. ^ a b Hatchett, Keisha (February 18, 2016). "Five Big Ang Moments That Will Make Us Miss Her Even More". Complex.
  14. ^ a b Elizabeth Black (November 26, 2014). "Where Is The Loyalty? In This Mob Wives Season 5 Supertrailer". VH1. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved July 23, 2015.
  15. ^ a b "Big Ang Meets With Victoria Gotti" Archived January 11, 2018, at the Wayback Machine. Vh1. December 17, 2014.
  16. ^ Jorgensen, Jillian (March 5, 2012). "Victoria Gotti slams 'Mob Wives' as 'train wreck,' says she doesn't have much in common with Karen Gravano". SILive.com, Staten Island Advance.
  17. ^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (October 4, 2018). "Lifetime Greenlights 'Victoria Gotti: My Father's Daughter' And 'Death Of A Cheerleader' Remake". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  18. ^ "Video tour: Long Island's abandoned and foreclosed 'Growing Up Gotti' mansion". Greater Long Island. January 26, 2023. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
  19. ^ Marzulli, John (January 15, 2008). "The perks of Victoria Gotti's divorce". New York Daily News. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
  20. ^ David, Mark (December 26, 2008). "Victoria Gotti’s Hot Mess of a Mansion Hits the Market". Variety.
  21. ^ Eng, Joyce (May 12, 2009). "Victoria Gotti Faces Foreclosure on Mansion". TV Guide.

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