Milania Giudice breaks silence on shock airport incident and reveals she is battling mental illnesses

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By CHRISTINE RENDÓN, US SENIOR REPORTER 15:55 12 Oct 2026, updated 16:11 12 Oct 2026

Milania Giudice has revealed her mental health battle as she broke her silence on ‘the worst time’ of her life in a candid new video.

The daughter of RHOJ star Teresa Giudice, Milania has been publicly grappling with a difficult few months which included an airport confrontation with her family and the death of her longtime friend Victoria Zardoya.

Milania has now revealed she has bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, PTSD, and ADHD and is currently seeking help at a treatment center.

‘I was going to wait to make this video for like when I look good or whatever but honestly that’s just not me. I’m a very raw, true, authentic person and that’s who I’m going to continue to be,’ Milania told Instagram followers.

‘But I want to publicly apologize because I don’t think that I have been using my platform the way I want to use it. Since I was a little kid, I told my family and my parents that I want to help people in life and that is what I want to do. I want to help people and I want to spread awareness and share my story the way I want it to be shared.’

‘Social media is like an onion. You see layers of people’s lives and you guys quite frankly have been seeing the worst, worst times of my life and it has been the worst time of my life.

‘I do struggle with mental health issues. I am bipolar, I struggle with depression, anxiety, PTSD and ADHD. And I am not ashamed of any of my mental health disorders because I’m currently in a treatment center, my mom’s actually on her way to come visit me today and I do work on myself but you know what, I am only 20 years old and this summer hit me like a bus.

‘A lot of things happened in a short amount of period of time and I’m trying to just process everything and it’s really hard being in the public light while you go through things in life. So I just want to say I’m sorry because I was grown up on pure respect, love and I just haven’t been showing the Milania that I want to show.

‘And I want to do better and I’m going to continue working on myself and trying to completely change everything that I’ve been posting and everything because I want to help people in life. So I think that’s it for today.’

Milania is currently receiving professional care following a public meltdown at Tampa International Airport involving Teresa and her older sister Gia.

Police were called to the scene after Milania ‘ran off’ from her family and a counsellor inside the terminal after being released from hospital.

During the meltdown, Teresa was seen on bodycam footage obtained by TMZ telling police that Milania allegedly had fentanyl in her system during a prior incident, which took place before she was hospitalized at a mental health facility under Florida’s Baker Act this month.

In the footage, Milania can be heard saying that she had been ‘laced’ with the drug, while Teresa repeatedly tells Milania that she’s trying to ‘save her life.’

Addressing the situation in a statement, Teresa said: ‘As a mother, there is nothing more important to me than the health, safety, and well-being of my children.

‘The past few months have been incredibly difficult for our family, and I feel it is important to say something while also protecting my daughter during an extremely vulnerable time in her life.’

She went on to say that Milania ‘has experienced tremendous heartbreak and significant psychological trauma’ after the death of two of her best friends.

Milania has been mourning the loss of her childhood friend Victoria Zardoya, who suffered a ‘devastating fall’ on July 24 while exploring historic ruins in Florida. She died days later at age 20.

Teresa continued: ‘Grief affects everyone differently, and watching your child try to process that kind of loss is something no parent can ever truly prepare for. Right now, my only focus is my daughter – making sure she is surrounded by love, family, support, and the care she needs.

‘I understand that because our family has lived much of our lives in the public eye, there will naturally be questions and speculation. But Milania is my daughter before she is anything else. She is a young woman going through an incredibly difficult and deeply personal time, and she deserves the opportunity to heal without every moment of her pain being analyzed publicly.’

Teresa then pleaded for ‘compassion and kindness,’ as well as ‘privacy,’ before thanking those who had reached out and sent well wishes.

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