It’s factor they stayed on the Shore.
The celebrities of “Jersey Shore” would have pursued professions in healthcare, know-how — and even politics had they not been found by MTV.
Earlier than the present debuted in 2009, Vinny Guadagnino earned a political science diploma from the Faculty of Staten Island, and had plans to go on to legislation faculty.
“I would have been a local Staten Island councilman,” predicted Guadagnino, 37, an Emerson Hill native, throughout a solid sit-down with The Put up on Monday.
“You would have been working at a pizzeria, Vin, who you kidding?” quipped co-star Angelina Pivarnick.
“Pizzeria on the side, I’m a man of the people. That’s what the councilmen do,” Guadagnino replied.
Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi had another semester left of Ulster County Group Faculty when she joined the sequence.
“I would have been a vet tech, probably still living with my mom,” stated Polizzi, 37, who grew up in Marlboro, NY.
“We would have all been still living with our families,” Pivarnick added.
Pivarnick, 38, a Staten Island native, labored as an EMT for the FDNY, and predicted she would have finally develop into a nurse.
“I was an EMT, so I was going that route anyway. That was my next step,” she stated forward of the Season 8 premiere of “Jersey Shore: Family Vacation” on Could 29.
Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino was working as a stripper and drug vendor earlier than signing onto the truth present.
“My parents were like, ‘Go and have a good time. But when you get home, you’ve got to get serious and get a real job,’” Sorrentino, 42, stated.
However he technically would by no means have to search out one other gig — because the sequence turned a popular culture phenomenon and over 15 years later, the crew remains to be filming.
The Staten Island native, who grew up in Manalapan, NJ, and earned his affiliate’s diploma from Brookdale Group Faculty, believes he nonetheless would have develop into a family title whatever the present.
“I just feel like the cream always rises to the top and I still would have been the G.O.A.T [Greatest of All Time],” Sorrentino stated.
Jenni “JWoww” Farley attended the New York Institute of Know-how, however stated she had “no idea” what career she would have ended up pursuing.
“I went to school for animation and software design, but I am not great at it, so I probably wouldn’t have succeeded,” stated Farley, 40, a local of East Greenbush, NY.
With over a decade and a half of fame additionally comes loopy fan tales.
“I have fans that show up to my house because they think that they’re talking to me and it’s a catfish. So women have full relationships with me and they bring their children to meet me,” Guadagnino stated.
Sorrentino recounted a run-in with a fan at a Barnes and Noble in Holmdel, NJ, throughout a guide signing for his memoir “Reality Check.”
“He goes, ‘Listen, the Gambino crime family has just kidnapped my family. You’re going to need to call Jay-Z and the Illuminati to release them,’” he recalled.
The castmates additionally reminisced about star-studded encounters, with A-Listers like Leonardo DiCaprio and Beyoncé, who’re followers of the present.
“Leo had approached us at a club and … the first thing that came out of his mouth was ‘GTL all day.’ That was pretty surreal,” stated Sorrentino of the catchphrase “Gym, Tan, Laundry” the solid coined.
The group met Queen Bey on the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards.
“And she was pregnant and she was going to announce it at that VMAs when she did the baby bump, and she got to hug us right before and we all kind of were like, ‘Did you feel that?’” Farley stated.
“It felt like heaven,” Guadagnino stated.
“We didn’t wash our face for a while,” Polizzi added.
