The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Podcast - Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi Unfiltered: Jersey Shore Fame, Motherhood, & The Truth About Reality TV

Episode Date: October 2, 2025

#891: Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi — reality TV icon, entrepreneur, author, wife, and mother of three — joins us for an unfiltered conversation. Rising to fame on MTV’s Jersey Shore, Snooki became a pop-culture phenomenon known for her authenticity and humor. In this episode, she opens up about overnight stardom, what reality TV doesn’t show, her biggest lessons in reinvention, motherhood, and how she’s built a brand that lasts. Plus, we ask the behind-the-scenes questions fans have wanted answers to since day one.   To Watch the Show click HERE   For Detailed Show Notes visit TSCPODCAST.COM   To connect with Snooki click HERE   To connect with Lauryn Bosstick click HERE   To connect with Michael Bosstick click HERE   Read More on The Skinny Confidential HERE   Head to our ShopMy page HERE and LTK page HERE to find all of the products mentioned in each episode.   Get your burning questions featured on the show! Leave the Him & Her Show a voicemail at [phone].   This episode is sponsored by The Skinny Confidential  Wear with intention. Wake up with ambition. Shop The Skinny Confidential’s latest drop - The Fall Edit, featuring Uniform and Blanc. The limited-edition Mouth Tape made for those who take their beauty sleep seriously. Available now at https://bit.ly/TSC-NEWNEW.   This episode is sponsored by Branch Basics  Shop Branch Basics in 600+ Target stores nationwide, or http://Target.com. Use code SKINNY15 to get 15% off at https://branchbasics.com/SKINNY15.    This episode is sponsored by Purely Elizabeth  Visit http://purelyelizabeth.com and use code SKINNY at checkout for 20% off.   This episode is sponsored by Coterie Head to http://coterie.com and use code SKINNY20 at checkout for 20% off your first order at coterie.com.   This episode is sponsored by YNAB TSC Him & Her Show listeners can claim an exclusive three-month free trial, with no credit card required at http://YNAB.com/skinny.   This episode is sponsored by SAKS Fifth Avenue Head to Saks Fifth Avenue for inspiring ways to elevate your personal style, every day. Learn more at http://Saks.com.    This episode is sponsored by Prolon For a limited time, Prolon is offering listeners 15% off sitewide plus a $40 bonus gift when you subscribe to their 5-Day Program! Just visit http://ProlonLife.com/SKINNYY to claim your 15% discount and your bonus gift.   Produced by Dear Media

The following podcast is a dear media production. She's a lifestyle blogger extraordinaire. Fantastic. And he's a serial entrepreneur. A very smart cookie. And now Lauren Everts and Michael Bostic are bringing you along for the ride. Get ready for some major realness. Welcome to the skinny confidential, him and her.

Aha. Off air, you were telling us that your husband is like, it's like having two mothers to your kids. And I relate to that with Michael. Tell us about that. Yeah, so he's very hands-on, especially when they were babies. Like, he would do the shower. He would change the diapers. And a lot of the men, they don't do that.

Like, I know some dads that have never changed their kids' diaper before. But Gianni's so hands-on, dresses them, does whatever. If I'm sick, he'll take care of everything. Yeah, he's a great dad. And you guys have been married for 10 years? It'll be 10 years, November 29th. That's a big milestone. This is a big milestone.

Oh, no, 11. I'm lying. Oh, you already made the 10. Oh. We already had 10. Ring upgrade immediately. Wait, so I go off my daughter's age because I had Giovanna three months before our wedding. So she's turning 11 next week.

So it's 11 years. We've been married. The anniversary is a little hard to be. So you skipped the 10-year anniversary? You missed? That's a big one. Yeah, we just like went out and had martinis. We didn't do anything crazy.

But we promised ourselves that we were going to go to AC for the night in Lenox City. Okay. And like just go and gamble and like have a night and we never did it because. kids. When you go out, does everyone come up to you when you're in Jersey? Not really. I mean, my town, I just feel like, so I moved to where my husband lives. So everyone knows Gianni. And it's basically all of his friends and family. So when I go like to Trader Joe, CVS, I just feel normal because everyone knows I live there. I've lived there for 10 years now. What's the secret to staying married for almost 11 years? I don't know. Well, how do you guys keep it sexy? Well, even

though we don't go on dates as much as I would like us to and like trips we do have like our movie nights. So like we get the kids to bed and we have a spare room. We go in the spare room and we'll have wine or he'll make martinis and like snack boards like charquoterie boards and we'll just watch

movies all night. That's nice. Yeah so you don't actually have to go out which I would honestly like to go out once in a while just to dress up and because he needs to recognize like I'm still pretty. Yeah. Like at home I look homeless. Yeah but you know I always makeup, baggy clothes.

It's okay to do that trick. It's a party trick. Like, what I like to do is get as ugly as possible in the house. Yeah. And then, like, I'll get really dressed up to the point where it's like, he doesn't even recognize me. And then you just remind him. Yeah, he's like, damn, she's hot.

I forgot. I do that to you all the time. I love to, like, I love to, like, take it to the edge of ugliness. And then, like, totally give you whiplash. Well, sometimes I even, like, we'll take walks in the neighborhood sometimes. And I'll be like, hey, we need to maybe, like, get a little bit dressed. You know what I mean? Like the neighbors are looking.

Like wearing a moo-boo with, like, socks with... Oh, same. Yeah. Yeah, socks and slippers or sandals. Yeah. Yeah, but it's like almost like borderline, like, you're not dressed for public occasions, if that makes sense. No. You should see me at school pickup.

What do you look like at school pickup? Sox, sandals, or slippers, oversized sweatshirt. leggings hair up in a bun that's like normal though yeah no I look some moms I look sad that's okay though it's like some moms come like this

sweetie I'm like oh my god like how do you do that I have a girlfriend that told me that she has a shirt she has a shirt in like five different colors it's a really nice shirt and she says she'll look absolutely horrible and then she'll go and grab one of the shirts

in different colors for different days of the week put it on put sunglasses on carry a beautiful bag and walk in like she's all put together and goes home and then just rips it all off oh so maybe that's what this girl does yeah she's always just the nine like heels like I admire her for doing that it's a lot of energy nor do I care I don't care oh it's a lot of work I wish I cared more but I don't yeah so I'm tired you want me to care but he's always Michael is actually the mom at school you're not a mom but you are always together he's dialed in all the time men are easier though Yeah, it's easy.

It's easy for you guys to be put together. Yeah, you just throw it. Us, we have to get our hair done. We have a lot of hair. Put some sort of makeup on, nice outfit. It's a lot. Before you became famous. Did you know that you were going to be famous when you were little?

I wanted to. I always said I wanted to be a reality star. Because I was so obsessed with like the challenge and road rules and all like the MTV shows. So I was like, I really want to be on MTV one day and like be a reality. star so how does the tryouts come for jersey shore well i did a show previously called is she really going out with him yeah and it was just like see if i liked reality it was like one episode one day of filming like nothing crazy i was like oh i loved it that's so cool but then i was like sending my tapes in for real world like doing like the whole like audition tape and sending it in i sent i think three in

they never call me back so it's like okay that that's not the show for me even though i really wanted to be in real world. So then I was on MySpace or Facebook, one of those. And I saw an audition for Guidos and Guidettes. And I'm like, oh, because that was literally like my lifestyle. Like I loved tanning. I had the poof. I loved house music. It was just like all the things. So I was like oh my God, this is like literally the show I'm supposed to be on. So I went to the audition and then that was that was that. It was like it was meant to be. It was weird. Oh yeah. Yeah. Oh yeah. No, that was happening for you. This was my calling. But when you walk in, Just because you were so good, do they just meet you one time and like, we found her?

Keep having to go back. No, they said I was on like the top 10 list. And there was like a ton of people that tried out. But you had to go through like a ton of interviews. So the first interview I went to, it was like in a dungeon at a dive bar, like in the basement. So I'm like, is this like a porno? Like, what is this? I felt really weird about it.

So it was literally in the basement in a dungeon. But I walked in. I had like fish nets on, leopard dress, fur coat. like trying to be really Jersey and I did like four shots in the car because my friend drove me and I was like let's do this so I did my first interview drunk

so did you know you had a strat like a strategy to get on because you say you dress up like it's like extra extra extra extra you're having your shots well yeah I wanted to stand out I wanted to stand out and be like the most so I did like the most with my outfit

the most with like my makeup my hair I did four shots so like I be more loud and fun. Like four shots in a short, like just like in the car in a short period of time? Yeah, I put Southern Comfort in a water bottle and I just went, you know, back in the day we should drink. We just put alcohol in the water bottle. Southern Comfort is a heavy. I don't know how I drank that. I drank that all season one. It was Southern Comfort and Long Islands. That was my drink. I drink that. I think you used to drink it with like, I can't even smell it now. I can't even do brown liquor. I'll die. Southern Comfort is so gnarly. Trash. And then I'd be like,

what's the one with the higher percentage? Give me that one. Yeah. There was that moment. It was like Captain Morgan Rum, Southern Comfort. It was so gross. We used to drink the brown liquor. Yeah. Yeah, that is really, like, why did we do that? I can't do that anymore. The last time I took a shot of brown liquor, I was throwing up all the next day.

It's like also, I used to drink like hypnotic and like shmere-and-off apple. Do you ever have a gold slager with the gold flakes in it? Oh, my God. Or loco. No, what's the one that has like a ton of ever clear? Oh, yeah, that was horrible. I had a buddy, his big thing was peppermint schnops. And he would drink with him all the time.

And then, like, he would go and then he'd be like, oh, well, let's switch to this drink. And he somehow, like, had built an immunity to it or something. Oh, my God. I was throwing up for days with that stuff. That's, like, similar to Goldschlager. Like, that stuff. Yeah. Ugh.

So when do you find out that you get the show? Where are you? What's the vibe? Like, were you freaking out? So I think they called me and they were like, we have to come to your house to film. And then just pack like you're going to go film for a month. And we're going to come pick you up, but we're going to be filming it. So I'm like, oh, like, am I on the show?

And they were like, we don't know yet. So I guess they did what they did to me to like 20 other people. And they were only picking eight. So they basically came to my house and I did the whole like, bye, mom, I'm going down the shore, packing, drove down the shore. And then they put us in hotel rooms with no cell phone. We were just stuck in the room by ourselves, locked doors like we couldn't leave for, I think, two days. What'd you do?

I mean, I brought wine. So I was drinking wine in my room. Could you read a book? Oh yeah, you could watch TV. You could watch TV. But you were like stuck in the room. And you didn't know if you were going to go until, you know, the producers came and then were like, all right, pack your bags or you're headed to the house.

That sounds like a vacation now being locked in a room with a little bit of wine and some TV. I would love that. I know. I would die. Sounds fun. In a robe and bed. Barefoot dreams wrapped around. Yeah.

And then you order room service. So when they come into the room after two days, do they tell you like you're picked and you're going straight to the Jersey Shore house. They were just like, get ready. Like, you're up next to head to the house. And what's your impression of everyone when you get there? Did you know anyone ahead of time? No.

So I knew Dina. Me and Dina were like MySpace friends. And we had like similar friends in Jersey. So I knew of Dina. And she was actually supposed to be on season one. But then her grandmother died and she backed out. So I don't know who replaced Dina. But Dina was supposed to be there.

And there was another kid that was supposed to be on it. but he didn't make the cut. He lived near me. So when I walked in, I thought I was seeing my friend and Dina, and I didn't see them. And I'm like, what is this?

Because I already felt cozy knowing they were going to be there. So then I see everyone and they're total strangers. And I walk in, and I was just ready to party because I, every summer I would go there

and I would like stay at friends houses and all we would do was drink like all day and all night. Like that's what you do in Jersey Shore, like in the summertime. So I walk in and nobody wants to take shots. No one wants to drink. I see Vinny. I was like, that's not a Guido. Like, what is that?

Like, how do you define a Guido? The Guido, the Guido back in the day, it was more of a lifestyle. So everyone's saying, oh, you know, you're making fun of Italians. It was just a lifestyle. Like, like, your emo, your punk. Got it. You're Guido, Guida. So it's like just how you present yourself. So like tan, obviously. Okay. Tan, spiky hair, muscles. And Vinny was just none of that. So I'm like, what was he doing here? He doesn't fit in. And then nobody wanted to take shots. So I'm just like, what is this?

So then what sort of breaks the ice? If no one wants to take shots and have fun, what's the icebreaker? I just did it myself. Okay. And then what is everyone else doing, sitting there? I mean, you saw the first episode, right? I got wasted and everyone was just watching me. I embarrassed myself.

Yeah, but then everyone, like, fell in love with you. Like, I feel like people fell in love with you. Yeah, people all fell in love with you. After I almost died. There was something like really endearing. to me watching the show about you right away. Yeah, I think I just, I wanted to have a good time. I was young.

I just turned 21. Yeah. And I just, my boyfriend just broke up with me at the time. So I was like miserable and I just wanted to go out and have a good time. But my goal was to like go down the shore and I wanted to like get married young. I wanted to have kids young. So my plan was to find my husband that summer. And it didn't happen.

And it happened like two summers after. So what, I mean, anyone who's watched, knows what happened, but what did happen? You didn't find your husband. What did you do? You guys just partied? Yeah, we just partied. Everyone was hooking up with each other. It was incest. When we look back at it, because I see my roomies as like my brothers and sisters now. So when we watch old clips of us like kissing or like doing, ugh, it's disgusting. Who did you think at the time was the hottest in the house? I thought Ron was the cutest for sure. I was like, Ron, you're cute. Ron was the cutest. Ron was the cutest. Ron was the cutest. Mike thought,

was the cutest yeah and Polly was like the definition of a Guido okay Ron was like the gorilla juice heads which we called them and then Mike was like in between a Guido and juice head but like a skinny juice head and then Vinnie I don't know where he fell and what's a what's a Guidat is that how you say it yeah a Guida like describe it to someone who doesn't know what that is yeah it's just like the female version of a Guido you like to tan you like house music big hair a lot of makeup long nails. Does it still exist now

or was it just a moment in time? Well, I still like big hair. Okay. I still love my big hair and I do miss the poof. I'm thinking about bringing it back but I don't know. This is A plus journalism

getting into the guidettes and guidettes. I still love animal print and leopard print. Like that's still my jam. Yeah. I still love house music. That's all I listen to. Okay.

So I still love all the things. I just, I feel like I, I feel like my style is more like mommy now. Yeah. But like when I do go out, I like to wear leopard and stuff. So what is it like having cameras in your face all the time at that point?

I feel like since I wanted it so bad and I knew that I wanted to be a reality star, like I just expected it and I got used to it right away. Yeah, but it was a lot for the first week. It was weird because back in the day, like, they don't break the fourth wall, which means like you can't look at the camera, you can't talk to the producers. It's just like you in a bubble and you can't speak to anyone else outside of that bubble. And now we're all best friends And like we talk every single day

How we shoot is way different now But back in the day I would like ask a producer a question She would just be like this to me And like not talk to me Because they could not interact with you No they couldn't interact with the cast So I'm like what the hell is this

And now you're friends with Would they just be standing like? Yeah And I'm like hello Like can I go to the bathroom Like I need help And she would just stare at me And I'm like

And they're like you can't talk to the producers I'm like okay it was kind of like fend for yourself in front of the camera type deal did you when you look back did you guys blow up overnight or was it like a slow build I think the promos for the show really started to like build the anticipation of the show because they were like what it was crazy yeah they were like who the hell are these people why are they orange why are they dressed like that what do they talk like that it was just like we were a different breed of species that nobody knew about unless you were from the east coast

So the whole world was like Who are these creatures? And then I think once I got punched in the face That's when like everyone started tuning into the show I mean the show Because we were from California at the time We're in San Diego you're right I had never been to the Jersey Shore

So you are right It was like almost like a different culture Yeah They were like what is this Remind me why you got punched in the face It's been a while Well this guy at the bar He was wasted

And we kept ordering shots And he kept stealing the shots so the first time I'm like oh whatever second time I'm like all right those were our shots third time I ordered another round of shots he took them again I'm like bro these aren't your shots like stop and then he was starting to get nasty with me and I called him ugly and then he punched me oh man I forgot he was a guy that did that well he got arrested I don't know what happened with that but he lost his job he was a gym teacher so he couldn't get a job after that and then his dad did an article recently not recently probably like five years ago saying that I'm

the reason why his son had to enroll in the army because he couldn't get a job so he had to join the army well that's a lesson that you shouldn't punch people even if you're on or off tv i was like that's not my fault it's your son's fault but remember when that guy stuck his finger down my pants at the bar ew yeah i was like bending over the bar seersucker and this guy came up behind me and my michael who was my boyfriend at the time saw him like he like stuck his finger in my pants creeps out there. He just walked in. I got no hello, no anything. That's sick. Yeah, it's like you

don't act like that and you won't get caught. He went nuts and then he ran Oh my God. That's sick. And then we never heard from him again. What a creep. Okay, so when you guys start to gain momentum and blow up overnight, what is that like? Because you can't like call your friends from high school. They're not going to understand.

was that like for you? Well, yeah, it was crazy. So after a couple episodes aired, they were like, all right, we have to do press now, MTV. So we're like, okay, cool. They were like, we're going to fly you to L.A. Because we were supposed to do it, like, locally, I think, in the city. And then everything changed to L.A. And we were like, oh, my God, like, I've never been to California before. I hardly flew. Like, I went to Florida a couple times on vacation as a kid. But, like, I wasn't, like, used to flying or doing anything. So we, we had no idea what we were getting our into so flying to California and then we did all the shows like we did e-news TMZ and then we were supposed to be there for only like two nights we ended up staying for a week because then Jimmy

Jimmy Kimmel wanted us or Jimmy found one of those what's his name oh my god he retired David Letterman well yeah he's in the city right Jay Leno Jay Leno like we were doing all these crazy shows and they were like hey guys we were just like what are we doing so we ended up staying there for a week. And obviously we went out to party because we were there and we wanted to go and party. So we were like partying with Leonardo DiCaprio, Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton. It was crazy. And were they coming up to you and being like, we love your show? Yeah, they were like GTL, bro. All right, everyone, listen up. Big News. Branch Basics, one of our all-time favorite cleaning brands, is now available at over 600 Target stores nationwide and on Target.com. Here's the thing, ever since

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Yeah. She had her ankle bracelet on. Yeah, it was like, how are you at the club? You have your ankle bracelet on. Jim tan laundry. It was a very iconic moment in time. No, but is that weird? That's what I'm saying, like, everybody knew about it at that time.

And it was in that weird, like, that doesn't happen with shows anymore. no I know it's just like and I imagine it's strange because you guys film all that and then you don't do anything for a while and then it starts to air and you like almost have to like you forgot like you did all we all went back to our normal lives like a lot of people had careers Ron was in real estate Jenny was like running this nightclub and clubs in Long Island she was going to school to be a graphic designer I was going to school to be a vet tech like we all went back to our lives because we were like that was fun you know we did it but back to our lives And then once it aired, everything changed.

Like, I couldn't finish my school. Everyone got fired from their jobs because we were just traveling so much. Like, we were worried about our income because we didn't have, like, a plan. You know what I mean? It was very spontaneous. Because, like, they didn't pay a lot in those early, the first seasons, right? The first season they didn't pay us. We only got paid from Danny from our, the t-shirt shop.

He gave us $200 a week. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. They didn't pay you for the show the first season. No. So at what point do you guys all band together and know you have leverage that you guys have a huge show that you should be getting paid? Oh, after they said season two, we're going to Miami, we knew we had to get paid. So did you guys all meet together and say like, we're... Yeah, we banned together.

We all ended up getting like managers, agents and did the whole thing. Some casts don't do that. Oh, I know. They, right? They fend for themselves. But we all banned together. I personally think that's smarter, right? Because then you all, like, you all know your worth.

Yeah, because you either lose one and you replace one or you lose the entire cast. And supposedly, they said that Jersey Shore was supposed to be a cycling cast. So every season, it's different people. That wouldn't have worked. That's why they didn't do it. No, no, no. So when you guys all get managers and agents and you do the second season is your life, your life's completely different, no one's working at their own job.

What is that like in the house? What's the energy? Is it different? Yeah, I feel like we. we knew what we were doing now like it wasn't just fun and like oh we're doing the show real quick like what a fun experience we knew this was going to be our jobs now

and is there like sort of like a villain in the house at this point or is everyone getting along? Season two? Yeah. I feel like people were headbutting with Mike a little bit and Angelina and are you guys is it actually real or is it

put on for television? No everything was real unfortunately yeah I wish I could say it wasn't It's all real. Because there's a lot of embarrassing things that I wish. How did you manage those quote unquote embarrassing things in your personal life? When people, everything gets filmed, it comes out, your family, friends, people who know you, like, what are the conversations that take place then after when they see all the footage? Well, my friends knew exactly what I was going to do on the show because they babysat me all the time. So they were like, oh, I'm surprised you did that on TV.

I'm like, I know. But like my mom and my dad, they were like, is this how you act? I'm like, I'm so sorry. But I was 21, like you can't tell me What are you talking about? Give us some embarrassing things that you feel like when you reflect back You think are embarrassing Just like the hooking up aspect of it

Because my parents saw that And then now like if my kids decide to one day watch it They're going to see their mom like Not kissing their dad You know what I mean? Just like It's iconic Embarrassing things now I feel like it's such a moment

It's so nostalgic, it's iconic I think they're going to get it Yeah Well my kids I think I'm an actress right now, so. That's what they think you do for a living. Yes. You just explain it that way, if they see it.

I'd be like, this is just acting. No, yeah. Until they're like 18, then maybe I'll, like, tell them the truth. And so as you guys keep doing seasons, are you all, like, going to the producers and saying, we know our worth, like, pay us more, like, you're lucky to have us, basically? Like, do you know your worth at this point? Yeah. Yeah, we weren't cocky about it, though.

We were just like, please. like it would be nice and we always got what we wanted and the network was happy we were happy at what point do you start going out in wherever you guys are

as a group and all these people come up to you like when does it get like so crazy yeah it was right after season one aired we couldn't go so after season one the show blew up we went to L.A., we did all the things like everyone knows about us now so when we were filming season two in Miami

and we were just like walked down main street and like go go to dinners or you know go to the club the first season when we did that no one knew who we were so we were just like walking and it was whatever now we had paparazzi like 50 paparazzi's following us people screaming fans so from season one to season two was day a night did you like that yeah we thought we were so cool we're like hey and like posing for paparazzi and producers were yelling at us like you're supposed to be just normal people like not celebrities so we loved it I mean This sounds fun. Yeah, we were so cool.

At what point do you realize that you wanted to use, not use the platform, but leverage the platform to start your own business and do your own thing? Like, when did you start to have the business mind? I don't know. I feel like the whole season one to season six, it was just like party mode. Yeah. Like, this is great. Let's take what we can get because it's going to be over soon.

So I feel like, I feel like after I had Lorenzo, which was, that's when they ended, the series, which was season six. Was it because you had a baby? Yeah, and I think they wanted to take a break. Like, they didn't want to oversaturate the show too much. So they did the break. And then once I had Lorenzo, me and Jenny did our spin-off Snooky and Jaywow, which did very well also.

I like that show. And that was just me from party girl to mom and, like, doing the whole transition. So I didn't really become business savvy and, like, build a career until after I had Lorenzo. Because I was like, all right, I need to make money for the, baby and I need to be responsible and it's not about partying anymore. So what was your first thing that you launched to your fans? I feel like I had the slippers. The slippers was like the first thing that I really did. My snooky slippers that I always like shuffled around in the house with. That's content marketing. The big slippers. I love them. But then I had, I opened my online store, the snooky

shop. Yeah. So that opened, I think right before Lorenzo was born. So yeah, I was just doing like little things that I always wanted to do. Did your husband want you to continue to do the show, or did you want you to get off reality television when you guys got married? No, he still wanted me to do my career and do all the things, but he didn't want to be involved as much. He didn't want to be on. He didn't love it.

Yeah. So then what makes you decide to come back to reality television years later? Like the reboot? Yeah. Jersey Shore family vacation? Yeah. I don't know. I feel like when it came back, everything was coming back.

So, like, Friends was coming back. They were cast. new cast for like back in the day shows so everything it was just like a very nostalgic time for things to come back and we were just like we did a group chat we were like if we were to come back would you all be down and everyone was like yeah so then we pitched it to mtv and then they they bought us again and every single person came back yeah except sam why didn't she come back she didn't want to she wanted to break and i feel like her and ron were not good so she didn't want to be around him and I don't know I just feel like she she didn't want to be she didn't want to be involved when

you guys get the cast back together did you guys have that same essence and magic that you had years before yeah and everybody was like scared because obviously we were older I had two kids at the time so they were like oh how she going to be and I was even ragier because I was a mom right I got it I got it so I walked in the house you came to party hard I came party I think I peed in the pool it was a nightmare and then I'm like oh my god I shouldn't be acting like this as a mom I was a little more tamer but I was still like a meatball no but I imagine like that's like like it's like it's like a switch in the brain where it's like it's like it's party time again well yeah you get in that environment with all those people yeah so it's like back in the day like we're 21 again and living in the house like

let's rage and we all did but then I'm just like wait I have two kids at home I'm married it's like I kind of like need to class it up a little bit but still have fun do you watch yourself back on television when you're on it? Like back in the day stuff? Both. Or stuff now? Do you watch, would like, if you're on a reality show, do you go home and watch the show? No.

Never. Not really. I feel like once it's done, it's done. Because then like my voice will annoy me. My hair bothers me or like, I'm like, oh, I should have put makeup on, but I didn't. Just like things bother me. That's how I would be. I would be detached from it.

Yeah. But Mike, Mike is totally, Mike loves watching himself. he's just like oh love me I'm just like I can't watch it like my voice bothers me now Mike was a breakout star too like you I feel like of the cast like he stood out and he's been sober now

so what is it like for him going sober back into that? Yeah so I feel like that was a test for him because I don't remember how many years sober he was when we started the show in Miami back years ago but now I think he's coming up on 10 years sober. Yeah

he's doing great sobriety wise business wise like he he's killing it and he has kids he's got three kids the wife is everyone married now on the cast no so polly and nicky aren't married viny's still single ronnie is dating and angelina isn't married she got divorced did you hear that girls viny's single is he looking good luck with that why good luck with that he's a lot why it's just like single i i have a friend He's like our little brother, even though he's like a couple weeks older than me. But he's just, he's Vinny. I can't explain it. What's the trick to like getting him to commit?

I don't know. I think he's concentrating on his career right now. So he's doing like stand up and doing all the things. He lives in the city. He has a great place. Like he's bachelor life is like really good on him right now. But obviously eventually he definitely wants to, you know, find a wife and have kids. But I don't think it's going to happen yet.

I have a friend like that. totally there's Taylor I had one of my friends the other day he's like almost 40s already looked to me he's like you know that was Taylor it was yeah I think it might be time for me to settle down I'm like yeah man no shit yeah it's funny he'll be 38 this year he turns 38 right before me so what's weird because when you we have three kids too and so like this this gap starts to happen with like the friends that have kids and the friends that don't because we're like living in two different worlds yeah like our kids are going to be in college when Vin decides to have a child. Like, I was explaining to my... Like, how are they going to be friends?

Yeah, like, my buddy that doesn't have kids, I was like, you know how you just like wake up in the morning and, like, walk out your front door and do whatever you want? Like, it takes me like 45 minutes just to get out of the front door. Yeah. And another 30 minutes to get them actually in the car. Yeah. Like, just get in the car. And a lot of bribery. Someone told me the other day, I was like, bribing my kids and they said, you shouldn't do that. You shouldn't bribe with food. I'm like, oh, you can't do anything nowadays. Oh, I bribe with everything. I'm like, I don't care. Yeah. It's... I don't go by any rules. If your kids came to you

When they were in college and said I want to do a reality show Just like, what would you say? Please know Would you really? I really want them to do something different Just because I know the industry And it's not great all the time

Why? I don't know, just a lot of shady stuff And just everyone knows you And everyone has an opinion I don't want people like attacking them Like they don't like filming right now Like my little one loves the camera He'll, like, touch it and be funny with it.

But he's only six. He doesn't really get it. My son hates it. He's 13. He's like, I don't want to be on TV. Like, don't push me. So that's why my kids aren't on TV on the show a lot because they just don't want to be. And I have to respect that for them.

How do you handle some of that, I don't want to say criticism, but some of the commentary from people that watch you or follow you. That's not nice commentary. Oh, we, so thank God we all have tough skin. Like, so many people have said horrible things about us. And we're like, you're just jealous. Um, so I don't give a shit like what people say about me, but like if you're talking about my kids, like my husband or my friends, like I, I get mama bear and I get annoyed. So will you fight back in the comments?

Yeah, I kill people with kindness and then they feel so dumb that they're like, oh, you're actually a chill person. I'm like, I know if you actually met me, I'm, I'm a normal, like, fun person. You're adorable. People judge me a lot. I feel like with you, though, it's like what you see is what you get. Like, you're real on television. Yeah.

I think that's why it translated the show. it seems to me that like you guys really were showing up who you are and that's why everyone liked it so much yeah but I feel like the people that weren't fans of the show they just see us as like alcoholics or just people that like to party and we're like so much more than that well yeah you guys also are pretty damn savvy to know how to make good reality I mean that's also why they're watching right that's why the show was so

successful it's like people want to see that like if you guys were just sitting around only doing laundry and tanning that would be pretty well yeah do you still tan I tan outside Okay I don't know when's the last time I went to a tanning bed No tanning bed anymore

I mean I would Here and there What are your beauty secrets I don't really have any Well like your lashes Like what's happening Fake lashes You don't have any beauty secrets

With your hair? My hair, no So I'm so I'm Chilean So my hair is so thick Like my daughter So Gianni's football And Italian And I'm Chilean

So with his hair So thick And my hair so thick My kid's hair Is insane like so thick. So I have very thick hair, no extensions. I just got it done yesterday.

How do you get the perfect snooky poof? Walk us through it. Well, it's easier if you have thick hair, obviously. Okay. If you don't have thick hair and it's very thin, you've got to tease this shit out of it. Okay. But I literally can just pick it up

and just push it up with a clip and be done in two seconds. There's no hairspray? Well, yeah, I'll do the hairspray to, like, hold. And it stays up. I don't need the hairspray. Because your hair is so thick. Oh. So it's pretty easy.

It's not like a whole intricate thing. Oh, it takes two seconds. That's why when my poof was like a thing back in the day and they were selling the bumpet and all these things, I'm like, you're lying. I was like, that's not what I do. Oh, they were using your likeness to sell the bumpet. And then I was like, where's my check with that? You should have said it was a bumpet and then invented some kind of bumpet for yourself. I know.

I should have really thought about it. But I wasn't thinking back then. I was just drinking. What does your life look like now as an entrepreneur? like what is your day-to-day what are you working on well I'm always busy with my stores I have four stores I'm always like doing physical stores yeah yeah that's a lot of work well I had my online for a while and then once we had a break was like not filming I was like this is the perfect time to open a brick and mortar real quick so I just did it and then I have four more stores so yeah

that's like a full-time job running all the four stores and like the employees and like the inventory and all that it's a lot and then I have my own wine so I'm working on like coming out with new wines. I have my two podcasts that I'm doing. I feel like I'm doing more. What else am I doing? You're doing a mom. I'm doing more things.

We're filming. We're still filming for next season. Yeah. Next season starts in January. And we already filmed like half of it. Well, the trailer just released. So you see a lot of shit go down. But you see Sam telling us she's pregnant.

And then Sam having the baby, which she just had. And then her wedding's in December. So we start filming next week to like start getting. everything ready for that. And you're going to film the wedding. What do you have to do to prepare to film a reality show? I know before I come on the podcast, if I'm doing like a week of shows, I have to like energetically prepare because it takes a lot of your energy and your capacity. Is there stuff that you do to get in the in the reality show mode? I don't think personally. I think

I think just getting the house prepared because I'm not going to be home. So you have to So like prepping the meals, doing all the laundry, laying out the clothes for the kids for school, just so Gianni knows everything. How long is the filming schedule? Well, usually we go on trips, so it could be like three days that I'm away. And I only do three days because I tell production, I can't be away from my kids for more than three days. So you got me for three days. So, but this one, we're not going away. We're just doing local stuff, but it's Monday to Friday and it's all day.

So I'm not going to be home. Do you go into it with a strategy or a plan or is it just like, let's just see what happens? you know now it's we've known each other for like 18 years now I feel so we just go in and we just enjoy enjoy each other's company and whatever happens happens and do you guys still fight like brother and sister yes all the time mm-hmm who do you fight with the most well I don't personally fight with anyone but I mean we get annoyed with each other who's the most annoying Vinnie Vinny's annoying he just says like his he's getting nailed on this episode oh he knows it too he knows it um and he loves it he loves being the villain

He just says like annoying things to everyone And obviously sometimes like the girls We'll bicker a little bit Because we're girls but we get over it Is your best friend really in real life? J-WOW? Yes That's your real best friend

And are you guys? I do have like five best friends But she's one of them Uh-huh And do you guys fight on the show too? No Well we get annoyed with each other Like sisters but we don't fight

So if Michael and I were going to go to the Jersey Shore walk us through what we should do like the whole itinerary well you definitely need a weekend so you would stay at my Shorehouse in Seaside because I have a Snooky Shorehouse that I still have yet to rent out yet

wait wait wait wait hopefully next summer house that you designed that's like your brand yeah that's cool why is it not run it out you just have you have not wanted to rent it out yet I haven't wanted to yet because I feel like it's not how I want it to be and also like I have friends and family staying there all the time so it's just like

I bought it two years ago and it's like all done with like Snooky and Leopard and I just had my nieces and nephews and families stay there. So definitely next year because Gianni's yelling at me

to do it because he's in real estate. So I think next year we'll put the Snooky house on Airbnb or something for Seaside Heights. Okay. You can stay in my house. Okay.

And then obviously go see the shore store go see Danny. Okay. And then he'll give you the tour of the whole house which smells like throw up in condoms. It's so gross.

It still smells to this day. I don't know how we lived in that house. You know what? When you describe that, I can smell it actually. Like a dirty frat house. You know, Michael. I can like, I know exactly what you're saying right now. Yeah.

Yeah. Just like a party house. It's like a party house, yeah. I have so much to say to what you just said. When he first started dating me, he took me to his frat room. No, I lived in a fraternity house. Yeah, he just smelled like socks. No, no, no, don't tell this story, actually.

No, no, I'm going to. He took me to his fratting me to his frat room. frat room and he tried to hook up with me in the frat room okay there's like condoms like sick on the floor no i'm like and i'm like ew no no i'm not hooking up with you in here like court me no no listen this is a long time ago but there was i lost one stuck between the wall and the bed yeah you're trying to hook up with me and i'm like i don't think so but it wasn't but it wasn't one it wasn't literally i think i was the first girl to say no to you in that room i was like no thank you. And that's when he knew. He fell in love with me after I said, you were like,

I love you every second after I said no to that room. By the way, we never hooked up in that room. There's like, you know, whatever I had to say. Yeah. There you go. It wasn't in that room, though. I was 20 years old. All right. This is like, this is, you know. You would have fit in with the boys. Great. I would have spiked my hair right up. Yeah. That's all they did. I've been doing that laundry and smashing those jam plates. Okay. So, so we stay at your house. We go to the shore house that smells like throw up and condoms, then what? And then obviously you want to go on the boardwalk. It's a little different now because Sandy hit.

Okay. But there's still EJ's. So EJ's bar, we always went to because they served like whenever. And it's still open. It's still open. That's cool. So that's the first place I went before I got arrested on the beach. Okay.

That's when I started my bender. I started at EJ's. And then you want to go to Spicies. So Spicies is like a Mexican restaurant so you can get all the foods and margaritas. Okay. And then obviously karma's not. there anymore. They knocked it down. That's sad. I know. There's no clubs anymore. There's bars, but there's no clubs. They pulled them off. Yeah, they just knocked. They knocked karma and bamboo down.

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Is it just everyone's on the beach? I imagine like Pacific Beach in San Diego. Yeah, but they have like all sorts of vendors on the block and there's people and there's families. Like these get like all walks of life. I said I went there when I was a kid for like, you know, and I remember it was good for kids, but there was also like a lot of adults doing adult activities. Yeah, it's very family vibes.

So do you go with your kids now? I bring them like off season because obviously I can't go Yeah What do you do when you're with your kids and people come up to you Oh they hate it My daughter's like leave her alone I'm like you can't be nasty

So what do you do? Do you just get the selfie and keep it moving? No yeah I'm just like oh I'm with my kids Like quick picture And they're like can your kids come in And I'm like no I think it's strange when people I think it's gonna go off No no I don't like this topic

I'm here you go I'm all for all that But I think when people are with their kids Shouldn't go people with their kids Because you're right, I don't think any kid likes it. And it's confusing to them. And they're like, who's this stranger? It's strangers.

And it's, you know, like, why are they, you know, it's just, it's inappropriate. Yeah. I think it's inappropriate. But, like, I think the fans get so excited because they, they see me as a mom with my kids on TV. So they don't even think like, oh, I might be scaring her kid. I'm just like a fan of all of you in general. You know what I mean? So they're not thinking them as kids.

You're just like no pictures of the kids. Yeah, no. Well, sometimes, so my daughter, Giovanna, she is. She's an athlete. She does competitive cheerleading, all-star cheerleading. So they, obviously everyone knows that she's, you know, my daughter, a cheer. So all the little cheerleaders look up to her and they, like, go up to her and ask for pitchers. So it's kind of like she's starting to feel like the fame of it all, but it's, but it's for her.

It's not, it has nothing to do with me. It's her being a cheerleader and her like killing it. And she's like, mom, I don't know if I like that. And I was like, you can always say no, just be nice about it. So she's starting to be a little cheerleberty and, like, experiencing stuff herself. Well, she has the perfect person to talk to about it. Yeah. I feel like you have all the advice.

We looked at your Instagram before you came on the show. You have 18 million followers. Like, that is insane. Yeah, that's a lot of followers. Oh. I mean. Like half of them are bots. I don't think so.

It's got to be. I don't think so. Like, your show was such a moment. Yeah. 18 million people following you is insane. I love that. I mean, it's a lot. I have to ask some, like, routine questions.

A lot of people like routines. Do you have any morning or nighttime routines that you don't? Just in general? Yeah. Morning, not so much, because I hate the morning. I'm not a morning person. So I'm always cranky. I hate the morning.

I'm miserable. So what does your husband do? Let's talk about this. I want to dissect this. What is your husband do when he knows you're cranky in the morning? Oh, he still tries to talk to me. He's like, what's wrong? I'm like, you know I'm not a morning person.

Stop asking. They do it. He does it on purpose. And he's like, oh, you're cranky today. No, they want their reaction because then they want to say, what's wrong with you? Yeah. So annoying. Why can't you just wake up with a smile?

I do wake up with a smile. I have a smile, but I need to. I don't feel like talking. Yeah, I don't feel like talking. Like quiet, on set. Yeah, but I mean, what if I woke up like that? I would love that. Amazing.

No, no, I mean, what a gift. If I woke up cranky, we're just like, I'm cranky. I, if you didn't want to talk in the morning, I would be just fine until 11. If you didn't say one word and it was like, like, if you, I swear to God, try it for a week. You won't talk to me until 11. I need to talk. I need to chat. I can't do it. Oh, God. I opened my eyes today. He goes, what are we going to do today?

Oh. I'm like, oh! I go, I literally, I had mouth tape on. I'm like, give him 20 minutes. I can't. God forbid I want to talk to my wife, you know. No, you got to give us a good like 30 minutes. Go call a friend. I need more than 30.

I found out I've revealed the other day when we were doing this show. And I've been, I've known her since we were 20 years old. Well, we've been together since I was 20 years old. And I just found this out that she wakes up in the morning and is pretending to sleep for 30 minutes laying there, but she's awake. Oh, yeah. And I didn't know this this whole time. So instead of opening your eyes to signal yours. You're just relaxing on their eyes close.

Yeah. But it's annoying because I'm tiptoeing around in the dark and stumbling around and smashing anything. trying to like respect in her sleep. Yeah, I've done that. Like if I feel like I don't want to get up and bring the kids to school, I'll do that and then Gianni does all of it. See?

And then I wake up and I'm like, oh, what time is it? But I've been up the whole time and I'm just like relaxing. It's so annoying because she'll do these things where she'll be like, I'll be up in the morning for the kids to take them to school.

And it's like. And then you're knocked out. Yeah, she's out cold. I think, I have a theory that I think women's hormones in the morning are different than men's. Like I cannot.

You guys have some burst of testosterone. in the morning, I am, my body's not made for that. Yeah, I'm really bitchy. I'll do the pickup. You do the drop off. You miss the pickup too a lot of times. Stop. It happens.

Get out. It's good for you. I check in, I'm like, did somebody get the kids at school today if I'm not there? She's like, yeah, she will. Yeah, they're good. So your morning routine is to have your husband not speak to you. Yeah. And like the kids, like, relax.

Like, stop saying mom 25 times. Yeah. I'm going to get everything done. We're out the door. And I just need to go to Starbucks and I need to get my, my, my, my matcha drink. And then go to Target and walk around for like 30 minutes. And then I'll be fine. See?

Every day? Yeah, Target. Or I go to Walmart, Trader Joe's. I just want to go to a store and just walk. I get that. I totally get what you're saying. I used to do this with home goods. Home goods, yes.

You walk around. You look at some. Smell some candles, feel blanket. Yeah, you just look at some. He does no idea of talking about. And then you feel so much better. Then you're like, alright, let's go.

Why is that? Because we're girls and we like things. When you just walk around a store. I love it. Yeah. Yeah. And like touching things. Yeah, I'd park far away, walk into home goods.

Do you know what's so strange about this? This sounds like my worst morning I could ever have. Like if I woke up and that was the morning for me, I would like this. I actually would like to know your ideal morning. Not stumbling around in the store half awake. That's the, that's. No, that's what wakes us up. The way he wakes up is atrocious.

The alarm goes off. The water gets splashed on the face. There is a meme about it. The water is so loud. It sounds like someone's like in the ocean. Is he clearing his throat? Oh! He did it this morning.

So I guess it's a guy saying. No, I think what happens is like, I swear to God, this didn't happen until I became a dad. The noises get loud. I saw an eyebrow hair the other day on me that was longer than the hair on my head. I could not believe what what is that throat clearing that's never happened until they got married oh yeah you go yeah yeah oh my god I'm like I'm like Gianni got this teeth cleaner but it spits out water oh and now that noise and then I'm like oh my god he's gagging himself in the bathroom I hate it I hate it and then he goes out like are you right in there want to hook up I'm like get away from me like I don't like that sound that you all that sound that you all Oh, make. Yeah, it's really, we got it. We got to rebrand that. Well, I don't know. I feel like you got to like the, like the, like, like, you got to get like the body awake or something.

It's so gross. And then he, and then he gets the newspaper out and it's like, oh God, you're such a dad. Yeah, it's really like, I don't know what's happening. Sometimes I think it's like an actual prank. Like how, even how you open the door is like so annoying. The closet door. I can tell how you really feel. I could hear you putting on your shorts. Like, who how do you hear someone putting it on? See, this is marriage. It's a lot. It's intense. Well, I think it's just kind of like you want to like announce that you're there.

We got it. We got it. We hear it. It's around. I wish you would wake up just subtly and quietly. The bed already is vibrating you awake and just go downstairs. Maybe I'll wake up one morning and just head over to Target and stumble around for a while. Great.

See what's going on in there. The trick, I really do think that that's true. What they say like the trick to marriage is separate closets and separate bathrooms. Keep it separate. Yeah. That would be great. Oh, get away. It's like, ugh.

The whole thing. And it's nice to have alone time. That's not talked about enough. Yeah. I agree. It's nice to have alone time. Even like couples that I talk to, like my neighbor, they're obsessed with each other. They go on dates like twice a week.

Like they just love each other. They sex each other. Like all the things. And then when he goes away for work, she's like, oh, thank God. She's like, I can sleep in. I could do what I want. She's like, I'm so excited. Yeah, it's a thing

Like we love you so much But it's so nice to be alone sometimes No, I think that's good for everybody I need to be alone too I need to get I need to go recharge Yeah Okay Let's not act like like you don't chatter in

At the wrong moments too I don't know about that Maybe around like 12 o'clock I'll have something to say But it's it's not until 12 No do you know what her thing is It's like she machine gun fires text messages at me

Like I'm gonna say farts No No Like rapid Like every thought that comes into her head comes through on a text It's a long chain

That's normal Yeah see Yeah I don't know if normal is the word Girls do that Yeah girls do that Like every stream of consciousness And guys have dirty condoms

And throw up stuck to their Collardrums I don't use condoms anymore Okay Do you like to be called snooky or Nicole I have to ask you that before you leave Like personally Yeah it's whatever

I think personally Like if we were friends Like I would want you to call me Nicole okay like my my best friends from school like my best friends are from like preschool I'm going to see them Sunday can't wait so there's still my besties when they say snooky I want to throw up you don't like oh god just it's such a turn off huh what's the origin of that nickname I don't even know if I know so my only one friend called me snooky and our favorite show or our favorite movie was save the last dance okay and the DJ was named snook okay and he was like

snook the koochic crook and i was like the first the first one out of my friends like kiss a guy yeah so she was like you're the you're the the coochie crook you're snuck from say the last dance so when we applied for the show they wanted everyone to have nicknames and i'm like i don't know my friends call me nick or nicky because i'm the cole but i was like my one friend calls me snooky so let me put it on there and then i was forever known yeah that brand but my my space name was snuck it was the thing i guess Yeah. Well, I think it's like, it's like kind of iconic at this point, right? Like, that's like, well, yeah, I don't mind it. No, it's good. But like personal stuff and like, yeah, I like, I do like Nicole. Where can everyone find you? And I mean, they already follow you. You have 18 million followers. Where can they find what you're selling? Tell us all the things. What did you bring me? Oh, so I brought you some nostalgic merch for my store. So it's just like funny graphic teas and just funny Jersey Shore things. But you can find me. on Instagram and TikTok at Snooki.

I'm just starting to like get used to TikTok. My daughter taught me how to do it. What's the trick? Oh, just like how to like edit it and do all the trends and stuff like that. She's really helping me. So yeah, I'm on Snooky at social media. What's the most iconic thing that you sell in the Snooky shop? Probably my where's the beach stuff.

So like me getting arrested. Like it's always just selling out. Yeah, that's a good one. Also the slippers. Oh, yeah, my slippers. The slippers have got to do well. My slippers, yeah. But it's not just Jersey Shore merch.

So I'm my own buyer, and I design a lot of things. So it's basically like you're shopping my closet. So even though there's a lot of merch and stuff and Jersey Shore things, it's still just like cute girl clothes. Cute. So like leopards, camos, all the prints. I love cozies. So I'm big on the cozies.

That's what I, the second that I'm out of here, it's like a whole new world for Michael. I want to be in my pajamas. Oh, I'm putting leggings and a. sweatshirt on and I'm scrubbing my face. Yeah. And don't speak to me. So I got ready for you guys today. You're welcome. Well, we appreciate it. Snookie. Nicole, I get to call you now. Thank you so much for coming on the show. Of course. And I'm like to book a trip to the Jersey Shore. Yeah. So we'll cancel the French Riviera and we will book the Snooky Jersey Shore.

Well, yeah, if you guys are ever in Jersey, you could just come over. We'll have martini. I would love it. The kids can play. We'll have like a nice, I feel like you would like her husband too. I'm sure. Oh, Gianni's great. We could clear our throats together and start a symphony. Do you like golf? No, I don't, I do like golf, but I haven't had time to like, it takes a lot of time, right? Oh, okay. Yeah.

Because he's at the country club every day. A lot of people are asking you about golf. I know, like it's a-you-look-like a golfer. Hold on, this is the perfect ending. He needs to clear the pipes. Guys, like, I think, like, once you commit to golf, I feel like if I started playing, I'd be super into it. Are you athletic? Yeah.

But I'm scared to commit to it because I know once you get into it, it's like a real thing people fall in love with. And it's a whole time. time suck. Oh yeah, you're too busy. I just know that like I would be excited about like I'll go play tennis because I can do that quick. You know what? I should send him to play golf in the morning.

Yeah, there you go. So he doesn't bother you. Yeah, all my friends that get into golf, they like become obsessed with it. Yeah, it's my husband. Thank you for coming on. Thank you. Thank you.