Jersey Shore cast reveals what professions…
It’s a good factor they stayed on the Shore.
The stars of “Jersey Shore” would have pursued professions in healthcare, technology — and even politics had they not been found by MTV.
Before the show debuted in 2009, Vinny Guadagnino earned a political science degree from the College of Staten Island, and had plans to go on to law faculty.
“I would have been a local Staten Island councilman,” predicted Guadagnino, 37, an Emerson Hill native, during a cast sit-down with The Post on Monday.
“You would have been working at a pizzeria, Vin, who you kidding?” quipped co-star Angelina Pivarnick.
“Jersey Shore” premiered on MTV in 2009 and its spinoff show is getting into its eighth season. AP
“Pizzeria on the side, I’m a man of the people. That’s what the councilmen do,” Guadagnino replied.
Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi had one more semester left of Ulster County Community College 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 turn 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 May 29.
Jenni “JWoww” Farley, Angelina Pivarnick, Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, Vinny Guadagnino and Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino sat down with The Post forward of the Season 8 premiere of “Jersey Shore: Family Vacation.” Brian Zak/NY Post
Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino was working as a stripper and drug supplier before signing onto the truth show.
“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.
But he technically would never have to discover one other gig — as the sequence turned a popular culture phenomenon and over 15 years later, the crew is still filming.
The Staten Island native, who grew up in Manalapan, NJ, and earned his affiliate’s degree from Brookdale Community College, believes he still would have turn into a family identify regardless of the show.
“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 Technology, but stated she had “no idea” what occupation 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 native of East Greenbush, NY.
The actuality stars revealed loopy fan encounters they’d had over the years. Brian Zak/NY Post
With over a decade and a half of fame also 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, during a e book 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 also reminisced about star-studded encounters, with A-Listers like Leonardo DiCaprio and Beyoncé, who are followers of the show.
“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 cast coined.
“That was a great time, still my favorite picture,” Farley stated about bumping into Leonardo DiCaprio at a nightclub. Courtesy Jenni Farley
The group met Queen Bey at 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.
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