Mike Sorrentino Is ‘Surprised’ Sammi ‘Sweetheart’ Giancola Didn’t Return Amid Ronnie Ortiz-Magro’s Absence
07.01.2022 - 18:11
/ usmagazine.com
Not so fast. Although Ronnie Ortiz-Magro‘s decision to take a break from Jersey Shore: Family Vacation left the door open for his ex Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola to return — her costars are torn when it comes to her decision to keep a distance.
When asked about during an interview on Wednesday, January 5, Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi exclusively told Us Weekly, “We comment on each other’s pictures here and there, Then randomly we will be, like, ‘Are you coming back to the show? And it’s always just, like, ‘No. Absolutely not.'”
Fans originally met Sammi, 34, when she joined the OG cast of Jersey Shore in 2009. After Sammi and Ronnie, 36, started dating, their on and off relationship became a major plot point on the reality show until filming wrapped in 2012. Following their 2014 split, the jewelry designer didn’t return for the Jersey Shore spinoff series, which debuted in 2018.
“Everyone was invited to come on the show but Sammi was the only one who didn’t want to. A big reason for that was because she didn’t want to be around Ronnie,” a source told Us at the time. “She has been enjoying her life off of TV and didn’t want to change that.”
Although Sammi opted not to make a cameo on the spinoff yet, her former costar Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino admitted that “you never know” when it comes to a possible return, telling Us, “I’m surprised that she hasn’t come back yet or maybe she’s not gonna surprise us on a vacation now that Ronnie’s not here.”
Since her departure from reality TV, Sammi got engaged to Christian Biscardi in 2020 after two years of dating. The MTV personality confirmed in July 2021 that the duo called it quits. Four months later, Sammi offered her followers a glimpse at a new man in her life, Justin May.
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