EXCLUSIVE: Jersey Shore Family Vacation is still coming in strong on the ratings front.
03.08.2023 - 15:39 / etonline.com
fans are going to want to fist pump over this revelation!During an exclusive sit-down with ET's Rachel Smith, Sammi «Sweetheart» Giancola, who rose to fame as one of the eight roommates on the hit MTV reality series, shed some light on what she's been up to since she last appeared on the show more than a decade ago. As the 36-year-old New Jersey native put it, «I actually enjoy normal life.»Included in that normal life has been her boyfriend of two years now, Justin May.
«I feel like all we have is really time, so I've learned not to waste time on the wrong people anymore,» Giancola said. «I found somebody who's very loving and supportive of what I do and just supportive of me and who I absolutely adore.»Fortunately for viewers of — which Giancola is set to make her debut on Thursday night — May will also be making an appearance with her TV family.
«You guys will all see that on the show,» she confirmed, «and I was really excited to introduce him to everybody.»While the last time fans saw her in a relationship, it was a turbulent one with castmate Ronnie Magro, May was not too far away all those years ago. «He actually used to work at the club Karma when we were there partying in 2009,» she said of her boyfriend.Added Giancola, «I just feel like it was kind of weird how he kind of was a part of my life prior, in the beginning years.»A post shared by Samantha “Sammi Sweetheart" (@sammisweetheart)So what else has she been up to?«I play soccer on Wednesday nights.
I have a store called Sweetheart Coast down in Ocean City, New Jersey, which is like my baby. I spend a lot of time there and I basically work there even.
I do it myself,» she said. «I'm a normal person like everybody else and now I just so happen to be back on TV
.EXCLUSIVE: Jersey Shore Family Vacation is still coming in strong on the ratings front.
Jessica Chastain has one character from her past that she would love to revisit. During an appearance on 's podcast — recorded before the SAG-AFTRA strike-- the Oscar-winning actress revealed that she would love to reprise her role as Celia Foote from 2011's .«You know who I think about all the time, and I just wish I could play her [again]? Celia Foote,» Chastain, 46, said.Celia was a housewife who bonded with her housekeeper, Minerva «Minny» Jackson (played by Octavia Spencer), after suffering a series of miscarriages and receiving condemnation from her husband.
Billie Eilish is keeping things positive with her ex-boyfriend, Jesse Rutherford.The «Bad Guy» singer took to her Instagram Story over the weekend to field questions from fans, which is when one person questioned her about her relationship with The Neighborhood frontman.Eilish answered, «Very very good friends only. My homie forever.»The musicians first sparked dating rumors back in October 2022, when fans spotted them having dinner at Los Angeles joint Crossroads Kitchen.They were then seen out at Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios.
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Sammi «Sweetheart» Giancola and Deena Cortese hope to one day clear the air with Ryan Reynolds after they allege that the star was «rude» to them. The cast of were guests on Thursday's episode of and were asked about the rudest celebrity encounter they ever had. «Me and Deena encountered a rude celebrity once, but we don't want to say who it is,» Sammi said, nervously.
reunited on the red carpet at the show's season six midseason premiere Wednesday, and the epic moment marked the first time Sammi «Sweetheart» Giancola has been on a carpet with her castmates since the show's original iteration,, came to an end in 2012.Paul «Pauly D» DelVecchio, Nicole «Snooki» Polizzi, Michael «The Situation» Sorrentino, Jenni «JWoww» Farley, Vinny Guadagnino, Angelina Pivarnick and Deena Nicole Cortese were all in attendance for the big night.It's remarkable to see how much the cast has grown and evolved since the world first met them over 13 years ago, when Jersey Shore premiered in December 2009.In January 2010, the cast came together for that year's Golden Globes Nominees and Presenters Day event, posing together for one of the cast's first public media gatherings, where they were all smiles, excited to be a part of a hit show.How time flies!On Wednesday, the group dressed in their Jersey finest — and Snooki even called back to the show's early days with her signature half-up half-down hairstyle, complete with the pouf — a pinned-back bouffant at the top of her head.Of course, Pauly D had to sport his go-to blowout, taking us all back to 2009, when fans were first introduced to the MTV series.A post shared by Nicole «Snooki»
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Mike «The Situation» Sorrentino is all about that sober life and putting his family first — even when his willpower is put to the test while filming Mike and his wife, Lauren, walked the red carpet at the Hard Rock Hotel in New York City on Wednesday at the premiere of 's new episodes, and he spoke with ET's Rachel Smith about his health and his sobriety journey.«I sometimes like think about it, and I'm like, 'Oh my god, like, I can't believe I've come so far.' And then I look in the mirror, and I'm like, 'Wow, I'm just a tough son of a bitch,'» Mike said with a laugh.«I mean there are always temptations, but when you have the secret sauce, when you have the blueprint of what's working, you never fall away from that, you know? You stick to what's working,» he added, «and what's working for me is God and family.»Mike explained how he was «saved» by his loving «beautiful wife,» and he's managed to overcome years of addiction and excess and turn his life around.«I'm a dad first, I'm a husband first, my sobriety [comes] first. And sometimes, when I'm dealing with the cast and those type of those situations, it's not easy,» he said.
The Jersey Shore gang is back!
reunited on the red carpet at the show's season six midseason premiere Wednesday.The epic moment marked the first time Sammi «Sweetheart» Giancola has been on a carpet with her castmates since the show's original iteration,, came to an end in 2012.Paul «Pauly D» DelVecchio, Nicole «Snooki» Polizzi, Michael «The Situation» Sorrentino, Jenni «JWoww» Farley, Vinny Guadagnino, Angelina Pivarnick and Deena Nicole Cortese were all in attendance for the big night.The group dressed in their Jersey finest, with Snooki taking it back to the show's early days with her signature half-up half-down hairstyle, complete with the pouf — a pinned-back bouffant at the top of her head.