Why did Snooki leave Jersey Shore?
NICOLE "Snooki"; Polizzi is a Jersey Shore legend - and the upcoming spin off Jersey Shore: Family Vacation reunited for a reunion special.
She had been a main cast member of the MTV reality show and its revival spinoff series since 2009.
Why did Snooki leave Jersey Shore?
Speaking on her It's Happening with Snooki and Joey podcast, Snooki revealed she was quitting MTV's Jersey Shore after 11 years, to spend more time with her children: Lorenzo, Giovanna and Angelo.
"I just can’t do it anymore. Like, literally, leaving my kids to film it is really, really hard on me," Snooki . "I don’t like partying, like, three days in a row. It’s just not my life anymore. And I want to be home with the kids."
Snooki is not the only cast member to have left the show.
Sammi Sweetheart is now an entrepreneur, dabbling in vlogging and podcasting, and runs a lifestyle YouTube channel.
Did she move from New Jersey?
In 2021, The U.S. Sun exclusively revealed that Snooki and her husband were selling their Jersey Shore home for $725,000, but the couple still owns a $2.6 million home in Florham Park, New Jersey.
Property website Zillow revealed the 3,556 sq ft property had “fabulous water views from all windows, one minute to the bay by boat.”
The property was also featured in the 2016 series Nicole & Jionni’s Shore Flip.
What is she doing now?
Snookie's 'retirement,' however, was short-lived, as she returned as a full-time cast member on season 5 of Jersey Shore: Family Vacation.
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Season 5 premiered in June 2022, only two years after her drama-filled departure.
“I felt good with myself. I definitely needed a break from all the drama. I just hate drama. I love happy, positive, fun times and it just wasn’t that for a while. I needed to take a step back to figure out what was happening," she told back in January.
"But I’m excited to be back. I missed all my roomies and I had a great time this season. I enjoyed myself on vacation, I brought my daughter, and she got to hang out with all the other kids. So it was such a fun time this season.”
What has Snookie said about the Jersey Shore reboot?
In May, MTV announced that Jersey Shore 2.0 would be coming soon to the network, featuring an all-new cast.
“It’s been 13 years since the iconic cast of Jersey Shore fist-pumped their way into our lives and stole our hearts,” read a press release from the network.
“Now, the time-honored tradition continues with a new group of roommates moving into their own Shore house. They may have traded their poofs for plumped pouts and UV rays for spray tans, but when things heat up in Jersey, the Shore is still the place to be to make memories all summer long.”
However, the cast took to social media quickly to respond to the news.
DJ Pauly D, Mike "The Situation” Sorrentino, Jenni "JWoww" Farley, and more took to Twitter to share a using the hashtag, #WeAreJerseyShore.
"As a cast that took a chance with a network in need, we put our most vulnerable moments on television for the world to see," the read.
"We gave our all over the past 13 years, became a family and continue to open our lives to the world," the statement continued.
"So please understand that we are not in support of a version that will exploit our original show, our hard work and authenticity to gain viewers."
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In early March 2023, the original cast of Jersey Shore reunited to film a reunion episode.
Mike the Situation and Snooki both shared sneak peeks into the filming on their social media accounts.