The lacking meatball. Jersey Shore diehards have lengthy hoped that Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola will return to the present, however her former castmates don’t suppose it’s a risk.
“I believe it’s secure to say Sammi is now not wanting to do that,” Deena Cortese completely informed Us Weekly on Tuesday, January 24, forward of the Jersey Shore: Household Trip season 6 premiere. “She’s simply residing her greatest life.”
Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, for her half, confirmed that Sammi, 35, nonetheless has her blocked on social media. The Messyness cohost revealed in September 2022 that she found the snub when she tried to message her former costar. “I don’t know what I did,” Snooki informed E! Information on the time. “It’s unlucky as a result of we’d love for her to come back again. She’s part of the present. I really feel prefer it’s not full until all of us are there. It’s unhappy.”
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Whereas Jenni “JWoww” Farley informed Us that she’s not at the moment blocked, she quipped she’s “in all probability gonna be” after speaking about it. Vinny Guadagnino, in the meantime, confirmed that Sammi doesn’t observe him — however she hasn’t blocked him, both.
“Actually, she’s doing her personal factor,” Deena, 36, stated of Sammi. “So, why even speak about her?”
Sammi starred within the MTV unique sequence for its whole run from 2009 to 2012, however she hasn’t appeared in any episodes of Household Trip, which debuted in April 2018. “I’m at a very completely different place in my life proper now specializing in my companies and relationship,” the New Jersey native wrote by way of Instagram shortly earlier than the reboot premiered. “I’m not the identical individual as I used to be after I was 22. At 31, I’m at the moment extraordinarily glad in each side of my life and need to keep away from doubtlessly TOXIC SITUATIONS.”
(L-R) Vinny Guadagnino, Paul DelVecchio, Angelina Pivarnick, Mike Sorrentino, Deena Nicole Cortese and Jenni “J-Woww” Farley. Kristina Bumphrey/StarPix/Shutterstock
Although Sammi didn’t return for extra GTL together with her roomies, she seemingly remained near a few of them, attending Snooki’s 2014 wedding ceremony to Jionni LaValle and Deena’s 2017 bridal bathe.
In the course of the unique Jersey Shore, Sammi was in an off-and-on relationship with Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, who went on hiatus from Household Trip in 2021 to concentrate on his psychological well being. When the revival sequence was introduced in 2017, an insider informed Us that Sammi determined to not be part of the forged as a result of she wasn’t thinking about reconnecting with Ronnie, 37.
(L-R) Mike “The State of affairs” Sorrentino, Jenni “JWoww” Farley, Paul “Pauly D” DelVecchio, Deena Cortese, Vinny Guadagnino, Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola and Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi. Charles Sykes/Invision/AP/Shutterstock
“Everybody was invited to come back on the present, however Sammi was the one one who didn’t need to,” the supply defined in November 2017. “An enormous motive for that was as a result of she didn’t need to be round Ronnie. She has been having fun with her life off of TV and didn’t need to change that.”
Final yr, Mike “The State of affairs” Sorrentino stated he thought Sammi would have returned throughout Ronnie’s absence from Household Trip, however that by no means occurred. “I’m stunned that she hasn’t come again but,” the Dancing With the Stars alum, 40, completely informed Us in January 2022. “Possibly she’s not gonna shock us on a trip now that Ronnie’s not right here.”
Season 6 of Jersey Shore: Household Trip premieres on MTV Thursday, January 26, at 8 p.m. ET.
With reporting by Christina Garibaldi
