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Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino
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After his mega-popular debut onJersey Shore,Mike Sorrentinowent on to appear on several reality shows includingDancing with the Stars,Celebrity Big Brother,Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars,Worst Cooks in America, his own seriesThe Sorrentinosand Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars — Family Edition.
Off-screen, theJersey Shorealum struggled with personal issues for several years and contended with addiction. After nearly two years of sobriety following a 2012 stint in rehab, a gym injury triggered Sorrentino’s battle with prescription medication abuse. In 2014 he told PEOPLE that he had been sober for 18 months after checking into rehab for a second time. “It’s my life, and I have to take care of it,” he said. “If I’m not healthy mentally and physically, I’m not going to make it.”
He and his brother, Marc Sorrentino, wereindicted on tax offenses in 2014and were met with additional tax-related charges in April 2017. On Jan. 15, 2019, he arrived at a prison in upstate New York tobegin his eight-month sentence.
02of 09Jenni “JWoww” FarleyGregg DeGuire/FilmMagic; Jamie McCarthy/GettyJenni “JWoww” Farleyand her Seaside Heights roommate,Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, starred on their own spin-off show,Snooki & Jwoww, for four seasons from 2012 to 2015 (the pair followed the series up with the webseriesSnooki & Jwoww: Moms with Attitude). Farley also did a stint onMarriage Boot Campand won season seven ofWorst Cooks in America.Farley and her husbandRoger Mathewswelcomed their first child, daughter Meilani Alexandra, in 2014 and son Greyson Valor in 2016. In 2018, Farleyfiled for divorcefrom Matthews and also revealed the couple’s son wasdiagnosed with autism. The divorce wasfinalizedin August 2019. In February 2021,Farley got engaged to professional wrestler Zack Clayton Carpinello.
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Jenni “JWoww” Farley
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Jenni “JWoww” Farleyand her Seaside Heights roommate,Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, starred on their own spin-off show,Snooki & Jwoww, for four seasons from 2012 to 2015 (the pair followed the series up with the webseriesSnooki & Jwoww: Moms with Attitude). Farley also did a stint onMarriage Boot Campand won season seven ofWorst Cooks in America.
Farley and her husbandRoger Mathewswelcomed their first child, daughter Meilani Alexandra, in 2014 and son Greyson Valor in 2016. In 2018, Farleyfiled for divorcefrom Matthews and also revealed the couple’s son wasdiagnosed with autism. The divorce wasfinalizedin August 2019. In February 2021,Farley got engaged to professional wrestler Zack Clayton Carpinello.
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Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi
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Angelina Pivarnick
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Angelina Pivarnickfamously left the shore house three episodes into season one, and made another early — and this time permanent — departure in season two, though she did return for guest appearances in later seasons and eventually joined the main cast ofJersey Shore: Family Vacation.
In November 2019,Pivarnick married her fiancéChris Larangeira — in New Jersey, of course. However, Pivarnickfiled for divorcefrom Larangeira in January 2021. While the couple initially reconciled, Larangeirafiled for divorcein February 2022.
In 2022, Pivarnick representedJersey Shoreon the Paramount+ international competition spin-off seriesAll Star Shore.
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Paul “DJ Pauly D” DelVecchio
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Pauly DelVecchiohad his own one-seasonJersey Shorespin-off with 2012’sThe Pauly D Project,which chronicled his burgeoning DJ career.He has since enjoyed a fair amount of success as a DJ andreportedly pulls in a multi-million dollar incomefrom his residency at Harrah’s Las Vegas and various other ventures including cologne, tanner and clothing lines.
In 2013, he welcomed a daughter,Amabella Sophia Markert. DelVecchio began dating singerAubrey O’Dayin 2016 while the pair filmed the VH1 reality showFamously Single, anddated on-and-off.
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Vinny Guadagnino
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Guadagnino appeared on two reality dancing competition series,The Masked DancerandDancing with the Stars. He has also promoted a low-carbohydrate diet afterhe lost 50 poundsafter changing the way he eats.
07of 09Ronnie Ortiz-MagroEthan Miller/Getty; Jason LaVeris/FilmMagicIn 2014,Ronnie Ortiz-Magrotold PEOPLE that he and fellow cast member, on-and-off girlfriend Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola, hadended things for good. He later joined the cast of the the second season ofFamously Single, where he metnow-ex—and Khloé Kardashian’s BFF — Malika Haqq.The reality star was in thespotlight for the very public fightswith his on-again, off-again, girlfriend,Jen Harley, with whom he shares daughterAriana.In June 2021, Ortiz-Magrogot engagedto Saffire Matos, who he had been dating since early 2020. However, the couplebroke upin July 2022.Ortiz-Magrostepped awayfromJersey Shore: Family Vacationin May 2021 in order to “seek medical treatment for mental health issues.” He returned to the series in August 2022 and revealed that he was, at that point,one year sober.
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Ronnie Ortiz-Magro
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In 2014,Ronnie Ortiz-Magrotold PEOPLE that he and fellow cast member, on-and-off girlfriend Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola, hadended things for good. He later joined the cast of the the second season ofFamously Single, where he metnow-ex—and Khloé Kardashian’s BFF — Malika Haqq.
The reality star was in thespotlight for the very public fightswith his on-again, off-again, girlfriend,Jen Harley, with whom he shares daughterAriana.
In June 2021, Ortiz-Magrogot engagedto Saffire Matos, who he had been dating since early 2020. However, the couplebroke upin July 2022.
Ortiz-Magrostepped awayfromJersey Shore: Family Vacationin May 2021 in order to “seek medical treatment for mental health issues.” He returned to the series in August 2022 and revealed that he was, at that point,one year sober.
08of 09Deena CorteseJeff Kravitz/Wireimage; Paul Zimmerman/GettyDeena Cortesejoined theJersey Shorecast in the show’s third season and remained for the rest of its original run. She appeared onCouples Therapyin 2014 and several episodes ofSnooki & JWoww.In November 2016, Cortesebecame engagedto boyfriend Christopher Buckner during a romantic getaway to Mexico. The two wed in 2017 andwelcomed their first child, a boy named Christopher John, in January 2019.They had a second child, a boy named Cameron Theo, in May 2021.
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Deena Cortese
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Deena Cortesejoined theJersey Shorecast in the show’s third season and remained for the rest of its original run. She appeared onCouples Therapyin 2014 and several episodes ofSnooki & JWoww.
In November 2016, Cortesebecame engagedto boyfriend Christopher Buckner during a romantic getaway to Mexico. The two wed in 2017 andwelcomed their first child, a boy named Christopher John, in January 2019.They had a second child, a boy named Cameron Theo, in May 2021.
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Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola
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Sammi Giancolalaunched herclothing line, Sweetheart Styles, in 2013. In 2015, she began cohosting the podcastJust Sayin', which concluded in November 2017. In March 2017, a handful of Giancola’s formerJersey Shorecostars came out for her 30th birthday bash in New York City.
source: people.com
