Snooki QUITS Jersey Shore to be with HER kids, saying ‘It’s not my life anymore’
THE family vacation is over for Snooki, who says she’s quitting Jersey Shore to spend more time with her children. Snooki, real name Nicole Polizzi, revealed she won’t be coming back to Jersey Shore: Family Vacation if the show returns for a fourth season. “I am retiring from Jersey Shore,” she announced Friday morning on […]
THE family vacation is over for Snooki, who says she’s quitting Jersey Shore to spend more time with her children.
Snooki, real name Nicole Polizzi, revealed she won’t be coming back to Jersey Shore: Family Vacation if the show returns for a fourth season.
“I am retiring from Jersey Shore,” she announced Friday morning on her podcast.
A major reason behind Snooki’s departure is her kids – the reality star said it’s difficult for her to be away from them for long stretches of time.
“I just can’t do it anymore. Like literally leaving my kids to film is really really hard on me. I try and quit every single day. I just hate being away from the kids.”
She added that despite her reputation for being the life of the party, her days as a club rat are behind her.
“I don’t like partying three days in a row. It’s just not my life anymore.”
The 32-year-old is mom to her sons Lorenzo, 7, and Angelo, 6 months, and daughter Giovanna, 5.
Part of Nicole’s decision stems from drama that took place during the most recent season of Family Vacation, which aired this fall.
The family vibes and good times that defined the original show and its spin-off has become more “serious” and less fun.
“Lately on the show it’s just about drama,” she explained.
“Our show is about family and making fun of each other and laughing and just knowing that it’s all in good fun. I’m not leaving my kids for days on end to film the show when that’s the result of it. I don’t like the turnout of it. I don’t like the person I’m portrayed as.”
She added that things in the Seaside Heights shore house are “getting to be a little too much.”
Fans will remember the explosive drama between Snooki, Jenni “JWoww” Farley and Angelina Pivarnick at the end of Season 3.
Angelina accused JWoww’s boyfriend Zack Carpinello of getting hans with her during a trip to Las Vegas, at which Snooki was MIA.
When the cast reunited in New Jersey, the family dinner quickly exploded into a full-on brawl.
Angelina claimed Nicole was automatically taking Jenny’s side without knowing the facts, which Snooki denied before tearfully storming out of the house.
“If I’m doing a reality show, I want it to be fun and I want it to be light-hearted, and lately it’s not that,” she said.
“I can’t be a part of something like that when I’m leaving my kids and hurting. I just need to do what’s best for me right now.”
The self-proclaimed “meatball” has has her share of crazy moments on the OG show, which turned 10 this month.
In Season One, she drunkenly showed off her cheer leading moves in a mini-dress, exposing her lady parts to clubgoers.
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After a night of partying with the crew while on vacation in Italy, she got into a fender bender on Season 4 of Jersey Shore.
She was stopped by local police and forced to take a breathalyzer exam, which she passed.
Although her Jersey Shore days are over, Snooki made it clear she has no plans to leave reality television.
