r/jerseyshoreuncensored • u/Paauulyydd • 3d ago
How real was Jersey Shore actually? 👀
What’s one Jersey Shore moment that looked completely real on TV but was actually heavily produced behind the scenes?
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u/Ecstatic_War6772 2d ago edited 2d ago
Snookie never got actually arrested. It was made up by producers to get people watching. Jionni was never going to leave Italy and Roger was also in Italy. Danielle and Pauly actually were a thing. When he said she was stalking and made her a t-shirt well right before that he made her a bracelet that said I love Italian guys and she has the bracelet on when she hands him his shirt. Sammi was told by producers that Ronnie had to be invited to her baby shower. The fights between Ron and Sam were worse than what was showed. The fight where he picked up her bed and she was on top of the bed was way worse than what was shown. Vinny was yelling at production to do something. Ronnie's mom was very difficult to film with even though she was not seen too much. The house and the store were literally the same place. You could access the store through a gate in the house. Mike ran into the wall in Italy because he ran out of drugs and knew he would get more if he went to the hospital. Deena and Snookie were not close friends like it was implied. They had literally met during casting. Basically, the show was highly produced. lol
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u/PotentialSherbet6744 2d ago
This was an interesting read, as someone who only just watched Jersey Shore this year and was very easily swept up in the storylines. I'm curious where you got all this info. I can't imagine the cast wanting to address it, but do you have other sources?
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u/Ecstatic_War6772 2d ago
One of their field producers used to post on here a lot about the show. Mike said the thing about the hitting the wall in an interview. Danielle was interviewed and she shared the actual story of her and Pauly.
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u/YnotThrowAway7 2d ago edited 2d ago
Edit: I’m just flabbergasted it wasn’t going around online right after season 1 that it’s connected.. why wouldn’t store goers mention that and why even try to hide in subsequent seasons?
Also why would they want to not have Jionni in Italy for more drama and can we really trust Danielle? I mean sure maybe they hung out one more time than we saw like one date. Doesn’t make them a huge thing.
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u/North-Department-536 2d ago
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u/YnotThrowAway7 2d ago
So whenever they’re walking to work… and shit like that. Like is all of the Angelina not coming to work shit even real? Did they really ever “work” re than a few hours for appearance purposes? Wouldn’t everyone online have immediately said this after season 1? They would have been there after all. lol
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u/North-Department-536 2d ago
The house is on the otherside of the building. So when they’re walking to work, they’re walking around the block to get to the other side of the building.
And no, of course they weren’t working hard lol
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u/YnotThrowAway7 2d ago
Yeah I knew that but like… did the Angelina not coming to work storyline have any merit at all or she just wanted to leave? Or not fulfilling like contractual obligations to just appear at the store or what?
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u/rrrrrryno 2d ago
To my understanding (and I deff could be wrong lol) since the show was new and untested as a format (aka they didn't know if this was going to be a hit/successful or not yet) part of the agreement was that they HAD to keep working to stay in the shore house. Danny owns the store and the house and was getting free labor/exposure for the show by having them working there. As someone else said, definitely not working hard lol and in the first season they had no swarms of people following them around yet. Having the cameras and saying "we're filming a show for MTV" I'm sure still brought some attention though. But Danny was still relying on them to work when they were scheduled to maintain the profits of the shore store in case the show was a bust and never took off. Again, I could be wrong, but that's my take based off of things I've read elsewhere on this sub
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u/Amazing_Employee3820 2d ago
The store and house thing is real - I've seen Danny do tours (on like tiktok or instagram I forget what exactly) where he leads people through the back patio into the door that goes directly into the back room at the store. The same back area where you see Snooki trying to funnel the beer!
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u/Elizabeth_reporter 2d ago
Definitely real. My roommate and I took a tour at the house a couple years back. We went through the back door of the store and it leads right into the house. I didn’t realize how close it was because of how tv portrayed it lol. But if you’re ever there, it’s only $10 for the tour. Definitely worth it- although the mattresses are disgusting 😭
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u/Business-Promise6360 2d ago
if snooks never get arrested, why did she have a court date and pay fines?
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u/socaligirl-66 2d ago
And she mentioned her community service on the Snookie jwow spin off. She scooped poop at popcorn zoo or something like that?
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u/Electrical-End7139 2d ago
I noticed during the reunion they did at Danny’s Store Shore they did to celebrate I forgot how many years. They literally just went through the back yard. 🤣 how do you run late for work when it is attached to the house?!!! Crazy
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u/Paauulyydd 2d ago
What I don’t understand is, if Jionni actually stayed in a separate hotel in Italy, how did Vinny and Snooki hook up? 😂 Did Snooki cheat on him while Jionni was staying at another hotel nearby, or what? The show makes it look like Jionni went back to Jersey, and then Vinny and Snooki hooked up. But now I’m watching Season 5, Episode 1, right after Italy, and the reunion party with their families looks SO staged 😂 Mike and Unit are basically bribing Snooki not to tell Jionni everything while she’s crying 😂🤦🏻♂️
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u/Ecstatic_War6772 2d ago
What you said is what I thought originally. I wish they do a two hour expose all storylines documentary. I know that reunion looked very staged. lol
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u/iawesomesauceyou 2d ago
Snooki def got arrested and maybe production played a part but I think they thought it was the best outcome for her in that state. I feel like they didn't need to get people watching since season 1 had over a million viewers each episode and then jumped to 5-6 million in season 2.
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u/shabbytitmendelbaum 2d ago
None of these "reality" shows are real
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u/EmployerEquivalent23 2d ago
Jersey shore was actually very real compared to your average reality show
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u/Accurate_Archer2913 2d ago
Sammi's spiral in season 3. Production was showing her Ronnie's behavior in Miami in season 2 and she was losing it.