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TagsBY ALICIA CRUZ
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
In yet another episode of "the young and the senseless," Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi of "Jersey Shore" fame has another video making it's round on the Internet chitlin' circuit.
"Jersey Shore" executive producer Sally Ann Salsano said, "It's a blessing and a curse. You're always grateful when people want to talk about your show, but in the end, those same people are the ones that take things, like what happened with Snooki, out of context. I know I'll have a chance to tell my story, but more people are going for the cheap shot."
The latest video, which can be seen on Radaronline.com, shows Polizzi being approached by a young man who expressed an interest in her while at the Ocean's 10 bar in Miami's South Beach where "Jersey Shore" is filming Season Two.From the looks of it, Polizzi, a self-proclaimed guidette, wasn't interested and told the young stud not to bother her. The man, who remains unidentified, takes Snooki's drink and moves away as if he's leaving. There was some exchange of words and Snooki reaches for some food and tosses it at the mystery man.
Not content, she then swats her wanna-be suitor on his arm, then slaps him and tosses another drink on him. The guy returns the gesture, as does Snooki. Security steps in and the rejected man gets the boot.
Moments later, cast mate Jenni "JWoww" Farley arrives on the scene asking Polizzi what happened, to which the pretty pea brain responds, "He took my drink!"
In the meantime, fans can be heard cheering Snooki on and repeatedly yelling, "We love you Snooki!"
This is the second bar room brawl involving the 21-year-old aspiring Veterinarian. Last year, after a fight over a drink in a Seaside Heights bar, a physical education teacher snuck Snooki after she claims he stole her drink after he was cut-off by bartenders for being too intoxicated.
Brad Ferro has since apologized, been found guilty of assault and fined.
Sadly, Polizzi isn't the only cast member to make headlines for bad behavior. Cast mate Sammi "Sweetheart" Giancola is now facing felony assault charges after the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office decided to move forward on a complaint from Kristen DeMinco, the woman who says Giancola repeatedly assaulted her in the VIP section of Club Dream, a South Beach nightclub on Saturday.
DeMinco, who has announced that she will file a civil law suit against Giancola and MTV over the fisticuffs, showed reporters a bruise under her eye during a news conference outside Miami Beach police headquarters. She claims Giancola flipped out after she saw DeMinco talking to her boyfriend. DeMinco says the sweet-not Giancola became violent and started swinging at her. Farley, who joined in on the free-for-all, ended up on the floor after DeMinco's friend came to her aid. After attacking DeMinco, "Jersey Shore" cast mates got into another altercation at the bar and were eventually asked to leave.
News of the felony charges and potential civil lawsuit comes on the heels of a New Jersey judge's decision to hear a lawsuit that claims producers of the reality TV show have engaged in "criminal enterprise," a form of racketeering, by profiting from provoked fights and bar room brawls involving cast members and the public at large.
The shows executives have been accused of encouraging cast mates to engage in physical altercations in an effort to boost ratings.
The lawsuit seeks unspecified monetary damages on behalf of three clients, one being Stephen Izzo Jr. of Berkeley, who was involved in drunken fight with cast member Ronnie Magro, 22 of the Bronx, which left Izzo unconscious.
Joshua Thomas and wife Kristin Porrenod, the second plaintiffs in the lawsuit, say Magro intentionally started a fight with them. Thomas added that he was fired from the Monmouth Beach police force after footage of the fight aired.
The lawsuit isn't the first time "Jersey Shore" has faced criticism and negative press over the antics or the general nature of the show.
The National Italian American Foundation, UNICO National and the Order Sons of Italy in America blasted the show for using "ethnic slurs, violence and poor behavior to marginalize and stereotype Italian-Americans".
UNICO National President Andre DiMino said his office couldn't keep up with the volume of calls from outraged Italian Americans who saw the show's premiere and found no humor in MTV's use of the terms, 'Guido' and 'Guidette', derogatory terms used to describe working class or lower class urban Italian Americans, and fumed that the cast members are an embarrassment to themselves, their heritage and their families.
"Jersey Shore" plans to return to MTV this summer to film the remainder of season two, but Salsano said extra measures, including beefed-up security, will be taken to ensure the integrity of the show.
"We will do everything we can to protect the story," she said, "and everyone else will probably do anything they can to get around it."
