NICOLE “Snooki” Polizzi is a reality TV star who regularly shares sweet family snaps with hubby Jionni LaValle and their three children.
But, although the 36-year-old appears to be living the dream, fears are spreading that her marriage is “on the rocks.” Here’s what we know about the star.
Who is Jersey Shore star Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi?
Snooki is an American reality TV star who starred on MTV‘s Jersey Shore from its December 3, 2009 debut until its December 20, 2012 conclusion after six seasons.
Jersey Shore is a series that follows the lives of eight housemates at a vacation home in exotic locations.
Upon appearing on Jersey Shore in 2009 Snooki made quite the impression leading to numerous talk show appearances, web and television series participation and hosting.
She also boasts a huge social media following and has more than 17 million Instagram followers.
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Snooki reportedly earned $150,000 per Jersey Shore episode by the last season.
The star was born in Santiago, Chile on November 23, 1987.
She received her unusual name in middle school, when her friends named her after “Snooki”, a male character in Save the Last Dance, because she was the first of her friends to kiss a boy.
Is Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi married?
Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi is married to TV personality and producer Jionni LaValle.
The couple wed on November 29, 2014, in East Hanover, New Jersey.
Jionni was born in East Hanover on March 20, 1987.
He has been featured in multiple reality shows, including Jersey Shore, Snooki & JWoww, Nicole & Jionni’s Shore Flip, and The Insider.
Snooki and her husband Jionni were said to have been “living apart” in May 2024 and their marriage has been “on the rocks” years after the 2015 Ashley Madison hack.
Back in 2015, a hack of the Ashley Madison website, that helped facilitate extra-marital affairs, revealed Jionni’s email amongst the alleged subscribers.
Snooki denied the allegations at the time.
In the fallout she respond in an Instagram post in which she wrote: “This morning when I got a call from my publicist that a story was going to be printed on my husband ‘allegedly’ signing up on Ashley Madison, I laughed — and said lets not even comment and give the story any juice, because it couldn’t be any further from the truth.”
She went on to call Jionni a “stand-up guy” who “loves his family more than anything.”
Multiple sources have revealed to The U.S. Sun that Nicole, 36, and Jionni, 37, are rarely under the same roof, have regular explosive fights, and that the fallout to those arguments have been captured by MTV cameras but never seem to make the cut on Jersey Shore.
One source claimed the reality star vents to “everyone” about her rocky relationship.
“They stay apart a lot of the time. Within the last several months she said she hadn’t seen Jionni in awhile and that he had left the house.”
The source said that the star and her more camera shy husband will change off from staying in the two houses they own in different parts of New Jersey.
Often Jionni will stay in the house on the Jersey Shore and Nicole will stay at their house further inland and about an hour north of the shore house.
The insider also claimed that Nicole has said when they are under the same roof, they still aren’t sleeping in the same bed.
“Nicole will sleep in her bed with the kids, and Jionni will be in another bedroom and wont get into their bed till she leaves,” they added.
The insider added that the pair often get into devastating, name calling fights, which have ended with Nicole in tears.
“I know that MTV has filmed the fallout from their fights, but for some reason those cuts never seem to see the light of day,” the perplexed source alleged.
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How many children does Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi have?
Snooki shares three kids with Jionni, including sons Lorenzo Dominic, 11; Angelo James, four; and daughter Giovanna Marie, nine.
Lorenzo Dominic was born on August 26, 2012, at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, New Jersey, per People.
The pair welcomed Giovanna Marie on September 26, 2014, and Angelo James on May 30, 2019.
In a September 22 interview with People, Snooki revealed that she never wants her children to watch Jersey Shore.
She said: “Even if they’re 30, I’m like, I don’t want you watching that. It’s weird.
“I mean, even now my kids are ten and eight and they’re on TikTok and they see old clips and stuff.
“So they’re like, ‘Mommy, what are you doing here?’ And I’m just like, ‘Mommy’s a paid actress. They made me do that.’
“So that’s my story as of right now until they’re older and then I’ll be like, ‘Yeah, I was crazy.'”
Since October 2023, fans have speculated that the reality star is pregnant.
In December of that year, Snooki referenced the rumors when she introduced her followers to her “fourth child,” a black mixed poodle.
How long has Snooki starred on Jersey Shore?
Snooki starred on MTV’s Jersey Shore from its December 3, 2009 debut until its December 20, 2012 conclusion after six seasons.
Snooki shares three kids with Jionni, including sons Lorenzo Dominic, 11; Angelo James, four; and daughter Giovanna Marie, nine.
Lorenzo Dominic was born on August 26, 2012, at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, New Jersey, per People.
The pair welcomed Giovanna Marie on September 26, 2014, and Angelo James on May 30, 2019.
In a September 22 interview with People, Snooki revealed that she never wants her children to watch Jersey Shore.
She said: “Even if they’re 30, I’m like, I don’t want you watching that. It’s weird.
“I mean, even now my kids are ten and eight and they’re on TikTok and they see old clips and stuff.
“So they’re like, ‘Mommy, what are you doing here?’ And I’m just like, ‘Mommy’s a paid actress. They made me do that.’
“So that’s my story as of right now until they’re older and then I’ll be like, ‘Yeah, I was crazy.'”
Since October 2023, fans have speculated that the reality star is pregnant.
In December of that year, Snooki referenced the rumors when she introduced her followers to her “fourth child,” a black mixed poodle.
What has Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi said about her adoption?
Snooki has opened up about about when she discovered she was adopted.
The Jersey Shore star, 30, revealed details about her childhood in a YouTube vlog.
Snooki said: “I don’t really talk about it just because I just feel like my family is my family.”
She added: “I never really thought, ‘What’s my birth mother like? What’s my birth family like?’ Because I’m so content with my adoptive parents and my adopted life and family.
“But you know I thought about it once I started getting older, like, ‘What does my mom look like? What does my dad look like?’”
“I was adopted at 6 months from Santiago, Chile and I was adopted by Helen and Andrew Polizzi.
“They flew all the way to Chile to come pick me up and they said right when they saw me they said I was like, ‘Mama, Dada.’ So it was meant to be, things just work out that way — it’s called fate,” Snooki said.