Original Jersey Shore cast member Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola will return to the hit MTV series for the upcoming season of Family Vacation.
Sammi was part of the first four seasons of Jersey Shore, which aired from 2009 until 2012. MTV rebooted the show in 2018 with Family Vacation, which has starred Giancola’s co-stars Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, Jenni “JWoww” Farley, Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, Pauly “DJ Pauly D” DelVecchio, Angelina Pivarnick, Vinny Guadagnino, Ronnie Ortiz-Magro and Deena Nicole Cortese.
MTV teased Giancola’s return in an Instagram post on Saturday, posting a picture of Sammi in front of a green screen.
“She’s still the sweetest bitch you’ll ever meet,” the network captioned the photo.
Hours later, Sammi officially announced her return to Jersey Shore in her own post on Instagram.
“Okay I can finally say… I’m backkk!” she wrote.
Back in May 2022, the cast of Jersey Shore issued a joint letter to MTV, slamming the network for its decision to reboot the original show with an entirely new cast. Months later, production for Jersey Shore 2.0 came to a halt.
“As a cast that took a chance with a network in need, we put our most vulnerable moments on television for the world to see,” the statement reads. “We gave our all over the past 13 years, became a family and continue to open our lives for the world. So please understand that we are not in support of a version that will exploit our original show, our hard work and authenticity to gain viewers. Don’t forget to tune into an all new season of Jersey Shore: Family Vacation.”
Read the statement, per Snooki’s Twitter, below.