Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi has officially quit Jersey Shore: Family Vacation after receiving death threats against her children.
The reunion series has gone down a hit with fans of the original MTV show, but sadly the longtime cast member has decided to walk away from it.
Speaking on her podcast, It’s Happening With Snooki and Joey, Nicole said:Â “You guys, I love you so much and don’t hate me for my decision. But I have to do what’s best for me at the moment. I am retiring from Jersey Shore.”
“I am not coming back to Jersey Shore for Season 4 if there is one. And there’s a lot of reasons why, but the main reason is… I just can’t do it anymore.”
The 32-year-old, who is mum to Lorenzo, 7, Giovanna, 5, and Angelo, 6 months, explained: “Literally, leaving my kids to film it is really hard on me. I try and quit every single day. I just hate being away from the kids.”
“I don’t like partying three days in a row. It’s just not my life anymore. I want to be home with the kid. It’s just really hard for me to leave the kids and film the show.”
Nicole continued: “Our show, Jersey Shore, is about family and making fun of each other and having a good time and laughing and just knowing that it’s all in good fun. Lately, everything is so serious.”
“It’s not about a team anymore. Fans are against one another when it comes to a cast member. I don’t want that. I’m not leaving my kids for days on end to film this 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. It’s getting to be a little too much.”
“I just need to do what’s best for me right now, and right now I’m just not comfortable filming that show anymore with the direction it’s going and all the drama, and getting death threats and getting death threats to my children… over this freakin’ reality show that’s not even that serious.”
“And people take it too seriously to where I’m getting death threats with my kids.”
“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.
“The show is getting so dramatic. I can’t be part of something like that, especially when I’m leaving my kids and I’m hurting. I just need to do what’s best for me right now.”
Nicole also revealed her castmates tried to stop her from quitting the show, but she said, “I’m just not about it anymore and it’s not cool.”
“I love my roomies to death. They know that. I’m not going anywhere when it comes to that and them being my family,” Nicole explained.
“I’m not saying goodbye to reality tv and me working as a reality star anymore and me just going away and hiding like a hermit. I don’t want to do that, I just want to move on from the show because I don’t like the direction it’s going in with the drama and just the cattiness, I just can’t do it.”
