Sammi Sweetheart On Her Boyfriend’s Reaction To ‘Jersey Shore’ Return

Sammi Giancola from Jersey Shore poses for a portrait on in New York
Jersey Shore Girls Portraits, New York, USA - 3 Oct 2012 — Image Credit: Mediapunch/Shutterstock

Jersey Shore: Family Vacation is getting a blast from the previous. After 11 years, Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola is returning within the new season of the revival. HollywoodLife spoke EXCLUSIVELY with Sammi about how her boyfriend, Justin May, felt about her returning to the present and crossing paths with ex Ronnie Ortiz-Magro once more.

“My boyfriend’s so supportive and loving,” Sammi gushed to HollywoodLife on the Jersey Shore: Family Vacation premiere occasion on August 2. “He was just like, ‘Do your thing. Have fun with it.’ He was really cool about it all.”

Sammi was the one authentic forged member to not signal on for the Jersey Shore revival in 2018. Five years into Jersey Shore: Family Vacation, the entire gang is lastly again collectively once more. “It was really exciting to be back,” Sammi stated. However, she admitted that she was “nervous” about seeing everyone once more after not having spoken to the forged in a “real long time.”

Angelina Pivarnick was the one one to learn about Sammi’s return earlier than filming began since she was the one who reached out in spite of everything these years. “I DMed her and I figured, why not? I feel like we all wanted her to come back. She’s an OG just like all of us,” Angelina defined. “I DMed her and she answered me around Christmas time. Then I didn’t hear from her in a while, so I didn’t know what was going on. Behind the scenes, they were figuring it out. And then all of a sudden, bam, they rolled up to my house saying that they’ve got to take my phone, and they’re driving up with her… So when I drove up with her, mouths dropped to the floor.”

It’s all about timing. Once Sammi was again within the Jerzday fold, Deena Cortese famous that it was “like she never left. It was just so great to finally have everybody back together. We always wanted Sammi to come back. A long time ago she told me to just stop asking her because she was happy. And I was like, okay, I’m going to respect that. The fact that Angelina asked her at the right time. We were all so, so happy.”

Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino instructed HollywoodLife that he’s “very excited for the fans to see Sam come back and tell her story, how the dynamic changes or doesn’t change. I think it’s one of our best seasons, and I think everyone is going to agree with me.” Jersey Shore: Family Vacation premieres August 3 at 8 p.m. on MTV.