Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino breaks down new ‘Jersey Shore’ drama and Sammi and Ronnie’s reunion

we've got a new season upon us and we were just talking about how we're all so excited because every OG cast member is involved in this new season from Ron to the return of Sammy I mean how how are you feeling with the family back together to be honest with you this is um the first time I'm having an interview about it I got tingles about it right now okay all right and that it's gonna be an amazing season it's a monster season and I think the fans are going to love it it's gonna probably gonna be one of our biggest ever and I mean like we got to see in the premiere for the new season of like you talking with Ron about coming back how shocked were you though that Sammy was coming back oh I was super shocked with Sammy because I I had a feeling that Ron was eventually slowly trickling back you know as long as he continued to do the right things but Sammy for many years we always wanted to like hear her story and hear what she's doing and we wondered why um she didn't start the reboot with us and we're like did we do something or what was it um eventually we found out the real reasons why and if you watch the show you will as well um but I was so shocked I mean I mean if you guys saw the episode I was like literally like that was the last thing that we thought even though we wanted it we just didn't think that she was open to that right and she has spent 11 years off of the show a decade it's so crazy more than a decade yeah I mean when you guys started the reboot and over the years I know that there's been efforts made to have Sammy return and I know that many times you guys have expressed that you have wanted to have her back yeah what did you think or like what what did you speculate the reason was for her not returning and then how did it compare to what she eventually tells you guys this season well we were going on season the end of season six I believe and um we've had many seasons been on TV for almost 15 years yeah and I was thinking like you know somebody should reach out to Sam and be like listen um after all this time you know are you sure you don't want to be involved in this we want to hear your story and next thing you know she showed up it was almost like manifestation she showed up we want to hear her story um and it's only right that we started this thing together and that we continue this journey all of us together and now what was the end of your question your your reasons like the the reasons you thought that she didn't return how did it compare to what she eventually I do I thought that the reasons that she didn't want to uh come back was almost like she liked her purse she liked her private time you know sometimes being in front of the camera 24 7 is not natural yeah and um sometimes you have no privacy you know you can't go get a cup of coffee down the street uh or go to a local shopping mall without um people asking for a photo and again that's a good thing but sometimes it can wear on you right so I thought that maybe she was just enjoying her her private time and that was my assumption and I mean like you were saying a lot of people a lot of you guys were like sometimes it's a lot yeah and a lot of you are wondering like we just want to talk to Sammy to find out what's happening what her thought process is in the premiere uh when Ronnie came to visit you and you guys were having uh food and talking and how he was saying that he was reaching out to a lot of you guys individually and in a group text and it seemed like you were the only one who responded did that shock you when you found that out no no no no no no and and before I go on I want to say that um reality TV is like a sport okay it should be a sport okay and and uh sometimes it it can be a little tough tough on yourself but going on the Ronnie question um for many years Ronnie was he was concentrating on his mental health and I think that is a very sensitive topic and not everyone knows how to deal with that topic now on the other hand the situation that's my specialty right right so um I had for many months always had check-ins with Ron like all right are you okay and that was it and as he continued to do the right thing we saw Iran more and that's why you see him on the season this year um because he you know continued to do the right thing after I think it was a number of years that he was he was absent and he was focusing on his mental health and now he's back and we get to also see his story um and it's pretty much everyone's back now yeah also this is the first time in Jersey Shore history that I believe that Sam uh Dina and Angelina are all under the same roof yeah I'm actually throw Ron in there too right yeah Ron too yeah so excited to see the girls it's a lot I mean the buzz on social media was just it was big oh my God we're hyped and for it to happen 15 years later oh it's so special man but that's the thing about the Jersey Shore cast is you really are family and even when family is a strange they always find a way of coming back together so I think like yeah sami's return also Ron coming back is just the the biggest evidence that you guys are a family forever it is and and also you know sometimes families fight but they love harder right so that's you know that's how us Italians do it so while you were working on Ron did you have any idea that Angelina was working on Sammy and what was it like when both sides of the cast kind of figured that out no no um Angelina is definitely a wild card so you just never know what's gonna what's gonna happen with her um I every season I try to navigate those streets and it's not easy but I had no idea that uh that was happening so you I mean the fans you guys have already seen the episode um you see everyone's reaction when Sammy walks through the door everyone was just mind blown like they were like dumbfounded like oh my God like it's it's it's really happening and then you get to see um the um how everyone adjusts to this new Dynamic how was it like seeing Sam without Ron because we've never seen her on Jersey Shore without navigating her drama with Rhonda she feel or seem like a different person I was very very proud of the Sam that I saw during last season during the season that you're about to watch she was very mature she was very positive she was very happy I feel like she's an amazing place in her life and and and it's just an amazing time for her to tell her story and tell the story to the world as well and watching that like you said they were this is the first time everybody in the same house in so long was it kind of a surreal moment or did it feel like you felt complete again like you felt like everything fell into place real quick I mean I had I had um I had some thoughts like um some hesitations like at the end of the day you know if someone's gone for 10 years there's going to be an adjustment period which I think is still going to happen yeah but um when you when you guys are when you're bonded with somebody and a group of people um like we are uh and in 2009 we you know started this show and it was a cultural phenomenon and it had blown up to one of the biggest shows in the world at the time and 15 years later we're still on uh the top show on Thursday night it's really something special um but when we were filming everybody kind of just fell into the dynamic of almost like brother and sister and you know it was just amazing it really was what I love about lightning in a bottle yeah all over again yeah what I love about the situation in the family vacation era is that you so easily transformed sometimes into the mediation yes did you try to mediate any conversations or facilitate any conversations between Ron and Sam should fans expect to see some sort of conversation I definitely uh was the mediation this season uh for sure I had you know handled um and I don't want to give too much away but Ron eventually comes in okay and and then mediation had to show up and and like I said before that's my specialty dealing with um you know dealing with addiction dealing with mental health dealing with making mistakes in your life and and trying to mount to come back so I definitely tried to take the lead uh during during that particular moment um to for everyone just to make sure that uh we're all in a good spot and aside from Ronnie who because we're gonna he's spending the rest of the day with some of your co-stars and other ladies yes um who because obviously a conversation with Sammy to try to mediate did you have to who do you feel like you had to mediate Sammy with the most from everybody else I didn't have to mediate I don't know if I want to give too much away but I I when it I had when it came to Sammy Sammy um you know she is very what's the word um she's very fiery okay she comes in hot so she she says what she uh she says what she wants and she gets her point across and I I respect that so I didn't really necessarily have to mediate her because she's very mature and I'm sure you know she's able to be reasoned with now other people in the cast is another store right some people can be reasoned with and some people are not some people are going to be like two plus two is five you got to just carry the one and you're like oh yeah that's that's you're right I mean and that's why I can't wait for you yeah yeah you're right yep that's it can't wait to watch doing all that math for the rest of the season it looks like it's so good it is it's one of our best seasons and I'm very proud uh that uh the fans are gonna enjoy it and love it yeah yeah back to the OG Jersey Shore man 15 minutes of fame into 15 years right oh yes if anyone could do what it's you honestly I feel like you sort of like led the charge I feel like you're still kind of like the man of the house honestly like you are the Father Figure well I'm a dad at home of yeah I have two babies right uh but at the same time I think my friends do respect me and uh and what I've been through life when it when it comes to certain experiences um I really just try to be the voice of reason and and I think it's it's working out so far it's not easy with with that Dynamic there's a lot of big personalities these guys have been on TV for a very long time um and they know what they're doing so we're definitely gonna have a good show I completed four rounds yeah yeah you're a formidable competitor did you give any some advice when he was I did he was super nervous super nervous he was like oh man I better pass what you did uh you know he's also worried about you know just doing his best dancing with stars is probably one of the probably one of the hardest shows I've ever done really definitely I think like just like physically it's like pretty physically everyone comes out of that looking like real snacks yes physically it is very hard but then again um you also have to dance live once a week yeah um and you have about one week to learn your dance he did very good I don't think Vinnie Vinnie was dating her I don't think so you don't okay so we needed some clarification because at the reunion he made it in the cornhole I I don't think I don't think they were dating I I think it was uh what's the word uh not it was a situation no I don't even think it was a situationship Oh I think it was a like I'm not gonna say yes we're not gonna say no and whatever you want to think type of deal okay I like that yeah you know speculation speculate very good do we think he's a settle down guy because I feel like he kind of loves he wants to be but what's the joke he's been on the market so long he's about to go on the clearance rack exactly right yeah exactly he's been on the market so long he's about to get on the clearance aisle to be honest with you that's that is a very fine line the very fine line because going from being single yeah okay yeah and sort of like being a celebrity and then trying to transition out of that life is very difficult speaking of Vinnie what I remember from season one is Vinnie said that he actually hated every aspect of GTL he said that they were so it was boring to go to the gym too yeah it was definitely the odd man out and now he's like a fitness Guru yeah jump roping he's shredded he's chip and dailing he I remember him saying in an early season he's like I never want to be like you and because I was like the you know I was the stripper I was like you know shredded now fast forward 15 years he's like a Chippendales resident uh you know I'm just a towel on yeah yeah exactly I'm sure he escorts on the side in Dubai as well so you know we'd be customers if you're watching so how's Danny doing how's the foreign can you do doubles okay wow look at that okay what about hammers hammers I don't have the pants yes there you go okay okay okay you're sucking in your situation yes okay are you breathing in a sense okay you are definitely living your best life I feel like I am with you but but isn't the vibe like do you feel the vibe we I'm feeling bad yeah that's how it is around me that's the vibe okay I like the vibe wait and now we were getting ready to like go downtown like if I came over I was like Hey like we're leaving in an hour would I have to work out before I could we just like listen to music and like uh I mean listen no pain no gain okay so a lot of people I think in this world have it confused um you got to go through some pain to get the gain so we'll get a little workout in okay which obviously Jim we will probably go tanning you can spray tan if you'd like what you did okay uh I prefer spray tan now as well I try to take I take care of the skin yeah um and then obviously we'll get a fresh outfit for the laundry so that's my favorite part because I loved I I sent a photo to Evan I was like now I need Versace loafers yes oh my gosh my favorite Mall yes that's where I got them they're so good that's where I got them but the only thing is I didn't think about um I should have wore socks when I wore my my Versace loafers that day well when we talk about no pain no game is there yeah yeah true yeah all right my turn what are your thoughts on gym selfies yeah do you do them do you like um I will it's my job to be on top of my social media yeah so like I have to post on Instagram I gotta post on threads I gotta post on Tick Tock I gotta I mean I'm on top of I'm on top of it and the gym content is prime I mean after after yeah gym content is always fire but at the same time you want to be authentic to what you're doing yeah so if you're always taking care of yourself and you're at the gym um it's always good to um document what you're doing in real life and I think the fans and the viewers subscribers uh they always feel that that's what I'm going to tell my followers who are like very much tired of my gym selfies I'm like it's important to document the situation said so yes yes exactly

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Length: 15min 30sec (930 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 04 2023