Italian-American Alyssa Milano "upset" with MTV's Jersey Shore

**mrs.v** · December 11th, 2009, 04:34 PM

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Count Italian-American Alyssa Milano among the non-fans of MTV's new reality show Jersey Shore.
The show -- which follows the booze-fueled nights of six self-described "guidos" and "guidettes" on the Jersey Shore -- has outraged Italian-Americans, who claim it exploits a stereotype and gives the vacation destination a bad rap.
UNICO National, the nation's largest Italian American service organization, has even asked MTV to cancel the show.

Milano, 36, can see why.
"My husband actually showed me the trailer on YouTube last night, and I got upset," she told Usmagazine.com Thursday at the UNICEF ball in Beverly Hills. "It upset me. I was like, 'Turn that off!' So no, I don't think I'll be watching that!'"

But 21-year-old Jersey Shore star Nicole -- a.k.a. "Snookie" -- doesn't see what the big deal is.
"The Italian, whatever, national, whatever their organization is, they don’t understand that 'guidos' and 'guidettes' are good-looking people that, you know, like to make a scene and be center of attention and just take care of themselves," she said on The Wendy Williams Show Friday (check your local listings). "They are old-fashioned. They don't know that; they think it's offensive, because maybe in their time it was offensive, but now it's kind of a compliment. So they don't understand that and that is what we are trying to say. They are way overreacting to the show. We're 22 to 29 just having fun at the shore. They are just taking it way out of proportion."

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I don't give a fuck what anyone says,this show is a true television masterpiece.

**Palermo** · December 11th, 2009, 05:29 PM

I haven't seen it and won't see it, being Italian they are a real embarassment to me. I'm sure they come across as total jackasses.

**heart_leigh** · December 11th, 2009, 05:30 PM

MTV puts out trashy shows. Hardly surprising.

The cast of MTV's Jersey Shore

**Laurent** · December 11th, 2009, 06:26 PM

I've never seen this show, but I did see something on Entertainment Tonight the other night about that Snookie person getting the shit punched out of her by a man in a club. I saw the punch and it was pretty vicious.

**sputnik** · December 11th, 2009, 06:30 PM

well aren't they a klassy bunch.

**Beeyotch** · December 11th, 2009, 06:32 PM

...they don’t understand that 'guidos' and 'guidettes' are good-looking people that, you know, like to make a scene and be center of attention and just take care of themselves,"

This is amazing to me, this level of ignorance and lack of self-awareness. It's off the charts. They truly don't understand or even realize their own douchebagitude.

**mrs.v** · December 11th, 2009, 06:34 PM

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**heart_leigh** · December 11th, 2009, 06:40 PM

Originally Posted by Laurent

I've never seen this show, but I did see something on Entertainment Tonight the other night about that Snookie person getting the shit punched out of her by a man in a club. I saw the punch and it was pretty vicious.

Yeah, the dude was supposedly wasted and sucker punched her over a drink.

Here's a link of an article with the clip included. Just a warning, though. There's violence as well.

MTV 'Jersey Shore': Snookie punched by Queens teacher, reports say | New Jersey Entertainment - Celebrities - -

**badgers!** · December 11th, 2009, 06:46 PM

I have a few friends who are 2nd and 3rd gen Italians and none of them act like that.

**Pippin69** · December 11th, 2009, 06:55 PM

Are these even real people, seriously? I've never been able to believe MTV shows are anything other then actors. they're too cartoonish.

**DeChayz** · December 11th, 2009, 07:11 PM

What all these "offended" people don't seem to realize is that these people aren't playing characters - these really are the people that frequent Seaside (or, as it's more commonly known, Sleazeside). That's why the rest of the state tends to avoid it, unless you look like these people or are under the age of 17.

**celeb_2006** · December 11th, 2009, 07:49 PM

Originally Posted by Laurent

I've never seen this show, but I did see something on Entertainment Tonight the other night about that Snookie person getting the shit punched out of her by a man in a club. I saw the punch and it was pretty vicious.

I don't understand this shit. Wouldn't anyone else get arrested or investigated for this? That was a straight up full on sucker punch. WTF? Just because it's a show people are supposed to find this humorous or it's not as big a deal?

WTF

**Laurent** · December 11th, 2009, 07:52 PM

Originally Posted by celeb_2006

I don't understand this shit. Wouldn't anyone else get arrested or investigated for this? That was a straight up full on sucker punch. WTF? Just because it's a show people are supposed to find this humorous or it's not as big a deal?

WTF

From what I pieced together on Entertainment Tonight, I think the guy that punched her was arrested. I saw a clip after the punch that looked like he was being hauled away in handcuffs and escorted to the back of a police car.

**Laxmobster** · December 11th, 2009, 08:21 PM

^ yeah he got arrested and he was a NYC school teacher. I heard that he got a suspended 6 month sentence and community service or some shit...
http://www.examiner.com/x-19663-LA-Legal-Examiner~y2009m12d10-Jersey-Shore-punch-gets-gym-teacher-arrested-and-suspended

Originally Posted by Palermo

I haven't seen it and won't see it, being Italian they are a real embarassment to me. I'm sure they come across as total jackasses.

This is an MTV reality show! Most of the characters they get put on TV are jackasses!

**mrs.v** · December 11th, 2009, 08:22 PM

Originally Posted by DeChayz

What all these "offended" people don't seem to realize is that these people aren't playing characters - these really are the people that frequent Seaside (or, as it's more commonly known, Sleazeside). That's why the rest of the state tends to avoid it, unless you look like these people or are under the age of 17.

exactly.I hardly see douches of this particular kind around me.I haven't been to Seaside since the 80s