Even if you haven't watched a second of MTV's hot and sweaty new reality show 'Jersey Shore,' you've probably heard about the "Snooki Punch." It might just be the finest right hook captured by MTV's cameras since Spencer knocked that Cameron kid out on 'The Hills' earlier this year. But if you haven't seen the sucker-punch yet, you might not get your chance. On Friday, MTV pulled the footage from upcoming episode number 4. That doesn't mean you can't learn all about the nasty boy-on-girl assault. In fact, you can still see it...Everything You Want to Know About... 'Jersey Shore's' "Snooki Punch"
By Sam Brand Posted Dec 14th 2009 10:36PM
Even if you haven't watched a second of MTV's hot and sweaty new reality show 'Jersey Shore,' you've probably heard about the "Snooki Punch." It might just be the finest right hook captured by MTV's cameras since Spencer knocked that Cameron kid out on 'The Hills' earlier this year. But if you haven't seen the sucker-punch yet, you might not get your chance. On Friday, MTV pulled the footage from upcoming episode number 4. That doesn't mean you can't learn all about the nasty boy-on-girl assault. In fact, you can still see it...You didn't need to watch episode 1, 2 or 3 of MTV's smash hit 'Jersey Shore,' to see the guido punch heard 'round the blogosphere. The clip, in which cast member Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi gets brutally sucker punched by a man standing at the bar at Seaside Heights' Beachcomber Bar & Grill, was shown in promo materials and previews following the first few episodes. it was due to appear in episode 4 this Thursday. But an outcry from fans and anti-abuse organizations has forced MTV to pull the punch. On Friday MTV released a statement which included the following excerpt:
What happened to "Snooki" was a crime and obviously extremely disturbing. After hearing from our viewers, further consulting with experts on the issue of violence, and seeing how the video footage has been taken out of context to not show the severity of this act or the resulting consequences, MTV has decided not to air Snooki being physically punched in next week's episode. The show will still make it clear what events transpired, including the full aftermath.
The aftermath includes the arrest of assailant Brad Ferro, a 24-year-old gym teacher at a Queens high school, who was booked on charges of assault and disorderly conduct following the August 19 early morning beat-down. Ferro is currently suspended from work and serving probation. According to the New York Post, Snooki, who gave the gym teacher lip after he tried to snatch her drink, "sustained an injury to the inside of her mouth due to the punch." From the look of the wallop, she's lucky the injury wasn't more severe. Perhaps most disturbing is that Ferro continued to work at North Queens Community High School for several months following the attack. Because the assault occurred in another state, New York Education Dept. officials weren't informed of the arrest until recently.
As reprehensible as the punch might seem, Snooki was able to see the silver lining of the incident. "A positive came out of it. It definitely brought us closer together. It definitely brought us together as a family. We have each other's backs and it was a positive," Snooki told PEOPLE. "The first couple of episodes, [Snooki] didn't fit in and when that happened, we thought, 'That's not cool. You should never touch a girl, in that way, no matter what!' That brought the group together in a way that we cannot describe," fellow 'Shore'-goer Mike, a.k.a. The Situation, said. Pauly D added, "It should never have happened, but the thing is, it brought the whole house together as a family. I felt like Snooki was my sister. I met her, we weren't close, but something bad happened to her and it brought us closer together."
Since airing on December 3, the MTV reality show which crams young, buff, Italian party animals (with requisite awesome nicknames) into a Seaside Heights home on the Jersey Shore has been kicking ratings ass. The show doubled its audience from night one to night two on the strength of a heavy dose of positive word-of-mouth buzz. Facebook was swamped with status updates plastering quotes like The Situation's "My abs are so ripped up, I call it 'The Situation,'" or a similar boast made in the third-person. And now the success might be getting to the cast's heads. Snooki told Usmagazine.com on Saturday, "We are better than 'The Hills.'" Jenni "J-WOWW" Farley concurred. "We are not fake," she said at Spike's Video Game Awards. "We tell everyone how we feel." And how does J-WOWW feel? "It's my mission to hook up with the hottest Jersey Guido," she says in episode 1. You can catch the whole gang in episode 4 this Thursday at 10 PM ET.
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1 MTV trying to get a soul after milking it is lame
2 Sounds like she deserved what she got
3 I tried to watch a lil of the show but the white trash was dripping from the screen so I had to turn it off but I must say the girl getting all offended that her boyfriend said he would dump her if she cheated was priceless..WHAT??? YOU MEAN I CANT CHEAT!!!
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I`ll tell you one thing those italian woman can take a punch..UH UH UH
1 Italians are not white
2 They are Latins
and 3 DONT HATE WHAT YOU CANT BE :)!!!
Ummm since when are Italians considered Latin?? I am an Italian American and I actually love watching this show!! I figure if people want to go on TV and make fools of themselves (regardless of race/nationality), then let them!!
Oh..now MTV cares about violence...ok
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Best show on television right here, Jersey Shore.
italians are not white or latin...
they were white till they were conquered by a horde of african warriors who bred them down to what they are now.. not white not black not hispanic...
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what nonsense.. I am white... and I am Sicilian.and proud of it....
The very southern regions of italy were conquered by moors(northern African) Just like Ireland and many other countries.
Actually, there are both whites and "olive-skinned" folks in Italy, as well as in Spain,Portugal, Greece, etc..., probably from the Moor influence. As a light olive-skinned person myself, I prefer to describe myself as of Mediterranean heritage, but I have Spanish, French, and God knows what else in my ancestry (and in the end, who gives a damn? Still makes me human...).
Also, wanted to add that IF that is a picture indeed of "Snooky" at the top of this article, then she has a distinct orange color to her skin (except for the "raccoon eyes"), which suggests to me that she's likely using some kind of tanning agent or spray to look "tanned". Sadly, it isn't flattering to her, but then again, based on other's posts, she doesn't act much in a way that is flattering to her either.
I'm sick of these MTV whore shows. Can't they show something better then a bunch of lowlifes?
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AMEN to that brother. the whole MTV needs a beatdown and just go back to music videos. What does MTV stand for anyway, Morons or Music
I agree. Instead of showing the low lifes let show the beautiful, decent people in NJ. We already have a bad rap for our gangster types. We don't need to show this garbage.
Um, yeah, they could go back to playing Music Videos 24/7....
sorry this show has it all wrong...this is not the "jersey shore". i've lived here all my life. it is only like this when the "bennies" show up every summer! jersey girls may be tough when we have to be but we are not cheap slts and most of the guys down here are not greasy haired wanna be's! the show needs to be renamed "bennies at the jersey shore".
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Us "bennies" is what keeps the economy and businesses profitable down there. So just be grateful and not hateful.
OMG who said Itialians are latins please I am sicilian and far from being a latins
This chick is nothing but trash and as far as the jersey shore lived here all my life and its a shame they did the tv show here keep the trash out of our shores!!!!! she has a face only a mother could love get a life girl grow up and get some class we are ashamed of u
never heard of this show before!
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I live at the Jersey shore. I have never, nor will I ever, watched this stupid show. I see enough of these morons during the summer months. We wish they would stay in NY or go somewhere else to act like fools
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