Pizza Giant Warns Snooki: 'Your 15 Minutes Are Up'

By PopEater Staff Posted Dec 31st 2009 04:37PM

The outspoken cast of MTV's 'Jersey Shore' has angered many, including various one-time sponsors of the reality show. After Dell, American Family Insurance and Domino's Pizza withdrew their ads from 'Jersey Shore' in protest of content some find offensive to Italian-Americans, Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi shared her opinion on the sponsors' decision: "F--k you!" Snooki told Steppin' Out magazine. "If you don't want to watch, don't watch. Just shut the hell up! I'm serious...F--k you!"

Now Domino's Pizza has made the unusual choice to respond. "We have no issue with MTV or the programming it airs," a Domino's spokesperson told E! "Just like viewers have a choice of what they want to watch, advertisers have a choice on what shows they want to advertise."

The rep's comments on Snooki herself were slightly less diplomatic. "Our first response was, 'What a classy young lady-her parents must be so proud.' There's no need to get into a war with this young girl, because tick tock, her 15 minutes are almost up."

This is hardly the first criticism earned by 'Jersey Shore.' Recently, the New Jersey Italian American Legislative Caucus sent a letter to the president of Viacom, MTV's parent company, asking that the show be immediately taken off the air. Caucus chairman Joseph Vitale believes the show promotes derogatory ethnic stereotypes and is "wildly offensive."

PopEater Photo Intern Gino DePinto Weighs In

The reality show focuses on eight, mostly Italian-American 20-somethings living together at a summer shore house. The stars are mostly Italian-Americans. Italian-American civic groups join the New Jersey lawmakers in outrage, claiming the show perpetuates negative stereotypes.

The New Jersey beach town that's home to 'Jersey Shore' is also trying to distance itself from the controversy surrounding the show. In a statement Monday, the Borough of Seaside Heights says it "did not solicit, promote or participate in the filming" of the show. It did issue a permit allowing the production company to film, but says those permits are issued routinely.

On Wednesday, a Viacom spokesman referred a request for comment to an MTV spokesperson, who did not immediately respond. MTV has said its intention is not to stereotype or offend.

Tags: Jersey Shore, JerseyShore, Snooki

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Thursday 31 December

By leroy

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Dammm.. That`s a smack in the face..UH UH UH WHAT ?? WHAT ??

Friday 01 January

By Wish Belkin

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Way to burn those bridges Snooki.

By mike

Gee, an Italian whore from Jersey with a piss poor attitude. I would have never guessed.

By bebacusic

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Hey Mike...........
she's not from Jersey.....
She's fropm New Yawk

Saturday 02 January

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h ave s o m e ch e a p t hi ngs ...( Jew erly...)

ni k e sh o es , fa s h i on cl o th es ; br a nd ha n d b a gs , wa l l et ...

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By JoyRptr

I see that punch in the grill she got from the guy in the bar hasn't taught her to stop popping off at the mouth. (just think, those kids are our future......)

By Jerry

Snooki is a retarded skank. Bottom fishing all the way.

By Spike

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Dominos is changing their entire recipe for pizza because they are getting punched in the face by Papa Johns and Pizza Hut in a fair fight. Now they are, just like the guy in the bar, punching a young defenseless girl in the face with a cheap shot. The punchers should find a productive way to deal with their problems. All involved are immature but the punchers are sick.

By charlie

I know about the negative stereotypes.
I am offended every evening with a relentless parade of blacks shooting robbing stealing you name it the local news.I want all the sponsers to take note of what they are promoting.I also want these bad guys put away for good,exterminated,not housed .Line them up and 1 2 3 fire.The governments are not correcting the problem ,we the people will have to .

By Jonitia Johnson

Please, Charlie, start getting tired of all those white Pedophiles, Sexual Predators, and the likes continually killing our innocent children. It makes me sad that these white people seem to go after the most innocent in our society. With your mindset, sexual deviants will gone in no time!!!!

Sunday 03 January

By Eric P

I'm with Charlie, I am SICK of those stereotypical religious types (especially priests) molesting children. I am also sick of all of the wall street banksters robbing our country blind. I really can't stand seeing the likes of Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian, two idiots famous for being famous, getting time on my television. Oh yeah, and PUNDITS, those rich mostly white political bloviators who know even less than a mainstream news anchor - get the cameras off of them!

Line them all up behind Charlie before you start shooting though. His suit of teabags will protect him.

By Joe

Charlie: I agree.

By vixon

i dont know what miss Jonitia Johnson is talking about but i guess shes just as racist as charlie yall both need to be put down you P.O.S

Friday 08 January

By J

Well Said !!

By charliekissmy!!!

To Charlie: WHATEVA!!!!!!

To Charlie: WHATEVA!!!

By KP

By gjb

Most of the shows on MTV are trash and encourage disgusting behavior of our young people. They see this crap and think it gets them the attention, most so desperately seem to need, and act accordingly. I hope these shows are not the indicator of what our society is going to be like. It would be nice if MTV would have a few shows of decent people that try to do good deeds.

By Al Sanchez

Actually, it would be nice if MTV would just cease to exist!! MTV has ruined real music -- you have to watch your music instead of listening to it. MTV shows are pure trash. Now, regarding Italians not liking this show? -- I'm part Italian and I think that a lot of Italians act like this -- other nationalities also act like this. Why is it that when certain nationalities really do act the way they do that they get offended when they have others see them that way on t.v.? Let's stop getting offended before we all explode!

By kevin

OWENS mystery girl looks like Dru glass gracia from Maui HI

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