'Guidette' Snooki Has Zero Ties to Italy (She's Chilean)

By Zach Dionne Posted Feb 17th 2010 10:48AM

Well, well, well, look who isn't actually Italian. Snooki, alias Nicole Polizzi, aka "The Ultimate Guidette," is actually -- wait for it -- Chilean, her cast-mate Jenni "J-WOWW" Farley revealed during a visit to FOX's 'The Strategy Room' on Tuesday.

"So what does she mean when she says Guidette?" asked the semi-incredulous FOX anchor, Jill Dobson.

J-WOWW's response? "That's a stereotype that people misconstrued with Italians. It's a lifestyle. Like, the scene that we're in. It's not like Italian."

J-WOWW is open about her lack of Italian heritage; she's Spanish and Irish by descent. Snooki is adopted by an Italian family, hence her surname. J-WOWW also revealed that "Ron's not full Italian either," referring to Ronnie Magro.

This news comes six weeks after the New Jersey Italian American Legislative Caucus criticized 'Jersey Shore' for its promotion of derogatory ethnic stereotypes (See: Profuse and unapologetic usage of the term "Guido"), calling it "wildly offensive."

Italian-American organization UNICO attacked Snooki in particular, calling her "an embarrassment to Italian Americans" and "an embarrassment to the entire human race."

Snooki responded to the criticism in typical feisty fashion, saying "F**k you! If you don't want to watch, don't watch. Just shut the hell up! I'm serious ... F**k you!"

Watch the original interview below. J-WOWW drops the Snooki-bombshell at 15:40.

Tags: jersey shore, Snooki

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Wednesday 17 February

By fugitive

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All I know is that the only people that can possible believe that that is the behavior model for any ethnicity has lost their mind. Almost every time they went out of the house they involved in some activity that was either dangerous to their health, police record or even their future. I find it extremely hard to believe that this was their behavior throughout their lives at home. If it was then their parents should have put both feet up their asses. Snookie's parents must be thrilled with all of the shots of her "junk".

By bill

Your tag line to this article read "Jersey Shore STAR".
Are you kidding me, a STAR?
These kids have absolutely nothing going for them, and can be termed local losers. They'll survive in NJ but they won't make it in the real world.
Although they may be laughing all the way to the bank, don't they realize they are considered social zeroes?

By southpaw097

I am an italian, and the show does not offend me. That being said, if i were offended, this would offend me more and not less than the fact that some of them aren't italian. It is just assumed that they are based on their antics... isnt that worse?

Thursday 18 February

By Jon

Get some real guinea, wop, diego, gumba's on the show.

By rphall

This has to be the ultimate piece of TV trash. Hopefully, it means that TV has hit rock bottom and is soon to be curving upward again. But I somehow doubt it. PS Revealing that she is Chilean and not Italian only means that my Italian friends have less to be offended about...but God help my Chilean friends...

By trixi

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Snooki is a disgrace to italians EVERYWHERE. Italian Americans, and Itlaians have a long standing reputation of a hardworking and resepctful class.
Snooki is a piece of dirt. No self respecting Italian would act this way. Maybe it's the environment she is raised in being form New York and pretending to be from North jersey (god only knows why anyone would do that).

By Barbara

BRAVA!!

By Vbabe

The whole show sucks! The cast isn't even from Jersey! They're all from Staten Island and other places in NY.

Monday 09 August

By StevoB

It's called "Jersey Shore" because that's where they were for the summer. Jesus, are you really dumber than they are?

By BUCKETS732

Snookie, JWOW,..THEY THINK THEY ARE SO BEAUTIFUL... NOT!!, the other girls at the bar got it right on..they are FAT, FAKE, PLASTIC FACES, WIDE LOADS...no one will ever love you , you cheating who_ _ _, but I gotta watch the show just to laugh at them and how stupid they are

By buckets732

it was so dog gone funny to see you get punched in the face, it should have been 2 times

By FORKUU

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DID ANY ONE GET A GOOD LOOK AT THESE PEOPLE?
FIRST OF ALL THEY ARE NOT "WHITE"ITLALIANS ARE OF LATIN DESCENT . THEY WERE NOT CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF THE AMERICAN WHITE POPULATION UNTIL THEY HAD REACHED SIMILAR FINANCIAL STATUS.
THIS SHOW JUST REINFORCES THE FACT THAT ALTHOUGH ITALIANS MAY HAVE MOVED UP IN STATUS MANY STILL HAVE CULTURAL ISSUES WHICH WILL ALWAYS DIFFERENIATE THEM FROM WASP AMERICA.
THEY CAN DYE THEIR HAIR BUT THEY ARE NOT WHITE.

Sunday 28 February

By Mary

Italians are white. Since when does a person have to be a Protestant from northern Europe or have blonde hair, blue eyes and the palest of pale skin to be considered white? What an ignorant way of thinking. So are Poles and Russians "not white" too because they're not WASPS? What about French Catholics? And Irish Catholics?
Maybe you have your own issues and insecurities surrounding ethnicity that need to be sorted out.

By Daryl

A fake for a fake as* show! Hey, maybe everything you see and hear on TV isn't real or factual....Hmmmm, I know I just ruined probably 75% of you peoples fantasy land beliefs...Sorry!

By mintrubble71

I'm of Italian descent (from a predominantly Italian-American neighborhood in the Chicago area) and when I was growing up my friends and I would call the stereotypical, grease-ball, bone-head Italian-Americans "Guidos" ourselves. We called the Polish, Irish, etc. kids who acted in this manner "wannabe Guidos"; so I guess that's what I'd call this dumb b*tch.

By rsarter

Guido is not an ethnic slur... it's a state of mind! Guidettism knows no ethnic boundaries!!

By DD

If I acted HALF as bad as her, my grandmother would have put me in the ground and saved the world from having to deal with the likes of Snookie.

By dee

A guido is italian, theres no such thing as a jewish guido, spanish guido, or the infamous wannabee arab guido! arabs are famous for trying to pose as guidos. for all of you out there that live outside of nyc, you have no clue what that hell you are talking about! what you read in the papers or see on cable is far from reality, dont talk about things you know nothing about! seriosly. FYI, real guidos are only found in certain sections of Brooklyn, Staten Island, Queens & The Bronx. All others are just trying to copy true guidos

By jean

who cares if she's italian or not,the shows funny.

OMG! snookie is so freakin nasty looking, im sorry. Ive left the club with some questionable skanks at 5 in the morning after 20 shots of jack but I could never be that drunk that I would bang snookie. whats sad is that she thinks shes fly! She has the shape of a wild boar, her face looks like she is wearing a snout and im sorry, she is just weird looking and orange on top of that! YEA, SHES A WIERD LOOKING NASTY SNOUTY ORANGE SKANKY WILD BOAR! And shes is so easy. even being easy she gets turned down, that doesnt say much about her and says alot about her looks. Snookie, if IM ever at the shore and I need some Boars Head ham then I'll give you a call!

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