The Jersey Shore The cast is opening up about what their kids think about their wild times on reality TV.
On Friday, Nov. 8, several cast members of the cult TV series spoke exclusively with PEOPLE at the horror film’s New York premiere Devon — which marks Jenni “JWoww” Farley’s directorial debut — and revealed their kids’ reactions to their past exploits on the MTV series.
Farley, 38, says she “can’t control” her kids — Meilani, 10, and Greyson, 8 — from seeing clips of their partying mom’s show online, but she jokes, “I’m paying for your college.”
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Jenni ‘JWoww’ Farley with her children Meilani and Greyson in May 2024.
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“Therefore. do as I say, not as I do,” Farley continues. “But my daughter is quick with it. She’ll say, ‘Mom, you peed behind the bar. Like, are you really going to tell me I can’t have a phone after 9 p.m.?’ And I say, ‘Yes, yes, I was 25 when I did it.’ ”
Meanwhile, Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi tells PEOPLE that her three children — Lorenzo, 11, Giovanna, 10, and Angelo, 5 — are all on TikTok and have seen some scandalous clips from the show.
“They see clips here and there,” says Polizzi, 36. “They saw that I was arrested on the beach. They were like, ‘Mom, what is this?’ So from now on I’m an actress and this is just, this is an acting show.”
“Until they get to that age, I’ll be like, ‘Yeah, mommy was crazy before I had you,'” she jokes. “So here we are now.”
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Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi and husband Jionni LaValle with children Lorenzo, Giovanna and Angela.
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According to the synopsis, Farley’s film Devon is about a missing girl who disappeared from a notorious asylum.
“Years after the incident, a mysterious website draws five adventurers to the abandoned asylum where she was last seen,” reads the synopsis. “Armed with cameras, they plunge into the darkness, unaware that they are recording their own descent into horror – never intending to return.”
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Farley opened up about how involved Polizzi was in the production of the project and recalled how she was first inspired to make the film when she and Polizzi visited Pennsylvania’s Pennhurst Asylum Snooki & JWoww.
“I’ve always told Nicole, my dream is to make — just like her dreams for Snooki stores — my dreams [were] horror movies,” Farley tells PEOPLE.
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“So Nicole was there every step of the way. I’d send her out for casting. I’d tell her, ‘This is what I do.’ And it got to the point where she got so mad that I didn’t bring her and I felt so bad, but I said, ‘I didn’t think you wanted to go.’ She says, ‘No, I want to find ghosts,’ she continues. “So when it comes to Nicole – ride or die.”
Also at the event — which marked the world premiere Devon — the gang could be seen filming Season 8 Jersey Shore: Family Vacation. Polizzi says she’s grateful the group still gets to spend time together after all these years.
“It’s crazy that we’re all still together and we all still have the same bond even stronger than before,” she says. “So the fact that we’re still here, we’re still doing episodes, we’re doing seasons and fans are still watching us. I’m very grateful for that.”
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