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Blood is thicker than water, but neither compares to a good marinara.
Italians cant have ketchup, Guadagnino explained.
(Cortese, who requested the ketchup in the first place, dissented.)
A wine a day.
Guadagnino panned over the surreal lunchtime scene in a video hed upload to his Instagram Story.
Ive been eating at this table my whole life, and now I got JWoww sitting next to me.
Deena, Snookers, Pauly, Mike.
So weird, he said.
But the more things change, the more they stay the same.
The whole What do they have to offer now?
thing Im like, I dont know, were No.
1 on Thursday nights.
You tell us, Farley said ofFamily Vacations skeptics.
Jersey Shoremay have technically returned, but in many ways, it never left.
Vampire Diariesmentioned us twice, said Cortese, who, for the record, really loves vampires.
Did you ever see [Jenni] onOne Life to Live?
Do you want to see it?
Her name was Nikki and she was a slutty bartender.
This pasta is fire, Sorrentino said, already on his second bowl of campanelle.
Im trying to save room for the next course.
He would order for, like, 50 people, Polizzi said.
The group chat is aptly titled Just Us We Famous Fam at least, it is for now.
The more people who know the name, the more they feel like changing it.
But the Holy Grail group chat beeps and vibrates with hundreds, sometimes thousands, of messages a day.
Guadagnino surveyed the table: Does everybody have their notifications off?
What does that mean?
Your phone doesnt ding every time, he explained.
Oh my God, yeah, she said.
My phones always on silent.
I would freak out.
The most frequently used emoji in the group text is the fax machine as in,facts.
Were like lightning with the GIFs.
Were like fucking GIF masters, Guadagnino said.
GIFs of themselves, Cortese clarified, crucially.
Polizzi in particular likes to deploy herdrunk hair flipseen in the original series, which she expertly reenacted.
Old-schoolJersey ShoreGIFs remain timelessly relatable, butFamily Vacationintroduces its share of new themes, like mom guilt.
I was off my schedule.
I had no responsibilities, so I lost myself a little bit.
My daughter would cry and be like, Come home.
It made it harder, Polizzi said.
Both womensaid they wouldnt necessarily be opposed to filmingFamily Vacationwhile pregnant, as Polizzi did duringJersey Shores final season.
We live in such a filtered world, Farley said.
What do you mean?
Youre in hair and makeup everyday.
She ignored him, pressing on.
To know that its okay to not be liked.
To truly just love who you are and be okay with that.
Whenever someones like, Why would you do this?
You have kids, Im like, This is exactly why Im doing it.
I think thats the most shocking part for people, Guadagnino said.
When you actually watch us, youre like,Oh, I relate to them.
Theyre real people, who have real things going on in their lives.
Im about to unbutton my jeans, said Polizzi.
I dont know about all of you guys, but Im sweating, Sorrentino announced.
Chicken cutlet sweats, Guadagnino clarified.
Were still one big, happy, dysfunctional family, added Farley.
She has a vagina and a hole.
She has a … whats the right way to say it?
Clitoris, Polizzi reported.
(We can expect to see the proposal soon onFamily Vacation.)
About a year afterJersey Shorewrapped, the ex-couple ran into each other at the gym.
Unbeknownst to her, hed made a point of finding out what kickboxing class shed be attending.
We lived a town or two away from each other, Sorrentino said.
He would drive by my house in a Lamborghini, Pesce said.
Hes like, Well, who else has a Lamborghini?
Im like, I dont know, Mike.
I dont look out the window, waiting.
I used to not want to film because it was tough mentally, Guadagnino said.
Id call home when I felt upset.
Now Im like, Ill just call Pauly.
Ill go wake up Jenni.
I used to go to the producers when there was a problem.
Now Im like, fuck the producers, were going to each other.
Until next season, wherever that may take them, theyll have their group chat.
But in the meantime, they wont pass up the opportunity to troll one another in person.
Does anybody know Jennis code to her phone?
asked DelVecchio when Farley got up to use the bathroom.
He managed to unlock it, leaving a series ofmugging selfieswith Guadagnino on the camera roll.
What else is family for?
