Mike Sorrentino calls out 'Jersey Shore' costar Vinny Guadagnino
Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino is calling out his 'Jersey Shore' castmate Vinny Guadagnino for not bringing him as his plus one to Knicks games.
Guadagnino, a Staten Island native, can be frequently seen cheering on his home team from Celebrity Row at Madison Square Garden — and is allowed to invite a guest, but still hasn't brought Sorrentino.
'During the season, I'm on the wood — courtside. It's an amazing experience there. I try to get these guys to go,' Guadagnino told The Post this week, ahead of Season 8 of 'Jersey Shore: Family Vacation,' which premieres on MTV on May 29.
'I told you I would go!' Sorrentino shot back.
6 Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino is calling foul on his 'Jersey Shore' castmate Vinny Guadagnino for not taking him to Madison Square Garden for a Knicks game.
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Guadagnino, who now lives in Soho, explained the reason: his co-star would need too much time to suit up ahead of the game.
'Yeah, but he's like, 'You got to give me advance [notice] for my outfit,'' he said.
But Sorrentino believes his wildly gregarious nature is the real reason behind the snub.
'He's very reserved,' Sorrentino, who lives in Holmdel, NJ, said of his castmate of more than 15 years.
'We went to UFC one time together and he says, 'I am never going out with you ever again.''
'Yeah, because he wore a shirt that looked like this. And it was hard to not spot him,' Guadagnino retorted, pointing to Sorrentino's blue floral-patterned Versace button down.
6 'Yeah, because he wore a shirt that looked like this,' Guadagnino said of the reason behind the Sorrentino ticket snub.
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Guadagnino was at Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, where the Knicks beat the Celtics — taking them to their first Eastern Conference finals since 2000 — and called it 'the most magical game to be at in the last 25 years.'
The reality star is now 'waiting for the right opportunity' to put in a request for tickets to the Eastern Conference finals, where the Knicks are down 0-2 to the Indiana Pacers, and hoping the team doesn't get swept so they return to MSG.
'I don't know, I kind of like space out my appearances. I can't be annoying and be like, 'Can I come, can I come?''
6 Guadagnino was not a fan of the Versace shirt Sorrentino wore when the pair attended a UFC event together in 2024.
Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino/ Instagram
6 Sorrentino posed for a photo with President Donald Trump and UFC president Dana White at the Prudential Center in New Jersey.
Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino/ Instagram
He also explained how the seating process works for celebrity Knicks fans.
'They put you within the first couple rows and sometimes you're on the floor. It just depends who's there and stuff. I'm definitely more of the second row kind of guy.'
Another of Guadagnino's castmates, Jenni 'JWoww' Farley is hoping to take him up on the offer.
'I have to go. But he lives in the city, so it's so easy. It's like hours [for me],' said Farley, who also lives in Holmdel.
6 'They put you within the first couple rows and sometimes you're on the floor. It just depends who's there and stuff,' Guadagnino explained of the seating of celebrity Knicks fans at Madison Square Garden.
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However, if she attends, the mom of two would avoid being caught on camera.
'Jenni, when she goes to sporting events, she hides in the nosebleeds in a suite. She doesn't like to be on the floor,' Guadagnino noted.
'I'm not the cool kid. I want to be in the hat, hiding,' Farley admitted.
Guadagnino's castmates will be out of luck in the ticket department when the longtime bachelor — who is currently on the celebrity dating app Raya — finds a girlfriend.
6 Guadagnino revealed his celebrity crush — Victoria's Secret model Juliana Nalú.
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'Raya's cool. I pay $30 a month to get left on read by a DJ … Every girl's a DJ nowadays,' he said.
At the moment, he has his heart set on one woman — Victoria's Secret model, Juliana Nalú.
'She's my everything. I would sell my soul,' he said.
'Juliana, if you're reading the New York Post, I'm available.'
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