Outspoken Jersey Shore starlet Snooki has ripped into companies who have pulled their ads from the wildly popular MTV show amid protest that the program fosters negative Italian-American stereotypes.
“I just have one thing to say to Domino’s, Dell, UNICO and all the other haters out there,” Snooki — whose real name is Nicole Polizzi — spat to Steppin’ Out this week. “F— you! If you don’t want to watch, don’t watch. Just shut the hell up! I’m serious. … F— you!”
While Domino’s isn’t taking any lip from Snooki lying down. The pizza giant issued a scathing diss to the pint-sized dynamo in a statement to E! on Thursday: “Our first response was, ‘What a classy young lady—her parents must be so proud,’” a Domino’s rep replied curtly. “There’s no need to get into a war with this young girl, because ticktock, her 15 minutes are almost up.”
Snooki, 21 openly refers to herself as a “guidette” on the program featuring eight drunken twentysomethings sharing a summer house in the Jersey Shore resort community of Seaside Heights. Italian-American organization UNICO has been putting pressure on companies to yank their ads from the program, referring to the castmates as “bimbos and buffoons” and taking aim at Snooki — an aspiring vet tech — in particular.