The candy life! Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola has come a good distance since her Jersey Shore beginnings.
The New Jersey native rose to fame after starring on the MTV actuality sequence from 2009 to 2012. Giancola was greatest recognized on the present for her rocky relationship with then-boyfriend Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, whom she dated on and off for 5 years.
Their highs and lows have been usually highlighted on the sequence, which additionally starred Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, Mike “The State of affairs” Sorrentino, Paul “Pauly D” DelVecchio, Jenni “JWoww” Farley, Vinny Guadagnino and Deena Nicole Cortese.
When it got here to reuniting along with her housemates for the spinoff, Jersey Shore: Household Trip, Giancola opted to distance herself from the MTV present.
“Everybody was invited to return on the present, however Sammi was the one one who didn’t need to. A giant purpose for that was as a result of she didn’t need to be round Ronnie,” a supply solely instructed Us Weekly in November 2017. “She has been having fun with her life off of TV and didn’t need to change that.”
With time, MTV was capable of persuade Giancola to return to Jersey Shore: Household Trip for season 6 in 2023.
Scroll right down to see how Giancola has modified since she first appeared on the MTV actuality sequence: