Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi is packing up her beach bag and leaving “Jersey Shore.”
The long-time cast member announced her retirement on Friday’s episode of her podcast “It’s Happening With Snooki & Joey,” which she hosts with Joey Camasta.
“You do a drum roll first while I chug my wine because I can’t believe I’m saying this. I’m gonna throw up. You guys, I love you so much and don’t hate me for my decision, but I have to do what’s best for me. And at the moment, I am retiring from Jersey Shore,” Polizzi said on the show.
“I am not coming back for ‘Jersey Shore’ Season 4, if there is one,” she continued. “The main reason is I just can’t do it anymore. Like literally, leaving my kids to film it is really hard on me. Joe knows, I try and quit every single day. The poor producers are like, ‘Dude, are you gonna quit this time?’ I quit every single time we film because I just hate being away from the kids. I don’t like partying like three days in a row. It’s just not my life anymore. And I want to be home with the kids.”
(Excerpt) Read more in: The Wrap