Reality TV--Snooki

Snooki is known for her time as a cast member on the show Jersey Shore on MTV, not for who she was before the show and now that she is off the show. Snooki grew up in a house where both parents worked. Her father was a volunteer firefighting and an auto- salvage supervisor and her mother was an office manager. Snooki was an average child. She was a cheerleader in high school, battled an eating disorder, and went to college to be a veterinary technician. She then became a cast member of the Jersey Shore. Here is where I believe everything changed—because of fame and reality tv. Being on the show caused the cast members, to binge drink, go to clubs, get in fights, etc more often than they probably ever did before being on the show. Then Snooki got pregnant. Strangers begin criticizing her lifestyle more than ever--telling her that someone like her should not be allowed to have a child, etc. Once she had her baby, Lorenzo, people started getting on her for how much she was working out, for losing so much weight, and that she was falling back to her old ways.

Fame and reality tv changes people; however, it does not always change the core values of a person. I believe Nicole, Snooki, is a good person and has done well for herself and her family. The show can be seen as a setback, but it was a learning experience and you could see that as the seasons progressed. During the final season, when Snooki was pregnant, she realized being in the house was not good for her or her child. In that season, you saw Snooki grow as a person and turn into a more responsible adult. She is still her goofy, bubbly person, but now she puts her child and family first…yes I may be semi-biased due to a partial parasocial relationship that Snooki and I have.