Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancolais making her big comeback!
In a PEOPLE exclusive teaser, the 36-year-old reality star is calling on an iconic piece of memorabilia to help drum up excitement for herJersey Shorereturn in its popularJersey Shore: Family Vacationspinoff series.
The legendary duck phone rings as Giancola says in a throwback soundbite: “I’m the sweetest bitch you’ll ever meet.”
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“It was me against the world,” she adds as the words, “After 11 years, she’s finally answering the call” flashes on-screen.
The clip goes silent before the television personality answers the phone with a simple, “Hello?”
Announcing that “Sammi is back,” Gianola teases, “It’ll be the sweetest thing you’ve ever seen.”
Polizzi, 35, previously revealed that theJersey Shorecrew had reached out to Giancola on multiple occasions to try and convince her to join theFamily Vacationreboot. But it wasn’t until the Polizzi reached out personally that she discovered Giancola had blocked her contact, though she wasn’t sure why.
“I went to go message her a while ago and she blocked me,” she toldE! Newsin September 2022. “I don’t know what I did. It’s unfortunate because we would love for her to come back. She’s a part of the show. I feel like it’s not full unless all of us are there. It’s sad.”
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Polizzi added, “We tried to get her back, like, two years ago, all of us texting her saying, ‘Come for one dinner. Why not?’ and she’s just always like, ‘No, I’ll never do that show again.’ We didn’t want to push it.”
In 2018, Giancola revealed she had no interest in joiningFamily Vacation as she wanted to “avoid potentially toxic situations.”
“I am not the same as I was when I was 22,” she wrote onInstagramat the time. “At 31, I am currently extremely happy in every aspect of my life and want to avoid potentially toxic situations.”
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