Jersey Shore star Ronnie Ortiz-Magro says things with co-star Sammi āSweetheartā Giancola are finally in a good place, more than a decade after the two ended their tumultuous relationship.
Prior to this weekās Jersey Shore Family Vacation season finale, Ronnie told Us Weekly how grateful he is that he and Sam āhave grown so much,ā insisting that any animosity the two once had is long gone.
āWhatever animosity that was there or whatever bitterness [was] there is finally gone,ā he said. āWe can coexist and we can work together.ā
While Sammi and Ronnie are happy (enough) to work together now, that wasnāt always the case.
As The Ashley previously told you, Sammi opted not to join her Shoremates on āJersey Shore Family Vacationā when the show premiered in 2018, reportedly due to Ronnieās participation in the spin-off. However, Sammi ultimately signed on for Season 7 of the series in 2023.
Though Ronnie acknowledged this week that he and Sammi may never be besties, he claims thereās a mutual respect between the two of them, which he believes is the most-important thing.
āThatās the biggest thing is just showing respect for each other and where we have both come in our lives,ā he said. āAnd I think we both do a very good job of that.ā
As āJersey Shoreā fans know, since he and Sammi ended their relationship years ago, Ronnie became a father in 2018 to daughter Ariana, whom he welcomed with then-girlfriend Jenn Harley. Meanwhile Sammi welcomed a baby boy with fiancĆ© Justin May in August after previously sharing her IVF journey on āJersey Shore Family Vacation.ā
Back in September, Sammi spoke about the moment she revealed to her castmates that she was trying to get pregnant, noting that Ronnieā whom she referred to as āa coworkerāā was ānot aroundā when she was going through the journey. Sammi stated at the time that while the situation between her and Ronnie was ānot weird,ā she insisted that part of her life was ācompletely over and long gone for a very long time now.ā
Ronnie isnāt the only one to notice the āgrowthā he and Sammi have had; his castmates Nicole āSnookiā Polizzi and Jenni āJWowwā Farley are also proud of how far the exes have come since ending their toxic relationship.
āThatās just called growth, to be able to sit in the room and not get punched in the face and weāre all laughing, and Ron is there,ā Jenni told TooFab this week. āIām like, āWow, we really grew up, didnāt we?āā
āI love that we can laugh at things now,ā Nicole added.
Jenni went on to admit that itās nice that everyone in the āJersey Shoreā family no longer has to āworry about the awkwardnessā between Ron and Sam, while reiterating how much the two have āgrownā and āmoved onā from their past.
āItās just nice, at least for us,ā she said. āWe are not walking on eggshells ā¦ theyāre communicating, like, itās just a vibe. Itās nice to have nobody, like, scared of saying something wrong.ā
(Photos: MTV; Instagram)
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Rahhnnn finally stahhpppped š
But for real, glad to see he’s doing better! I always wondered what happened to his ex, jen. I remember they were running each other over with cars or something at one point. Can only go up from there š
She had a baby with another guy. I think she was also physical with him. Iām sure she verbally and emotionally abused him also. Sheās just a really really bad, unhinged person.
Let me be clear. The way Ronnie treated Sammie was not ok. He gaslit her so bad. Just terrible. I think he has come around to realize he was being awful. Probably therapy I guess.
I’m still mad at MTV for playing Sammi, telling her Ronnie wasn’t going to be part of the season to get her to join only for that to be a lie. But am happy for them that they were able to make improvements in their relationship and be friends, especially since their on a show and have mutual friends. If only Chad Michael Murray and Sophia Bush would do the same.
iām gonna need the number for samās therapist šš
Good I’m glad, deep down both of these two are likeable (when it comes to Ronnie his likeableness is deep, deep, DEEEEEEP down)…but its still good they can get past the bs from a decade ago.
He’s gotten much more likable in the last year or so now that he’s sober.
I agree.