2008
Mike Sorrentino said the pilot for what became Jersey Shore was made in 2008.
“when it 1st came out in 2008, that was when the pilot happened”
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Mike Sorrentino
23 facts from 2 episodes, in date order. These are what speakers said on the shows, each linked to the moment it was said. They aren't independently verified.
2008
Mike Sorrentino said the pilot he shot was not titled Jersey Shore and was conceived as a competition show.
“I did do the pilot for Jersey Shore. It was not called Jersey Shore, it was called like it was gonna be a competition show.”
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Darren Prince says Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino recently opened his third treatment center and has at least ten years of sobriety.
“I think he just opened up his 3rd treatment center, he's got at least 10 years sober”
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Mike Sorrentino said that as a young man he fed his bad wolf and was eventually sent to prison.
“As a young man, I fed the bad wolf and I eventually was sent to prison.”
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Mike Sorrentino said he attended high school in New Jersey and then Brookdale Community College.
“yes, Minneapple High School, yes, and then Brookdale Community College.”
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Mike Sorrentino said he would reach eleven years clean and sober in December and that he owns multiple treatment centers.
“I am, uh, eleven years clean and sober in December. Uh, I own, uh, multiple treatment centers today.”
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Mike Sorrentino said his treatment centers include locations in New Jersey and North Carolina, and that he had about five to seven centers in his first year.
“I own, um, uh, one in New Jersey, North Carolina, essentially five to seven centers right now in my 1st year.”
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Mike Sorrentino said he wrote a book about overcoming addiction, loss and prison.
“I wrote a book about, uh, how I overcame addiction, loss and prison.”
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Mike Sorrentino said he had been in television for almost 17 years.
“I feel like I was amazing at TV. I've been in TV for almost 17 years.”
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Mike Sorrentino said it could be feasible to reach 50 treatment centers in ten years because he works on the front lines of addiction.
“It could be very feasible for me to hit 50. Um, and also because I am, um, you know, on the front lines of the disease of addiction”
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Mike Sorrentino said his children are aged five, three and two.
“my kids right now are five, uh, three and two”
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Mike Sorrentino said his father was an electrician and a family man.
“dad was an electrician, dad was an E electrician, dad was a family man.”
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Mike Sorrentino said his father found a pound of marijuana in the ceiling of the family home and gave him an ultimatum.
“he found, uh, like a pound of weed in the ceiling in our family home. And he had to put his foot down.”
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Mike Sorrentino said he scored a 67 on the military aptitude test (the ASVAB), which qualified him for the Navy.
“I took the ASVABs, I got a 67, which I believe was, uh, I was able to get into the the Navy.”
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Mike Sorrentino said he had two weeks before leaving for the military and decided to pursue his dream of modeling first.
“I had two weeks before I was gonna leave, and I said to myself, Oh my God, I'm never gonna forgive myself”
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Mike Sorrentino said he sent underwear photos to New York modeling agencies and all of them replied within 24 hours.
“I took photos in my underwear with a backwards cap, you know, in my Calvin Kleins. And within 24 h, all the the modeling agencies that I hit up, they all hit me back.”
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Mike Sorrentino said one of the modeling agencies signed him without paying him.
“one of them ended up signing me for no money”
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Mike Sorrentino said he saw a sign calling for the hottest guidos and guidettes in the tri-state area to report to Harry's in Atlantic City, which led toward Jersey Shore.
“there was a little bulletin board that had, uh, a little sign on it that said, The the hottest guidos and guidettes in the tri-state area. Please report to Harry's in Atlantic City.”
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Mike Sorrentino describes the good wolf as love and hope and the bad wolf as darkness and despair.
“the good wolf is love and hope, and the bad wolf is darkness and despair.”
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Mike Sorrentino said he was already sober when he went to prison and never turned back.
“when I was in sobriety and I had to go to prison, I never turned back.”
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Mike Sorrentino said he exercised two to three times a day in prison and read books and took notes.
“in prison, I worked out two to three times a day. Um, I was reading books, I was taking notes.”
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Mike Sorrentino said a movie about his life was in development.
“Technically, right now, we are working on the movie of my life right now”
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Mike Sorrentino said he texts his wife at 11:00 each day with I love you, and 11:11 in a heart.
“I text my wife, I love you, and 11:11 in a heart to let her know that I, I love her.”
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