The cast of Jersey Shore has been making headlines over the last few weeks due to the possibility of a reunion special. However, one person from the main group has been notably missing, Ronnie Magro.
During the cast’s recent reunion for a Burger King commercial, everyone was present except for Magro. There was no explanation as to why he didn’t appear in the commercial, however his former cast member Deena Cortese spoke out about the state of their relationship.
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“I honestly don’t know if anyone has spoken to him about it,” Cortese explains when asked about Magro’s whereabouts. “Right now we’re in a group chat with me, Pauly [DelVecchio], Vinny [Guadagnino],Mike [Sorrentino], Nicole [Polizzi], Jenni [Farley] and Sam [Giancola]. Ronnie’s actually not in it right now, in the group chat, but we’re all talking about it and we’re all trying to figure out ways to make it happen.”
Despite the confusion regarding his presence in a possible reunion special, Cortese thinks he will be extended an offer regardless.
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“I’m sure he’d be willing to sign on,” Cortese says, revealing she cut ties with her costar after he neglected to reach out when her father passed away.
“We just all haven’t spoken to him. I think Vinny’s the only one that really talks to him.”
Now, Magro is confronting the rumors on Instagram with the use of hashtags.
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The Famously Single star took to Instagram on Saturday to address the Jersey Shore reunion rumors. Alongside a video of him laughing, Magro wrote, “When people saying your not gonna be apart of [Jersey Shore Reunion].”
He added the hashtags, “#ComeAtMeBroWasntThereSinceTheFirstSeason” and “#WhenTheMediaMakesUpTheirOwnStories.”ย
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In addition, he told his followers that if the stories don’t come straight from his mouth to not believe them.
This isn’t the first time Magro took to social media to talk Jersey Shore.
Earlier this week, he shared a photo of the himself with DelVecchio,ย Guadagnino and Sorrentino in the infamous hot tub. He used multiple hashtags in this caption as well, but two stood out, “#JSReunion” and “#HashTagJsReunion.”
Over a week ago, Magro shared another photo of the cast in Italy with similar hashtags.
Magro’s Scuffle in Sin City
In addition to attention surrounding the Jersey Shore reunion, Magro got himself into a little trouble over the weekend in Las Vegas.
After a rough night in aย Lasย Vegas club and hotel, the formerย MTVย star required stitches to repair a sliced and bloodied hand.ย
TMZย reports Magro experienced an unfortunate encounter while in Vegas early Friday morning that had eyewitnesses reporting theย MTVย star was seen exiting the bathroom at The Venetian hotel and casino at around 1:15 a.m. with a mystery woman.
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While it looked like Ortiz-Magroย walked away from a fight, sources close to the star state the 32-year-old was in aย VIPย room at Taoย Lasย Vegas, “when a crowd spilled into the area around him.” As he tried to shield the woman, someone threw a bottle or glass, which shattered on his hand.ย
However, a representative for Tao tells a slightly different story, saying there were “no other individuals involved” and Magroย just “accidentally broke a bottle in his hand.” Tao security reportedly gave him a few bandages and suggested he get stitches, a reportย TMZย says theย Jersey Shoreย star followed through with.ย
‘The Situation’ Sets Record Straight on ‘Jersey Shore’ Reunion
With or without Magro, the Jersey Shore reunion seems like it’s going to happen.
“The Situation”ย Sorrentinoย confirmed all theย Jersey Shoreย reunionย rumors and says the cast of the hitย MTVย reality series is reuniting for a new special.
“There definitely is aย reunion-style situation coming,”ย Sorrentinoย toldย Entertainment Tonight. “I mean, 100%. Everyone is just so excited to be working together again.”
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A production source tellsย ETย thatย Polizzi,ย Farley,ย Paulyย D,ย Corteseย andย Sorrentinoย started filming aย docuseries-style episode. The reunion is scheduled to air in the near future on E!. Production.
The source adds that the cast is “currently in talks for an entire series but nothing is finalized yet.”
“We are on this giant group [text] chat,”ย Sorrentinoย toldย ET. “It’s probably the best group chat you’d ever want to see. All day, every day just fooling around and saying what we want to do next.”
“At the end of the day, there is a reunion coming,” he added. “There is something new and I’m very excited for the viewers to see it.”