Jersey Shore phenomenon Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino paid a visit to Long Island native Howard Stern’s Sirius satellite radio show yesterday, and the results were rather interesting and entertaining.
While I only caught a few brief seconds of The Situation on the current season of Dancing With the Stars, I noticed that he was in a decidedly lower key mode than his manic, GTL-espousing self from the Jersey Shore. I’m not sure who the “real” Situation is (or would it be “what” the “real” Situation is?) but he maintained the relatively chill demeanor on Stern and ended up doing a fairly good job of charming everyone in the studio in the process.
Sitch, as his pal Pauly D calls him, talked about his background, which I found to be the most interesting and revealing piece of the interview as it got into how the caricature/character that would become known as The Situation was created. Essentially, Mike Sorrentino was some dude with great abs and an attitude who got fired from some kind of financial services gig and was forced to move back in with his parents in New Jersey (Mike is one of the few Jersey Shore cast members who actually hails from New Jersey, though he also has roots in Staten Island as well).
The Situation’s rise to stardom kicked off quickly after he became an underwear model (so perhaps Sitch and Mark Wahlberg may have a bit in common). Apparently, after only two weeks of modeling, Mike was “noticed” by a casting agent and invited to audition for what was then a VH1 pilot. After a protracted process that took around a year, Jersey Shore went to air and the rest, as they say, is history. Situational history.
Some other fun things that came out of the interview:
And in other Jersey Shore news:
