Snooki

Jersey Shore Family Vacation made its long-awaited debut on MTV last night, and the consensus among viewers seems to be that while the guidos and guidettes didn't quite deliver the same bonkers energy and smush-room shenanigans of their initial run, it was nice to check in with TV's most heavily spray-tanned cast.

Of course, not everyone was able to make it to South Beach to enjoy all the fist-pumping and facial fillers.

By now, we've all seen the insane new Jersey Shore: Family Vacation trailer.

But how exactly did that come to be?

Currently, Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi is in Miami, filming Jersey Shore: Family Vacation with her famous frenemies.

We imagine she's enjoying the break from reality almost as much as Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino (who's currently facing 15 years in prison for tax evasion), as Snooki has some serious issues to face when she gets back home.

Rumors that Snooki and Jionni LaValle are headed for divorce have been circulating non-stop several months now, because apparently a surprising number of people still care what the former stars of Jersey Shore are up to these days.

Of course, the vast majority of those people didn't tune into the recent Jersey Shore reunion special which tanked in the ratings, but that's a different story...

When Snooki and Jionni LaValle got married back in 2014, they truly defied the odds.

No, not because of that dumb "don't look for love on the Jersey Shore" mantra that some of Snooks' roommates tried to make happen back in Season 1, but because of the circumstances under which their relationship began.

MTV dropped a double whammy of craziness on viewers last night:

First, the cable network debuted Floribama Shore.

After watching Snooki get drunk and say the craziest things for several seasons on Jersey Shore, it's still a little shocking to know that she is now a mother to two beautiful children. 

If you watch Jersey Shore online, you will know that she was at her funniest earlier in the series and that's because she did not care what people thought of her. 

Back when Jersey Shore debuted in 2009, it became an overnight cultural phenomenon and a surprise ratings smash for MTV.

Suddenly, folks without a drop of Italian blood in their lineage who had never set foot in the Garden State were fist-pumping and getting their GTL on all over the country.