Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi discovered the real reason that she was put up for adoption as an infant while speaking to her birth mother for the first time.
The TV personality, 37 – who recently reflected on her ‘unplanned’ pregnancy while filming Jersey Shore – took part in the emotional moment in Thursday’s episode of the MTV reunion series Jersey Shore: Family Vacation.
The reality star was adopted from Chile by an Italian-American family when she was just six-months-old, which she has previously opened up about.
While speaking to her birth mom with a translator via computer chat, Snooki – who was joined by castmate JWoww for support – asked: ‘Why was I put up for adoption?’
According to the translator, her birth mother ‘said when she realized she was pregnant, she told her partner, your father, and he just disappeared, leaving her by herself.
‘She didn’t have any support at that moment so that was the only option that she had. Even [though] it was painful, she had to let you go.’
Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi, 37, discovered the real reason that she was put up for adoption as an infant while speaking to her birth mother for the first time; seen in 2024 in NYC
The TV personality took part in the emotional moment in Thursday’s episode of the MTV reunion series Jersey Shore: Family Vacation
Snooki admitted during a confessional – which was filmed last year – ‘For 36 years, I’ve been thinking about this question, and now the answer is going to pop up any second. This is insane.’
The TV personality also revealed to her birth mother that she has been living ‘an amazing life.’
But when the birth mom questioned if she was ‘angry’ with her over being put up for adoption, Snooki decided that the pair should speak on the phone instead of messaging.
Despite revealing that she was ‘nervous’ to hear her birth mother’s voice, Snooki greeted her by saying hello in Spanish.
JWoww – who was sitting next to her co-star for the conversation – jokingly chimed in with, ‘”Hola!” You sound like Dora the Explorer.’
The translator then shared a message from the birth mom and expressed, ‘She said, ‘I’m sorry for putting yourself in that situation, and that you were adopted.’
On the other end of the phone call, Snooki’s birth mother became tearful and admitted that putting her up for adoption as a baby had been ‘very difficult’ for her.
Per the translator, she also said that she ‘never forgot’ about Snooki – and the star then comforted her birth mom.
According to the translator, her birth mother ‘said when she realized she was pregnant, she told her partner, your father, and he just disappeared, leaving her by herself’
The TV personality also revealed to her birth mother that she has been living ‘an amazing life’
Snooki told her that she was ‘adopted by loving parents’ who ‘spoiled’ her and was also raised in the state of New York.
The moving scene then cut to a confessional as the reality star reflected on the past and expressed, ‘Obviously, I wouldn’t even be here if she didn’t put me up for adoption.
‘I have amazing parents. I had a great childhood. And then meeting my roommates,’ Polizzi added, referencing to her Jersey Shore co-stars. ‘And them meeting Jionni. And then having my kids.’
Snooki shares three children – Lorenzo, 11, Giovanna, 10, and Angelo, six – with husband Jionni LaValle, whom she married in 2014.
