Snooki will have to trade the tequila shots for iced tea. (Peter Kramer/AP Images for Bravo)
It's official. The least talented, most disrespected realty TV starlet is pregnant. And the Internet rumors are true: Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, sold her story for who-knows-how-much to
US Weekly.
The story, which hits stands Friday, is called, appropriately: "OMG! I'm Pregnant."
Does this matter? To answer on a purely superficial, pop-cultural level, I suppose it does.
For fans of MTV's huge hit
Jersey Shore, it means that yes, there are ramifications of partying like reality stars and being totally irresponsible. The network has been blasted by every group from New Jersey residents to Italian-Americans to parents to comedians to Real Housewives.
But this is also the network who began programming such as this with
The Real World back in the '90s. And we can't forget about it's other highly controversial show, T
een Mom.
Snooki is trying to spin this news in a positive way. She says she's engaged to her boyfriend, who has been featured on the show, and she says she's cleaning up for motherhood: "I have different priorities now," Snooki said to US Weekly. "I don't care what anybody else thinks. As long as I know I'm ready and he's ready."
Is Snooki headed for continued reality fame? She's on the right network, and supposedly filming a new spin-off with her co-star JWow.
Surely the pregnancy will stop the partying -- but what does Snooki have to offer when she's not falling down and starting fights?
Not much, I'm afraid. And she's become a multi-millionaire for it.
Will Snooki stay on the radar after her baby? Probably. The public is even more fascinated by celebrity pregnancies than annoying reality star shenanigans.
