
“Any individual’s all the time at odds with someone, you understand, about one thing. And subsequent factor you understand, you bought conflict,” says The State of affairs, who additionally reveals who introduced probably the most drama, teases the forged’s journey to Jamaica, and weighs in on the likelihood that followers will see Ron and Sam making peace as soon as and for all.
In line with Mike “The State of affairs” Sorrentino, in Season 8 of Jersey Shore Household Trip — which marks the fifteenth anniversary of the collection — the forged will discover themselves in fairly a, effectively, state of affairs.
In an interview with TooFab, the fact star teased what followers can count on to see from the brand new season, during which he and his co-stars — Pauly “DJ Pauly D” Delvecchio, Vinny Guadagnino, Angelina Pivarnick, Jenni “JWoww” Farley, Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, Deena Nicole Cortese, Samantha “Sammi Sweetheart” Giancola and Ronnie Ortiz-Magro — return to the OG shore home in Seaside Heights, New Jersey.

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“I imply, to say that this season is a ten, this season is a ten,” Mike stated when requested to charge the season from one to 10 — ten being probably the most chaotic and dysfunctional. “What’s nice is you get to see how we navigate by it, you understand, and in addition to say that we have now a state of affairs. We certainly have a state of affairs this season, for positive.”
The 42-year-old named himself because the peacekeeper of Season 8, and defined why.
“I believe that I all the time attempt to hold the peace,” Mike stated. “You realize, I am all the time doing the sit-downs. You realize, I am all the time making an attempt to be the glue to this household, and see how we will push this household downstream in order that we will make extra reminiscences, and make this present final, as a result of if individuals are simply at odds with one another, you understand, you simply by no means know. Any individual would possibly stop. Simply to be trustworthy with you. These guys are very unpredictable.”
As for who followers can count on to see beginning probably the most drama, Mike named Angelina, however famous that “generally individuals say it is me.” He then added, “However in case you do not stir the pot, sauce is gonna burn, proper?”
The daddy of three famous that there’s a “high quality line” between sustaining the peace in the home and calling his buddies out on their habits.
“It’s a high quality line to be maintaining the peace to additionally stating one thing that could be misplaced, and I am very well-known for pointing issues which can be form of out of the place,” Miike advised TooFab. “I’ve a nickname known as the Investigation, and from time to time, we obtained to deliver out the boards.”
As proven within the epic trailer for Jersey Shore Household Trip Season 8, the crew took a gaggle journey to Jamaica — and in line with Mike, the journey introduced its justifiable share of drama, to no shock.
“It is positively a very good present, you understand?” he stated. “There isn’t any quick[age] of drama, let’s assume, yeah. And once more, the forged, though they’re household, someone’s all the time at odds with someone, you understand, about one thing. And subsequent factor you understand, you bought conflict, and so and so is doing this, and so and so is quitting. It is simply, it is actually loopy. I actually cannot let you know guys an excessive amount of.”
“However I do say that when we go overseas, issues begin to go sideways,” he added.

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As followers know, Mike discovered himself entangled with authorized troubles up to now, and served eight months in jail for tax evasion in 2019. Within the wake of his fees, he was beforehand compelled to give up his passport, and final yr, he was lastly permitted to journey internationally, with him and his spouse, Lauren Sorrentino, taking the chance to make a journey to Italy.
And as proven within the new season, Mike and his Jersey Shore crew had been in a position to make a journey collectively abroad for the primary time.
“We’ve not been in a position to journey overseas for about you understand, no less than a decade, as a result of Uncle Sam had taken away my passport,” he advised TooFab. “You realize, we had somewhat little bit of a state of affairs, issues budgeting, and so forth. So we solved these conditions, and we obtained the passport again. And now we’re in a position to journey freely by the cabin.”

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Mike additionally weighed in on one other thrilling second teased within the trailer: Exes Ronnie and Sammi presumably making peace as soon as and for all.
“Pay attention, I am a fan in terms of the present, and a number of the forged members, so [the] dynamic between Ron and Sam has been fairly particular to be trustworthy with you,” he shared. “It is really a sight to see, a sight to behold, as a result of we by no means thought they’d even be beneath the identical roof.”
“And now, for this season, you see a few of these interactions. You are like, ‘Oh, we obtained a state of affairs!’ You realize? So that you guys are gonna need to test it out,” he added. “I am very, very pleased with each of them. You realize, due to how far we have come and the story that we do have, and it is our fifteenth anniversary. So it is fairly cool to see.”
The trailer for Season 8 additionally revealed Mike rocking a brand new coiffure — and getting jokingly grilled by his buddies, who deliver up a rumor that he obtained “hair plugs.”
“Effectively, you understand, evidently I’ve a enterprise within the entrance and celebration within the again proper now,” he stated when TooFab introduced up the second. “However pay attention, a gentleman by no means tells. You realize I can not verify or deny, however shout out to my physician, Dr. Mike in Tinton Falls, New Jersey. Wonderful man.”
“I all the time attempt to, you understand, deliver one thing new each season, whether or not it is a haircut or a brand new venture that I am engaged on. You are solely nearly as good as your final present,” he added. “And, boy, have we had some superb exhibits now that being our fifteenth anniversary.”
Jersey Shore Household Trip premieres Thursday, Could twenty ninth at 8 p.m. ET/PT on MTV.