Snooki Says Drunk-Eating 'Fried Pickles and Cheese Fries' Derailed Her Goal to 'Get Healthier'

Mar. 15, 2025

Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi poses with a drink and some French fries.Photo:Nicole “Snooki”/Instagram

Nicole “Snooki”/Instagram

TheJersey Shorestar, 36, shared aTikTokof herself brushing her hair — and then looking forlornly at the camera, with the superimposed text, “POV working your ass off all week to lose 5 lbs only to ruin it drunk last night ordering fried pickles and cheese fries.”

She clarified her fitness journey after a commenter wrote, “You’re way too blessed to be spending your whole life worrying about your weight!!! You look great. Eat those fried pickles!!!”

“Not worrying! Just trying to get healthier 😩,” themom of threewrote. She sharesson Lorenzo, 11,daughter Giovanna, 9,andson Angelo, 5,withhusband Jionni LaValle.

Captioning the video “The struggle is real,” the diminutive star commiserated with another commenter who said, “The reality of being short 😭 I get it girl.”

“THE WORST thing about being short,” Snooki replied.

The reality star has shared how her heighthas impacted her body image, saying, “my body fluctuates so much because I’m so short. So like gaining 5 lbs. looks 25 lbs. on me because I’m only 4'9". So it’s hard to maintain, especially after three kids."

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Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi poses with drinks and fries.Nicole “Snooki”/Instagram

“I have struggled with my weight my entire life,” she said in the video, which has 6.5 million views and stays pinned to thetop of her TikTok page.

“High school? Not great. Wasn’t eating, underweight, had no energy. It was getting scary. So high school was not a good place for me with weight. I wanted to be size zero and so skinny. And I fit in the jeans but, oh my God, I was so sad and not eating and [had] no energy.”

But now, Snooki says, “ As long as I’m happy and I’m enjoying life, I don’t really care.”

And in the nextTikTokshe posted, Snooki shared highlights from a day at the Jersey Shore with her family — which she ended with a full glass of red wine.

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source: people.com