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Watch the video below for In Touch’s exclusive interview with Pauly and Vinny, and scroll through the gallery for more about The Situation’s time in the slammer.
“That goes without saying,” Vinny, 31, said when they were asked if they had any big plans for Mike’s release. Pauly couldn’t agree more. “Yeah. We’re definitely going to do it up big when he gets out. Definitely, big time. Big party.”
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Celebrate Good Times, Come on
So, will the festivities be over a day or even longer? “I want to do like a week-long celebration,” Pauly, 38, confessed.
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Reunion Time
It sounds like the reality stars can’t wait to have their boy back. “Yeah, Mike’s re-release back into the world,” Pauly said about the upcoming get-together.
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Will You Accept These Bros?
The dynamic duo have been promoting their new show, Double Shot at Love, where the MTV stars will have 20 women vying for Vinny and Pauly’s love. If you love The Bachelor and Jersey Shore, this is the perfect show for you. Hopefully, Mike can even check it out!
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Crime Time
Meanwhile, Mike started his eight-month prison sentence for tax fraud at the Otisville Federal Correctional Institution in Otisville, New York, on January 15.
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Freedom
His prison date release is reportedly set for September 13, 2019. Only five more months to go, boys, so start planning that fiesta!
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Positive Vibes
Ever since the New York native has been locked up, his friends have been keeping people updated on his new routine. “He’s gonna be all right. He’s so strong, mentally, from, like, his [drug addiction] recovery process that it’s working out for him now in jail,” Vinny said in an interview. “Mike’s the type of guy that, like, looks for the positive in every situation.”
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Glass Half Full Attitude
He continued, “I can picture him in there watching TV, working out, like ‘This is pretty cool,’ you know.”
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Up in the Gym
Vinny a.k.a. The Keto Guido explained that The Sitch will be working on his fitness while he’s away. “The Keto Guido is his health coach, and I am glad that he is going to be working out a little more in there,” he said.
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Updates Galore
Even Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi revealed to E! News that Mike is doing just fine. “Mike is having the time of his life,” she admitted. “He’s doing good in there but thank God. We were all nervous.”
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Friends ‘Till the End
The brunette beauty, 31, couldn’t help but make light of uhh … the situation. “It’s like he’s in a senior home,” she joked. “We all talk to him through an email, so I talk to him like once a week.”
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So Many Activities
She continued, “He is helping other people out with sobriety, he loves bingo and all of his scrabble games, and he is working out. He’s in the gym a lot, so he’s probably gonna come out ripped. You know, he’s not gonna be BDS anymore — Big Daddy Sitch — he’s gonna have his, probably, six-pack again. But he’s doing good in there.”
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In the Loop
Mike’s wife, Lauren Sorrentino, (née Pesce) has been updating fans through Mike’s Twitter account on how he is holding up.
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Supportive Fam
“Hi everyone, it’s Lauren,” she wrote on January 16. “Mike would like to thank all of his fans worldwide for the unbelievable outpouring of love and support. We speak every day and he’s doing great. He’s received thousands of letters, he won’t be able to respond to everyone but wanted to express his gratitude to each and every one of you.”
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Doting Wife
She continued, “Thank you from the both of us; it is truly heartwarming to have this support during this time. Lots of love, Michael and Lauren Sorrentino.”
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You’ve Got Mail
Snooki made it clear that Mike loves interacting with his loyal fanbase. “He loves the fan mail that he is getting,” she said. “So, everyone keep sending the fan mail because it takes up his time in there and he loves it!”
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Keeping His Head Up
Pauly also wanted to give his two cents about his friend. “He’s doing good,” he told Us Weekly. “We talk to him almost every day. He’s in good spirits. He has a lot of positive things to come home to.”
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Here’s the Sitch
So, how exactly do Mike’s friends and family keep in touch? “We talk to him all the time,” Vinny explained. “There’s, like, an app that we can talk to him on.”
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Living in the Moment
The Vinny & Ma Eat America alum confessed that Mike “doesn’t even think [about getting out]” and “lives one second at a time.”
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You Got This, Mike!
The Staten Island native had nothing but amazing things to say about his buddy. “That’s why he’s an inspiration, ‘cause if you were to think about getting out and stuff, you would drive yourself crazy. He’s like, ‘This is my day today. I’m gonna have some Doritos and work out [and] play Scrabble.’”