Jenni ‘JWoww’ Farley and Angelina Pivarnick prepared to battle each other on Thursday’s episode of Jersey Shore: Family Vacation.
After 10 months of not speaking, the two longtime frenemies were finally about to come face-to-face during a group gathering in Las Vegas.
Both of them were still furious at each other after the fallout from Angelina’s November wedding, at which Jenni, 34, helped give an off-color speech that went disastrously.
Together again: Jenni ‘JWoww’ Farley and Angelina Pivarnick prepared to battle each other on Thursday’s episode of Jersey Shore: Family Vacation
The crowd at the wedding booed and Angelina, 34, threw a fit on-camera, leaving Jenni deeply hurt, with the two later firing back at each other on social media.
As Jenni arrived in Vegas, everyone predicted there would be a nasty blow-up between them, the latest in 11 years of fights between the two.
‘The whole squad is gearing up for war,’ said Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino, 38, as Jenni’s plane landed. ‘Anger and emotions are running high. I don’t know if it’s gonna go well.’
Angelina had earlier made peace with Deena Cortese, 34, who along with Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi, 33, had also taken part in the speech.
Wedding drama: Angelina was ready to move on, but remained wary of JWoww
Mike and the other guys worked hard to help Angelina and Deena reunite, and had just begun to celebrate their success.
They all decided to spend the day at a water park, and really enjoy their vacation.
The women sunned, and the guys bounced around on giant water inflatables.
Desertvacation: The women, including Deena Cortese, sunned and the guys bounced around on giant water inflatables while relaxing in Las Vegas
Angelina refused to do anything too strenuous, joking that she’d just gotten her own new inflatable—an upgraded, curvier posterior.
The day was relaxing, until the texts hit everyone’s phones: Jenni was coming to town.
‘Oh my God,’ lamented Vinny Guadagnino, 33. ‘We’ve been through hell and back putting this family together, and now she’s coming?’
Bad timing: ‘Oh my God,’ lamented Vinny Guadagnino, 33. ‘We’ve been through hell and back putting this family together, and now she’s coming?’
Jenni’s arrival had been delayed by the extensive facial work she’d recently had done, but she’d finally gotten the all-clear from her doctor that it was okay to fly.
At dinner that night, Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, 35, broke the news to Angelina, who was not ready to see Jenni just yet.
The next morning, Angelina looked at herself in the mirror and steeled herself for her frenemy’s arrival.
The messenger: At dinner that night, Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, 35, broke the news to Angelina, who was not ready to see Jenni just yet
‘I am not looking forward to this,’ she admitted.
Ronnie visited Angelina in her room to see how she was doing, and to urge her to remain calm.
Unfortunately, Angelina seemed to get more and more agitated the longer he was there.
Not ready: ‘I am not looking forward to this,’ Angelina admitted
‘I’ve been through so much PTSD with that girl,’ she told Ronnie. ‘Even when I’m right, she says I’m wrong. She says I’m lying… the accusations she’s spilling out. I’m not about that. I can’t.’
Ronnie urged Angelina to ‘be the bigger person,’ and she replied that she was tired of doing that, and tired of the ‘drama’ that Jenni brought.
In a confessional, Ronnie explained, ‘Jenni and Angelina have had issues for years. Both sides are at fault. So I am sitting here trying to be calm with her, trying to talk to her, just trying to be rational with her, and Angelina keeps bringing up the past. Ange! It’s not about the past. We need to move forward.’
Longtime issues: In a confessional, Ronnie explained, ‘Jenni and Angelina have had issues for years. Both sides are at fault. So I am sitting here trying to be calm with her, trying to talk to her, just trying to be rational with her, and Angelina keeps bringing up the past. Ange! It’s not about the past. We need to move forward’
‘Stop being a reactor,’ Ronnie told Angelina. ‘Take the first f***ing step.’
Hours later, she calmed down and apologized to Ronnie, joining him in the guys’ hotel room.
As the group sat together peaceably, Jenni called to announce over speakerphone, ‘I landed!’
Calmed down: Hours later, Angelina calmed down and apologized to Ronnie, joining him in the guys’ hotel room
‘How you feeling?’ Mike asked her, as everyone looked on.
‘I’m feeling,’ Jenni said flatly. ‘I wish I looked a little bit better, but I’m alright.’
‘Oh stop it,’ Mike replied. ‘We just miss your face.’
The boys: Vinny, Ronnie, The Situation and DJ Pauly D worked hard on reuniting Angelina and Deena
Pauly booed and Angelina laughed at the reference to Jenni’s facial work.
The gang split up then, with the guys going off to welcome Jenni, and the girls heading to the pool.
Everyone worried that Jenni was ‘coming in hot,’ or spoiling for a fight.
Cute couple: Pauly looked happy with girlfriend Nikki Hall
Angelina told Deena, Lauren Sorrentino, 36, and Pauly’s girlfriend Nikki Hall, 26, that she had no intention of apologizing.
‘If you have that outlook, you’re f***ed,’ Lauren emphasized.
Jenni had no idea that Deena and Angelina had made up, nor that a text she’d earlier sent Deena was shown on camera.
It read, ‘Don’t give in at all, or I’m not coming.’
Public text: Jenni had no idea that Deena and Angelina had made up, nor that a text she’d earlier sent Deena was shown on camera
When Jenni showed up, Mike launched right in and told Jenni that Angelina was there.
He asked her if she thought they could make up ‘for the family.’
‘I have no feelings for her,’ Jenni responded. ‘So, like, I don’t give a s***.’
No feelings: ‘I have no feelings for her,’ Jenni told The Situation. ‘So, like, I don’t give a s***’
Ronnie noted privately that Jenni was ‘lying through her teeth,’ as obviously she’d been upset.
‘All of that lying might break your new face,’ he cracked.
Told that Deena and Angelina had made up, Jenni seemed fine with it, but swore that she had no intention of doing the same.
Getting emotional: Jenni got worked up while talking about Angelina
‘Angelina literally chose gasoline and she watched my s*** burn,’ she told the cameras, referring to their public feud. ‘I’ll never give her a match again.’
While Jenni stewed, Angelina quietly freaked out in her room.
In an attempt to make her feel better, the gang had her husband Chris Larangeira fly out to Vegas for a few days.
He joined her for the evening’s all-important dinner, at which the two women would see each other for the first time.
Showing support: Angelina’s husband Chris Larangeira joined her for the evening’s all-important dinner, at which the two women would see each other for the first time
The spread was so lavish, formal and important it reminded the gang of ‘The Last Supper.’
Asked which seat everyone wanted, Vinny looked around the table and cracked, ‘Jenni wants to sit where it’s easiest to flip it.’
DJ Pauly D, 40, thought he wasn’t entirely joking.
‘Jenni and Angelina are sitting down at the same exact dinner at the same exact time, first time in 10 months,’ he marveled privately. ‘I have a feeling a table will be flipped.’
Table flip: ‘Jenni and Angelina are sitting down at the same exact dinner at the same exact time, first time in 10 months,’ he marveled privately. ‘I have a feeling a table will be flipped’
Joining the gang for the meal, Deena looked over at the table’s still-empty chairs, and asked, ‘Why is there two seats?’
‘Chris is here,’ Lauren informed her, referring to Angelina’s husband.
‘Oh, here we go,’ Jenni said, as Angelina and Chris walked up behind her.
Jersey Shore: Family Vacation will return next week on MTV.
It’s on: ‘Oh, here we go,’ Jenni said, as Angelina and Chris walked up behind her