Drew Pinsky was recruited to broker a peace deal between Jennifer ‘JWoww’ Farley and Angelina Pivarnick on Thursday’s episode of Jersey Shore: Family Vacation.
The 62-year-old celebrity doctor flew from Los Angeles to Las Vegas amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic at the request of Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, 35, after attempts to bring Angelina and JWoww, both 34, together had failed.
The season four episode opened with an awkward dinner among the roommates as Angelina and JWoww were together for the first time in nearly a year
Celebrity doctor: Drew Pinsky was recruited to broker a peace deal between Jennifer ‘JWoww’ Farley and Angelina Pivarnick on Thursday’s episode of Jersey Shore: Family Vacation
‘I do feel negativity in the room because Jenni’s at the table,’ Angelina said in a confessional.
JWoww and Angelina avoided looking at each other during the strangely quiet ‘family dinner’.
Michael ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino, 38, offered a toast and suggested everyone say something positive about one person at the table in an attempt to break the ice.
They all offered compliments, but avoided the obvious tension in the room.
In fear: JWoww told Drew at the end of the episode that she was fearful of Angelina
Wedding ruined: Angelina was wary of JWoww who took part in the disastrous wedding speech
‘Okay, I guess that didn’t work,’ Mike said in a confessional.
The feud between JWoww and Angelina was the main issue during the episode titled ‘The Note 2.0’, but a secret text that JWoww earlier sent to Deena Cortese, 34, warning her not to make up with Angelina also needed to be addressed.
Mike accidentally revealed the secret text while the cameras were rolling, but JWoww remained unaware the guys new about it.
Good effort: ‘Okay, I guess that didn’t work,’ Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino said after his attempt to break the ice failed
‘Bro, this is like the f***ing Note all over again,’ Vinny said.
‘It is the note,’ Ronnie agreed.
They were referencing the infamous anonymous note that JWoww and Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi wrote to their housemate Sammi Giancola in the August 2010 episode of Jersey Shore that outlined her then-boyfriend Ron’s infidelities.
Secret text: Mike accidentally revealed the secret text to Deena Cortese while the cameras were rolling, but JWoww remained unaware the guys new about it
A flashback then showed JWoww and Snooki typing out the note together and later refusing to take responsibility for its authorship.
‘I can’t deal with another note,’ Vinny Guadagnino, 33, said.
‘And it’s still the same person,’ Ronnie noted.
Note redux: Ronnie Ortiz-Magro likened the situation to the infamous anonymous note from a 2010 episode of Jersey Shore
Vinny and Ronnie agreed that they had exasperated their efforts to bring the women together and the problem was beyond their level of expertise.
‘I have Dr. Drew’s number,’ said Ronnie who shot him a text in a last-ditch effort.
Ronnie and Vinny then laughed again at the similarity of the situation to the infamous note.
Silent night: The Situation offered a toast during the oddly quiet family dinner, but tensions remained
Vinny revealed that ever girl he knows from ‘the Shore’ has the note hanging above their beds.
‘It’s like the Shore flag,’ Vinny said.
The guys the next morning took part in their regular gym routine and Ronnie mentioned how he reached out to Dr Drew.
Eye contact: JWoww refused to make eye contact with Angelina at the group dinner
Ronnie also floated a backup plan of having a group lunch in which everyone would leave except the ‘threesome’ of JWoww, Angelina and Deena.
‘I really like that idea,’ exclaimed Paul ‘DJ Pauly D’ DelVecchio Jr, 40.
Drew called back Ronnie who told him about the disastrous wedding speech at Angelina’s nuptials that sparked the simmering feud.
The bride: Angelina nearly a year after her wedding remained angry with JWoww, but made amends with Deena
The celebrity doctor offered to help and said he would clear his schedule to work on the situation in-person in Las Vegas.
‘The boys are beyond over it being caught in the middle of this crossfire with these girls,’ Pauly D said. ‘…Maybe they’ll listen to a professional that does this for a living’.
Pauly also received a package of a giant plush elephant to remind the women of the ‘giant elephant in the room’.
Professional help: ‘The boys are beyond over it being caught in the middle of this crossfire with these girls,’ Pauly D said. ‘…Maybe they’ll listen to a professional that does this for a living’
‘My whole plan with this elephant is for the girls to see exactly how absurd this elephant is, and then maybe they’ll see and think that what they’re doing is absurd,’ Pauly said.
The whole group then went to lunch and they executed their ‘threesome’ maneuver, but it also backfired as JWoww and Angelina again failed to engage with one another.
Drew then arrived and was debriefed by the guys about the situation including the secret message from JWoww to Deena that became public knowledge.
Big elephant: ‘My whole plan with this elephant is for the girls to see exactly how absurd this elephant is, and then maybe they’ll see and think that what they’re doing is absurd,’ Pauly said
Threesome plan: The whole group then went to lunch and the guys executed their ‘threesome’ maneuver, but it also backfired as JWoww and Angelina again failed to engage with one another
He encouraged them to address that issue saying that JWoww’s hardline stance was ‘threatening’ to everybody and ‘unfair’ to them and their families.
Drew said he would like to talk to Jenni with Ronnie and Mike as mediators and offered an approach so Jenni wouldn’t feel ambushed.
The guys showed up at her door and told Jenniw that Dr Drew wanted to make their family better.
Stepping in: Drew said he would like to talk to Jenni with Ronnie and Mike as mediators and offered an approach so Jenni wouldn’t feel ambushed
JWoww was in a good mood and excited to meet Dr Drew as Deena in her room figured that something was up with the guys.
Drew listened as JWoww explained in front of the guys that she didn’t intend to ruin Angelina’s wedding and blamed social media for exacerbating the situation.
‘So you did decide to come to vacation,’ Drew pointed out.
Reality star: Drew listened as JWoww explained in front of the guys that she didn’t intend to ruin Angelina’s wedding and blamed social media for exacerbating the situation
‘I’m coming in scared, because there’s another side, there’s a woman that doesn’t have as much to lose as I do, and doesn’t think logically. Where she goes to social media and it’s damaging,’ JWoww said.
‘So, this is the first time I’m hearing fear,’ Drew said.
‘Pure fear,’ JWoww replied.
Pure fear: ‘I’m coming in scared, because there’s another side, there’s a woman that doesn’t have as much to lose as I do, and doesn’t think logically. Where she goes to social media and it’s damaging,’ JWoww said
Drew said her feelings of fear were valid, but pointed out that JWoww also had a lot of support.
‘Oh, they’re great,’ JWoww said of the guys. ‘But they don’t feel what I feel with her, ’cause she’ll never do it to them.’
Deena proved that her intuition was correct as she then crashed the meeting between JWoww and Drew.
Something up: Deena in her room figured that something was up with the guys
‘What the hell is going on?,’ Deena said in a confessional.
Vinny in a confessional said that Deena’s arrival had just brought on a ‘whole new realm of drama’ as the issue of the secret text message was still lingering.
Jersey Shore: Family Vacation will return next week on MTV.
Total surprise: Dr Drew surprised Deena who also did not know he was coming to help them