Diane Savino, New York State Senator, Tells Pregnant Snooki To 'Grow Up'

A New York state senator has some advice for Snooki now that she's pregnant: "Grow up."

State Sen. Diane Savino (D-Staten Island) told the New York Daily News that she believes the reality television star should focus on her unborn child and said that she should stop drinking (although there is no evidence that Snooki has continued to consume alcohol since learning of her pregnancy).

"I just hope someone talks to her about fetal alcohol syndrome," Savino, the chairwoman of the Senate Children and Families Committee, told the Daily News.

Snooki -- whose real name is Nicole Polizzi -- announced last week that she is pregnant and engaged to longtime boyfriend Jionni LaValle.

"We don't wish anything bad on her. I hope her baby is healthy. Here's a chance for her to change her image and become a positive role model," Savino told the Daily News.

Snooki told US Weekly that she discovered she was pregnant right after New Year's and that her first thought was "S**t, I've been drinking!" She told the magazine that she has since changed her behavior, however. "I'm not living in that house being pregnant," she told the magazine about continuing to appear on the MTV show "Jersey Shore."

"I don't want to be one of those moms who's pregnant in a club. It's disgusting," she said.

This is not Savino's first public scolding of Snooki. In October, she teamed up with Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island) to criticize the Staten Island Mall for inviting Snooki to make an appearance promoting her line of sunglasses. At the time, the Staten Island Advance reported that the bipartisan pair said the mall used "poor judgement" and that Snooki and her "Jersey Shore" castmates were not role models.

Savino is the latest in a line of politicians to go after Snooki. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) has publicly criticised the show, and one of Christie's closest legislative allies, Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick (R-Westfield) has run two consecutive video contests aimed at showcasing that the Shore is more that what appeared in the MTV reality show.

Bramnick, who has called the show a "bar fight" and "ridiculous," told Westfield Patch when he launched his first contest in 2010 that he wanted to showcase another view of the Shore.

"I assume people want to watch it," Bramnick said in 2010. "There is cage wrestling too and that is not 'War & Peace.' There are all kinds of things on TV. Why not have the real Jersey Shore too?"

In January, Hoboken, N.J. Mayor Dawn Zimmer (D) rejected a permit for MTV to film a "Jersey Shore" spin-off showcasing Snooki and castmate Jennifer "J-Woww" Farley as roommates in a Hoboken apartment. Zimmer's neighboring mayor, Jersey City's Jerry Healy (D), did allow the show to go forward in an apartment in his city's waterfront.

Healy's opponent in the 2013 mayoral election, Jersey City Councilman Steve Fulop (D), led his city's Snooki opposition, saying that city officials should have "pride" in the city and that Healy's decision did not convey that.

Comments

[jrkeiffer1226]

01:38 PM on 03/13/2012

Although I never made hard partying a constant habit and I was always employed, I wish I had enjoyed my youth a little longer and a bit more fully. Even though the kids grew up and we retired, I still can't quite capture that freedom once enjoyed. It's both a blessing and a burden when once comes to know and accept responsibility. Now, I can only hope that perhaps some day, a bit of old age dementia will free me again from it!

[reathea]

08:03 AM on 03/13/2012

Only in America where drinking, partying and getting knocked up make you a celebrity. And other Americans actually think this is entertainment!

[4Ueducatedidiots]

07:55 AM on 03/13/2012

Wow a dem trying to teach self responsibility:)

[Joseph Leslie]

02:02 AM on 03/13/2012

Gee, Snookie and her sperm donor, eer boyfriend have managed to add more pollution to the human gene pool. It;s a good thing Rick Santorum doesn't believe in evolution, cause Snooki and her guy are starting a new branch of humans that is working it's way back to the Chimpanzees!

[crazybobmt]

09:55 PM on 03/12/2012

snookky keep drinkin and the baby will look just like you ..abby normal you do have that fetal alcohol look ..why don't you ask your mom betcha she drank lots during your pregnancy not meanin to be mean but without a pound of makeup you look lame ..oy yeah and ask about mom smoking and drugs ???

[revjoseywales]

06:24 PM on 03/12/2012

Doesn't she have ANYTHING better to do?

[rivertown]

11:02 PM on 03/12/2012

really!

[thebigbike]

06:05 PM on 03/12/2012

try a little indignation at the money grubbers who put this type show on the air and the moneygrubbers who broadcast it and advertise on it.

[bruceonly]

06:02 PM on 03/12/2012

let me see, a Dem says nasty things about Snookie and not a peep, yet Christie calls a spade and spade and the Left is up in arms. Very interesting.

[revjoseywales]

06:28 PM on 03/12/2012

What even more interesting are the negative comments here directed (quite rightly) at Ms Sorvino. Which evidently you must have missed. Doesn't she have anything better to do? And do you have anything better to do than whine?

[Cindy Russell444]

01:17 AM on 03/13/2012

Oh really? And when a repub calls Obama out on some of the stupid animal tricks he does and then blames Bush for it, you Dems get all hot and bothered. So, now the shoe's on the other foot. How are those bunions feeling?

[RonDrier272]

11:22 PM on 03/12/2012

I agree. She should immediately apologize to Snooki. Her comment was filled with ha tred.

[Sarge617]

05:34 PM on 03/12/2012

Hey Savino, leave Snooki alone hey...you do your thing, shr does hers, and as for picking on her, remember this: Eagles don't hunt flies, so leave her be, and you buzz off.

[Angrykitteh]

08:07 AM on 03/13/2012

Awww, poor Snooki...not.

[badgersden5606]

05:31 PM on 03/12/2012

Too many reality shows and cop shows on t.v. People seem to dig senseless drama so much it effects their lives like the houswife who watches soaps all day who grumps at her husband when he comes home from work. Weather Channels Ice Pilots is the latest to exaggerate every little thing.

[gwbsucs1]

05:25 PM on 03/12/2012

it appears they don't like Snooki in NYC - lol , and who watches jerky shore anyway a bunch of jerky guidos ?

[gwbsucs1]

05:21 PM on 03/12/2012

the first thing i thought was here we go again with ol bubble butt - mr string cheese no neck himself qwistee

[mjmjupiter]

05:10 PM on 03/12/2012

No matter how much of the best prenatial care this child may, or may not get, this kid is going to be as much an A$$ as both it's parents. I pitty that child, maybe she'll get tired of it quickly and will put it up for adoption. None of those people on Jersey shore should ever be allowed to breed.

[rtc22209]

05:02 PM on 03/12/2012

Snooki, Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hlton, Kim Kardashian ... who cares. If you put them all together, you wouldn't have one decent person.

[methnkng]

04:41 PM on 03/12/2012

So they do not like the show. Don't watch it. I don't. The fact is Snooki was behaving responsibly by saying she is not drinking or living in the house because she is pregnant.

These politicians always twists things.