
Talking to US Magazine, Alyssa Milano, 36, says:
“My husband actually showed me the trailer [of Jersey Shore] on YouTube last night, and I got upset,” said Milano Thursday at the UNICEF ball in Beverly Hills. “It upset me. I was like, ‘Turn that off!’ So no, I don’t think I’ll be watching that!’”
Is Alyssa like many Italian-Americans reaction a little bit too precious, or does this role model of the Italian-American community have a good point?
21-year-old Jersey Shore star Nicole — a.k.a. “Snookie” — doesn’t share Alyssa’s disdain for the representations of Italian-Americans in her show.

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