For the past few weeks, there have been online buzzings about the impending engagement of Jenni “J-Woww” Farley and Roger Mathews, but I’ve been sort of ignoring the issue for two reasons: (1) A general “Jersey Shore” fatigue has drifted over the site, and no one seems to care about the cast anymore (except to say they don’t care about them); (2) Jenni and Roger fight like spray-tanned cats and dogs. Seriously, I don’t even know why they fight, but they do. Several episodes of “Snooki & J-Woww” featured the couple on the rocks, and they seemed to regularly yell and scream with each other over issues that really lead to a conclusion of incompatibility. She has issues with trusting him, and he calls her a liar and whines about never getting laid. So I guess they want to make their issues even worse by getting married, right? Sounds like a plan. Here are the details on the tacky-ass engagement ring:

What a rock! Jersey Shore’s Jenni “JWoww” Farley exclusively shows off her cushion-cut diamond engagement ring in the new issue of In Touch, on newsstands now.

“It’s more than I ever expected,” Jenni, 27, tells In Touch.

Roger, 37, says he spent months planning the proposal and worked with jeweler Layna Friedman to design the ring, with a cushion-cut diamond that’s more than 5 carats surrounded by 2.5 carats of pink and white diamonds in a white-gold setting.

“Roger’s not an average-looking guy, he’s huge: his personality, his size [6'4"]. So I always said, ‘I want my ring like you — big! The bigger the better!’”

And the first person she called to share the good news? Her best friend, Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, who will be by her pal’s side as a bridesmaid or maid of honor when she walks down the aisle. “If there’s anyone in this world that wanted me to be engaged more than me,” Jenni says, “it’d be Nicole.”

[From In Touch]

Hahaha. If Roger thinks getting married will get him laid more often, well, this should be amusing. Still, J-Woww has her ring, and now she and Snooki are both engaged, and that’s all these two have ever wanted in life besides more leopard-print fabric. I’m guessing that J-Woww may have sprung for the ring because, if I’m not mistaken, Roger works in the truck-driving industry now? He used to be a personal trainer, but J-Woww wanted him to not work around hot chicks all the time. I don’t know.

In the meantime, I’ve been growing increasingly aghast at the amount of fillers and botox that J-Woww is stuffing into her face. She’s denied the issue before last year, but at that point, it was pretty obvious that make-up tricks, false lashes, and weight loss could explain her changing face. Then earlier this year, she seemed unable to move her face at all, so she’s clearly jumped on the injectibles train. These screencaps of the “Snooki & J-Woww” themesong are just ridiculous too. Jenni looked so much better before she started turning herself into an orange mannequin.

Photos courtesy of Life & Style and WENN; screencaps courtesy of MTV

I was mildly surprised when Snooki gave birth a few weeks ago and no one cared because there was a rather substantial uproar when she announced her pregnancy earlier this year. Oh well. Changing tides, and MTV has also recently announced that the upcoming 6th season of “Jersey Shore” (which starts on Oct. 6) would be its last because producers want to end the show “on a high note.” Supposedly, money wasn’t a factor in the decision because the show is still the top-viewed program for that particular MTV demo. But I imagine with certain cast members (arguably) maturing — like Snooki becoming a mom and the Situation getting clean — the show couldn’t continue to be the same trainwreck forever. So it makes sense.

Anyway, Snooki has managed to appear on People magazine’s cover in very short order after her baby’s birth. Little Lorenzo was only six days old when the photoshoot took place! And no, he’s not orange. While it still gives me the shivers to think of Snooki as anyone’s mother, I have to admit that she’s been handling herself (relatively) gracefully these days. She also didn’t gross us out with too much TMI (like Jessica Simpson did) while she was preggers, which is sort of amazing coming from a girl who waxed rhapsodic for several episodes of Shore’s Season 5 over her recurring urinary tract infection. Here’s some details from People:

Just six days after Jersey Shore star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi and her fiancé Jionni LaValle welcomed their first child, Lorenzo Dominic, they opened their home to PEOPLE to help introduce him to the world.

“It’s a different kind of love that I never felt before,” says Polizzi, 24, who is currently filming the second season of her MTV spin-off Snooki & JWOWW.

It took more than 24 hours of labor, but the pint-sized reality star finally gave birth to her son on Aug. 26. Happily, she and LaValle say that choosing a moniker was much easier.

“We were going back and forth, and I just happened to think of Lorenzo,” says LaValle, 25, who adds that he was inspired by a child he knew from his hometown, where he and Polizzi now live with his parents. “She loved it.”

The baby’s middle name, Dominic, is in memory of Polizzi’s uncle, who died. “I did it for my dad,” she says.

Now, the happy couple are enjoying spending time with their family and of course, their “adorable” son.

“When I got pregnant, everything changed,” says Polizzi, who will also appear on the final season of MTV’s Jersey Shore, premiering Oct. 4. “The partying is long gone. I’m a new person.”

For exclusive photos of Lorenzo – plus details about Polizzi’s delivery, upcoming wedding, weight loss plan and life as a mom – pick up this week’s issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday

[From People]

Snooki and Jionni must have decided on the name Lorenzo quite early in the pregnancy because in last week’s episode of “Snooki & J-Woww,” the two girls got fake babies (to test themselves, I guess), and Snooki named hers Lorenzo. I still can’t believe J-Woww tried to order “tan babies,” but there’s no accounting for taste where that cast is concerned. Since the birth, Snooki seems to have truly fallen in love with her baby and has even tweeted, “I love nursing my little man.” That’s sweet.

Here’s a few photos of Snooki launching her own brand of Snooki’s Wild Cherry Soda on 7/18. She looked like she was ready to get that pregnancy finished.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and People

Here are some photos of a heavily pregnant Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi last Thursday in Manchester, New Jersey. Little did Snooks realize that in just a few short days, she’d already have given birth to little Lorenzo Dominic LaValle, her first child with fiancé Jionni LaValle. Snooki’s rep has already revealed that the baby has been bestowed with the nickname “Enzo” and has weighed in at 6 lb, 5 oz, which is small but not a surprise since both Snooki and Jionni are on the tiny side themselves. Jenni “J-Woww” Farley has already revealed that “Lorenzo is the cutest baby I’ve ever seen.” So far, there’s no word on whether the baby came out orange or not. We’ll just have to wait and see on that detail.

Back when the Snooki’s pregnancy news broke, she and J-Woww were shooting their MTV spinoff show. Sadly, I’ve been watching the episodes, which are so dull compared to the antics of the full “Jersey Shore” crew with much less stupidity on display. Mostly, the show is about how exhausted Snooki is because she’s preggers, and how bummed she is that she can’t go boozing. Also, J-Woww and her boyfriend, Roger, fight — a lot. I will say that the girls’ spinoff is at least slightly better than “The Pauly D. Project,” for which I couldn’t even finish watching the first episode.

Still, it’s a relief that Snooki never picked up the bottle once she learned of her pregnancy (even though J-Woww was smoking in their shared flat on Episode 10 last week). Over the past few months, Snickers has also expressed her fear at becoming a first-time mom, telling In Touch that “I’m nervous that I’m not going to be a good mom,” but that she looks forward to “being a MILF, for sure.” She also told Us Weekly that “Everyone will be surprised to see a different side of me. I’m loving, caring, sensitive, protective and very maternal, no matter what people might think.” Snooki already surprised the “Shore” audience by opting to live in a separate house while pregnant and shooting Season 6 of the show, so maybe she’ll be just fine as a mom. Stranger things have happened, right? Here’s the birth announcement:

No need to formally congratulate them: an enthusiastic fist pump should do the trick.

Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi and her love of two years, Jionni LaValle, welcomed their first child together Sunday in Livingston, NJ, a son named Lorenzo, a rep for the pint-size star tells Us Weekly.

“The world just got another G***o!!! Lorenzo Dominic LaValle has entered the world weighing 6lbs, 5oz. Nicole, Jionni & Enzo are doing great!” her rep shares.

An ecstatic Polizzi shared her big news on Twitter early Sunday morning. “I am SO IN LOVE with my son Lorenzo Dominic!” she wrote. “I had my little man last night, healthy at 6 lbs! HE’S MY WORLD.”

The well wishes are already rolling in for the happy couple; Polizzi’s castmate Pauly D sent her a sweet tweet Sunday morning. “Congrats @snooki And @JLaValle !!!! I’m Officially Uncle Pauly !!! #MyMeatballHadAMeatball,” he wrote.

Snooki, 24, and LaValle, whom she met at Seaside Heights hotspot Karma in 2010, first shared their happy news — that they are engaged and set to become parents — with Us earlier this year.

The reformed party girl admitted she knew their announcement would cause a bit of a stir among her critics. “I have different priorities now,” the reality star assured Us. “I don’t care what anybody else thinks. As long as I know I’m ready and he’s ready.” Added LaValle, “We are not going to screw this up.”

[From Us Weekly]

Us Weekly will probably get the exclusive baby photos (since they also got the exclusive baby announcement) in a few weeks or months, and I imagine that while the “Snooki” persona may at least partially be an act, little Lorenzo has his work cut out for him in life. Also a challenge? Snooki will need to keep her “Shore” antics a secret from this poor kid. As in, nobody had better let him watch any of the episodes, especially the Season 3 moments when Snickers walked around a club at closing time and randomly chose a dude (Jionni) to take home. Then she immediately climbed into bed and started banging the guy while he insisted (correctly) that she didn’t even know his name. Of course, that didn’t stop him either. Then there was the Season 4 episode when Daddy visited Mommy in Italy, and she flashed her kooka in a nightclub. Then since Mommy and Daddy were fighting, Daddy left and Mommy slept with Vinny. At a certain point, however, Uncle Situation will probably end up babysitting, and he’ll be sure to pop a few key DVDs into the player. Oh, this poor child.

Congrats to Snooki and Jionni!

Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News, Snooki’s Twitter, and WENN

Here are some photos of Jenni “J-Woww” Farley attending the in-store promotion (which she endorses) of Ab Cuts Sleek and Lean by Revolution on 7/24. This is 26-year-old woman, and I remain astonished (and perhaps a little bit too trusting) at how early the botox and plastic surgery begins in Hollywood … and necessarily, at the “Jersey Shore” as well. Just last summer, J-Woww had insisted to Star magazine that she hadn’t undergone any plastic surgery other than her previously acknowledged breast augmentation. At the time, I believed her because it truly appeared that her transformation was down to make-up tricks, false eyelashes, and weight loss.

At a certain point though, J-Woww truly started to look different (from a surgical perspective) during the Season 4/Season 5 amalgamation of “Jersey Shore,” and it became clear that Jenni was relying on more than mere falsies and bronzer to achieve the look that was so much more accentuated than her merely overly-highlighted “Shore” origins. Now the crew has just finished shooting Season 6, and J-Woww is promoting her spinoff, “Snooki & J-Woww Versus The World.” NBC has provided a few clips from Jenni’s 7/24 appearance on “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno, and CB thinks she looks even more alien than Heidi Montag after her various surgeries. Here’s J-Woww talking about her latest tattoo and why she got into a bar fight as well as how she dealt with Snooki’s pregnancy announcement and bachelorette party:

She can barely move her face, right? This is such a shame because I’ve always considered J-Woww (for what it’s worth) to be the most “natural beauty” of the “Shore” household — even moreso than Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola, who practically negates her own beauty by dating Ronnie “Roid Rage” Ortiz-Magro.

Just for comparison’s sake, here’s Jenni looking much more natural in April 2010.

Here’s a few photos of J-Woww in March 2012 while shooting her spinoff with Snooki. Her lips appear decidedly puffy.

Here’s J-Woww on July 17. She doesn’t look quite as facially plumped up as she did on July 24, but there’s a definite difference from her 2010 self.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet, Pacific Coast News, and WENN

It’s been awhile since we’ve written about “Jersey Shore,” but the cast is currently filming the sixth season of the show in Seaside Heights, so I guess that’s a decent excuse for an update. From the above photo, it looks like Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, Pauly D, and Vinny are up to no good per their usual routine. Pauly is wearing a Kate Moss t-shirt though, so it looks like high street fashion is very well represented on the boardwalk this season. I’d say that The Situation looks healthier after completing rehab, but I’d be joking because he still seems like the same overtanned, juiced-up weirdo as always. Oh, and Snooki (who is living in a house next door to the group home) is still very, very pregnant and wearing hot pink like a boss.

Meanwhile, here’s a little tidbit that will surprise no one but gross out everyone nonetheless. MTV, apparently in an effort to curb post-show lawsuits, made all of the cast members sign a “VD clause” since, you know, most of them (at least the dudes and Deena) are having casual, random hookups on a regular basis:

It has been revealed that the cast of Jersey Shore were ordered to sign a “VD clause” in their contract. MTV, who make the show, added the clause so the cast cannot sue the company if they contract a sexually-transmitted (or venereal) disease.

Under the head of “Health of Other Participants,” the clause states that the cast, who include Snooki and JWoww, take full responsibility for any nasty side effects of the frequent sexual encounters featured in the episodes.

It states: “I acknowledge and accept, that the other participants have not been screened for any diseases, sicknesses or other health conditions (and specifically have not been tested for any sexually transmitted diseases) and I assume all risks of interacting with the other participants, including any consensual contact.”

The seedy contract was leaked to Seth Kaufman, who has written a book, The King of Pain, about the cynical business of reality television, reports the New York Daily News.

Mr Kaufman, a former editorial director of TVGuide.com, says that he received the contract “from someone close to the show.”

Jersey Shore is one of MTV’s most popular reality television shows. Currently in its sixth season, the fly-on-the-wall documentary follows a group of people who live in the same summer rental in Seaside, New Jersey.

On the show, one-night stands are a frequent occurrence and in the fifth season, Polizzi announced she was pregnant with part-time cast member Jionni LaValle’s child.

Best friend JWoww isn’t exactly shy when it comes to having sex either. In the opening credits, she says: “After I have sex with a guy I will rip their heads off.”

[From Daily Mail]

I guess this makes sense, especially when it comes to Pauly D and Vinny, who get laid more than the rest of the cast combined. Poor Situation doesn’t get nearly as much tail as he used to land, but when he does land girls, they’re usually pretty easy types who only want to have sex with him to be on television. Is it a gross and distasteful type of legal clause to include in a contract? Absolutely. But is it practical? For sure.

From the photos that have emerged so far from the taping of this season, it’s easy to conclude that it’s the same old drunken escapades from this crowd. There was reportedly a bar brawl that resulted in J-Woww having to wear a leg brace in this photo.

And during the same brawl, Deena was reportedly arrested for drunken and disorderly conduct. Here’s her parents picking her up from the police station. They must be so proud.

Photos courtesy of WENN

Here’s Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino at the launch of his new limited sunglasses line caled, “The Situation Origination Series.” Of course he’s showing off his revolting abdominal muscles while presumably showcasing the glasses as well. What really annoys me is that there are probably some dudes who will actually buy these overpriced pieces of plastic because they buy into Sitch’s “brand” which is definitely not gay. Or something like that.

As for Sitch himself, he just finished a two-month stint of supposedly “resting at an undisclosed location“ — but of course we all know the dude was in rehab. While it’s easy to assume that Sorrentino was in for coke addiction, he now insists that it was all because of a prescription pain pill problem, which he reportedly developed because being famous is so hard:

From “Dancing with the Stars” to dancing with the devil, The Situation’s had a busy few years.

Now, Jersey Shore’s Mike Sorrentino opens up to MTV’s Sway about the substance abuse that landed him in rehab, and RadarOnline.com has all the details for you.

The Situation said that his recent stint in recovery was to curb a nasty pill popping habit — a story RadarOnline.com was first to report back in March.

“My addiction was prescription painkillers. At first, I thought it gave me energy, I thought it helped me,” he said, citing the nonstop travel demands and plane rides expected of those in show business. “Being in this business is not easy.”

The reality star said he “made a mistake by picking a substance over what I previously chose, which is fitness.”

He said that he never had any other abuse issues to deal with — i.e. alcohol, cocaine or marijuana — nor did he ever mix his pills with any of the aforementioned substances.

While many might believe his villainous nature on the show might have left him with a lack of support from castmates, The Sitch said that isn’t the case.

“At the end of the day,” he says, “all the kids care for each other.”

[From Radar Online]

Yeah sure, it’s not “easy” pulling the gym, tan, laundry routine every day of one’s life and doing nothing else but spouting delusional rants while walking around with one’s wang hanging out. Poor Sitch. He’s got it so rough.

In the meantime, a barely-pregnant looking Snooki (she’s about five months along) has been pimping her new (ghostwritten) book, Gorilla Beach, and she says that the upcoming Season Six of “Jersey Shore” (which will be shooting this summer) will see her in her very own private home. So I guess that means she’ll be visiting the “Shore” house itself for filming, and she’ll probably be super pregnant by then too:

Season 6 of “Jersey Shore” just dropped another major bomb, TMZ has learned … Snooki will NOT be shacking up with her fellow castmates this summer — instead getting her own private nest nearby.

Sources tell us … the mama-to-be is taking her pregnancy very seriously, choosing to live NEAR the “Shore” house rather than IN it because it’s not worth it to be surrounded by boozy, loud roommates while pregnant.

If you recall, Snooki announced she was knocked-up in February — when she was already 3 months along — which means while filming this summer she’ll be in prime popping position … all the more reason to have a pad of her own.

The guidette’s absence is just another in a slew of “Shore” changes this year … which includes a sober Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino (who just got out of rehab) and the possibility of adding a Snooki-baby to the cast.

It’s shaping up to be the most boring BEST season ever!

[From TMZ]

I suppose that it’s pretty smart for Snooki to have insisted upon her own home while shooting the next season of the show. At least she won’t be around all the liquor or the clogged toilets courtesy of Ronnie. So gross.

During the promotion for Gorilla Beach, Snooki reportedly (according to WENN) made an announcement that she was dedicating this latest book to “my husband,” which will likely cause speculation that she’s already gotten married to fiance Jionni LaValle. I don’t buy it though. Snooki’s just trying to stir the gossip mill, and there’s no way in hell that she’d get married without selling the photos to Us Magazine, who would probably (and unfortunately) be interested in buying them.

UPDATE: Snooki covers this week’s issue of In Touch with an exclusive on the sex of her baby, and from her answer, I’m guessing that at least there won’t be as much leopard print involved in the nursery decor:

Snooki tells In Touch that she and Jionni are deciding between two names – Lorenzo or Jionni Jr. And while she’s thrilled to welcome a son, the 24-year-old admits she was hoping for a mini-me. “I thought it was going to be a girl. I was hoping it would be, because all girls want girls,” Snooki says, at first disappointed, but added, “It’s still my baby, no matter what. I’m excited either way!”

Proudly showing off her baby bump at her In Touch photo shoot, the mom-to-be says she’s traded in her beloved pickles and now craves icy, cold treats. “I love anything cold and juicy, like Italian ices.” But even more surprising? While some women find their sex drive enhanced during pregnancy, you won’t find Snooki and Jionni anywhere near the smush room! “Our sex life is hardly there! I just feel too icky and gross,” Snooki tells In Touch. “I’m so not in the mood to do stuff.”

[From In Touch Weekly]

Snooki might be the only pregnant woman that I’ve ever heard of who doesn’t crave pickles. Then again, when she drinks the juice straight out of the bottle while not pregnant, maybe the baby really is putting some sense into her.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN

Ever since the fake-tanned cast of “Jersey Shore” hit the airwaves a few years ago, rumors have persisted that a certain cast member was knee deep in a cocaine addiction while everyone else pretended not to notice what was going on. At times, I thought the cokehead might have been Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, but his questionable behavoir was much more roid ragey than symptomatic of cocaine use. The more likely suspect has always been Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, who has quickly blown all his money and steadily devolved from smooth player to paranoid old man as the show has progressed. Now TMZ has sort of confirmed these suspicions by breaking the story that Sitch is in rehab for substance abuse:

“The Situation” is in rehab for substance abuse … TMZ has learned.

Sources tell TMZ the “Jersey Shore” star — aka Mike Sorrentino — has checked into an inpatient treatment program.

A rep for the Situation just contacted TMZ to say they are not confirming that Mike is in rehab … just that he “has spent the past several weeks at an undisclosed location for much needed rest and recuperation after his extensive production and appearance schedule.”

Like most of the ‘JS’ crew … Sorrentino’s been on a non-stop party train since the show debuted on MTV 2 years ago — drinking and making paid appearances at nightclubs all over the world.

Sitch makes anywhere from 15K … up to a whopping 50k per nightclub appearance.

[From TMZ]

TMZ also follows up with an update about how Sitch was acting all paranoid on the second-to-last episode of Season 5 when the cast went camping together:

Multiple sources close to The Situation tell TMZ … the MTV star’s hard-partying ways were worse than ever during the taping of the most recent season of “Jersey Shore” … and the signs were obvious during the episode when the gang went camping.

TMZ broke the story … Sitch recently checked into rehab for substance abuse after realizing his recreational habits had spun out of control.

Now, sources close to Sitch tell us … the reality star had been showing signs of substance abuse for a while … but “he was getting worse” as the season went on.

We’re told … several people noticed he was “acting paranoid” on the set … and the unusual behavior was evident in certain Season 5 episodes that recently aired on MTV. During the ep when the gang goes camping, Sitch can be seen acting jittery, sweating profusely and just plain acting bizarre.

[From TMZ]

Eh. While it’s true that the Sitch was acting bizarrely in the woods (he kept fearing that a bear would jump out of the woods and attack them), I think this was more of an illustration of the entire group being out of their comfort zone. None of them handled the camping situation very well at all. What makes me more suspicious about the Sitch being cokey are the moments when he truly does act paranoid — especially during a recent Season 5 episode where he ran around on the roof of their home with his wang hanging out for five full minutes while delivering a nonsensical, paranoid rant about how he’s done nothing to be perceived as the bad guy. This is not to mention the Season 4 episodes where Sitch rammed his head into a concrete wall, had to wear a neck brace, and then (while his flatmates all left him alone while they went out to party) sadly sat around talking to himself about how someone has to be “the villain.”

Of course, I pretty much believe that Sorrentino has hit rehab, and I think it has a lot to do with (and this is just my theory) a possible MTV ultimatum that he get his sh-t together before rejoining his castmates for the recently announced Season 6. By the way, it has been confirmed that the cast will shoot again this summer, and even a pregnant Snooki will return for more Seaside shambles. They must have waved a lot of money in her face too because she was insisting that she’d never be preggers in the group house. It’s going to be a royal mess, but I’ll probably watch it anyway. Meanwhile, Sitch is tweeting about how he’s lifting all the weights to prepare for Season 6:

Also and in a more pointed response to questions of rehab, Sorrentino’s rep has denied the rehab story but does admit that the Sitch “has spent the past several weeks at an undisclosed location for much needed rest and recuperation after his extensive production and appearance schedule.” Sorrentino himself has taken to Twitter to tweet a blanket “Don’t believe everything you read or hear” denial:

So is The Situation really in rehab, or is he telling the truth in that he’s merely been spending all of his time in the gym “preparing” to look “good” for Season 6? Whatever the case, he hasn’t shown up for MTV’s Spring Break opening ceremonies with some of his other “Shore” castmates. In all fairness though, he may not have been invited.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet

This week’s tabloids are full of Snooki news, mostly in relation to the finally confirmed pregnancy of doom. However, In Touch diverts momentarily from the plan by talking about J-Woww’s recent health scare involving a ruptured ovarian cyst in February. Apparently, this happened while J-Woww was working out at the gym, and she “nearly pass[ed] out on the treadmill from extreme pain.” Yikes.

However, the serious vibe doesn’t last for long when it comes to “Jersey Shore” spinoff gossip, and Star has heard from some insiders on the “Snooki and J-Woww vs. The World” set who say that J-Woww isn’t happy at all with the direction that the show is taking now that her co-star is knocked up. Somehow, I doubt that J-Woww is really going to throw down over this, but let’s run with it:

Gym, tan, catfight! As Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi and Jenni “J-Woww” Farley begin filming their “Jersey Shore” spin-off, Star has learned the former BFFs are feuding furiously over Snooki’s surprise pregnancy.

Despite her denials, Snooki, 24, is pregnant by her boyfriend, Jionni LaValle, as Star reported more than a month ago. And it has thrown a wrench into the plans for her upcoming MTV series with her former bestie.

“They are having to redo the creative direction of the spin-off because of the pregnancy,” an insider explains. Instead of following the girls as they party their way through New Jersey, sources say, the show will focus on Snooki as she prepares to welcome her own little meatball — and J-Woww, 26, isn’t happy about it.

“Jenni thought the show was supposed to be about their friendship, and now Snooki is causing so much drama because of the baby,” an insider tells Star. “She’s fed up with Snooki getting all the attention.”

And sources say she’s making her feelings known on set. “They’re just fighting all the time,” one source tells Star. “When they’re on camera, they act like nothing is wrong — but there’s so much animosity between them when the camera’s down. It’s uncomfortable for everyone.”

[From Star, print edition, March 19, 2012]

This doesn’t sound like J-Woww, who is easily the most civilized “Shore” cast member, at all. In fact, she’s quite boring these days and hasn’t been in a fistfight with anyone since Season 3 (NSFW video clip here) when Sammi pulled out one of J-Woww’s hair extensions. Ever since J-Woww started dating Roger a few seasons ago, she’s really settled down, and I’d bet anything that she’s sort of relieved that now Snooki won’t want to go out partying all the time. Still, a calm J-Woww and a pregnant Snooki won’t exactly make for riveting television, right?

Meanwhile, the print edition of Us Weekly provides updates from their pregnancy pseudo-exclusive that we already covered, but Us now has several new details. Among them, Us Weekly has done an “appraisal” of Snooki’s engagement ring (the one that looks like it came out of a Cracker Jack box) and values it at $55,000 while also stating that it contains 5 carats of diamonds. Really?

Us also confirms that Snooki and Jionni are currently living with his mother, so perhaps that’s how he was able to save up enough money for a ring while he’s still in college. Snooki also says that she first denied being preggers because she wanted to reach the 3-month mark and get through the greatest risk period for miscarriage before announcing. That may be so, but she’d also agreed to an exclusive with Us, and mama wanted to get paid. Jionni popped into the interview to say that he wants to get married at Disney World, but Snooki wants to get married at her church and throw a huge Jersey reception afterwards with “bombs going off.” Jionni conceded that a fair compromise would to be get married at WrestleMania. As for the child’s name, Snooki says they have settled upon “Jionni Jr. for a boy. We haven’t thought of girl names yet. I want something italian and normal. Not like Blanket. Or Lamp.” Oh, such wit.

Meanwhile, Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola has told Mark Malkin that she can’t wait for Snooki’s baby to arrive. Furthermore, Sammi says that people shouldn’t pick on Snickers because “It’s not like she’s 16 and pregnant.” Well, at least there’s one positive to this whole mess, right?

Here’s some more “pissed off” J-Woww for you. I think she’s just not photographing very well in these photos, and she’s probably thrilled to pieces for Snooki.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN