Vinny Guadagnino
Beautiful People 2012
By Laura Perciasepe
Photographed by Douglas Adesko
Styled by Luigi Tadini
In a recent episode of Jersey Shore, as Vinny Guadagnino walks down the boardwalk with housemate and erstwhile hookup buddy Snooki, policemen barricade the crowd mobbing the couple. There's a meta quality of the show within the show, now in its fifth season, that would give anyone a complex who's just trying to be a normal kid living in a beach house and carousing every night with six of his closest buddies while MTV films. This season, Guadagnino struggled with anxiety, even leaving the show for a bit to go home.
The result is a book, Control the Crazy, out this month, that imparts some of the life lessons Guadagnino's learned. "I went through some stuff in my life, and I've learned how to deal with it through more self-help spiritual approaches," he says, adding, "it's not a book about the Jersey Shore, but about life in general."
Since the season wrapped, Guadagnino (who's known as the sweet, smart one on Jersey Shore) has been taking improv classes at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, with the hopes of parlaying his reality show fame into an acting career. "That's my main passion right now," he says. "All I want is to just get on a show, to transition into something steady and showcase that I'm more than a reality star. To be like Kid Cudi on How to Make It in America. Or like Adam Sandler, who started on MTV, then did improv and then SNL."
If the whole acting thing doesn't work out, there's always his politics background to fall back on--though the poli-sci major and former political aide has no plans to run for office anytime soon, not even in his beloved hometown of Staten Island. "I would have a lot of campaigning to do," he laughs.
Perhaps being a part of one of the greatest sociological experiments of our time is a qualification. Guadagnino says, "We're taught everywhere. There are study groups about us at Harvard and Yale. My teachers have called me and said 'Hey Vinny, I'm teaching you right now.'" And Guadagnino quips: "You can teach us in sex-ed too."
Vinny wears a jacket and pants by Billy Reid and shirt by Dolce & Gabbana.
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The result is a book, Control the Crazy, out this month, that imparts some of the life lessons Guadagnino's learned. "I went through some stuff in my life, and I've learned how to deal with it through more self-help spiritual approaches," he says, adding, "it's not a book about the Jersey Shore, but about life in general."
Since the season wrapped, Guadagnino (who's known as the sweet, smart one on Jersey Shore) has been taking improv classes at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, with the hopes of parlaying his reality show fame into an acting career. "That's my main passion right now," he says. "All I want is to just get on a show, to transition into something steady and showcase that I'm more than a reality star. To be like Kid Cudi on How to Make It in America. Or like Adam Sandler, who started on MTV, then did improv and then SNL."
If the whole acting thing doesn't work out, there's always his politics background to fall back on--though the poli-sci major and former political aide has no plans to run for office anytime soon, not even in his beloved hometown of Staten Island. "I would have a lot of campaigning to do," he laughs.
Perhaps being a part of one of the greatest sociological experiments of our time is a qualification. Guadagnino says, "We're taught everywhere. There are study groups about us at Harvard and Yale. My teachers have called me and said 'Hey Vinny, I'm teaching you right now.'" And Guadagnino quips: "You can teach us in sex-ed too."
Vinny wears a jacket and pants by Billy Reid and shirt by Dolce & Gabbana.
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Posted at 6:33 on Mar 26, 2012
i think ue ok just as u r vinny fellow italian!!!! love u bro
Posted at 6:37 on Mar 26, 2012
I love u so much Vinny
Posted at 6:46 on Mar 26, 2012
he really is beautiful though... I could see him on SNL doing his thing.... He has a a lot of potential and you can just see it in him. He has a wonderful sense of humor but yet he is actually smart at the same time. I see nothing but good things in this kids future and hope to continue seeing him on TV for years to come.
Posted at 7:07 on Mar 26, 2012
vinny, my daughter has anxiety also. she is on some meds 2 calm the anxiety down, but the meds sometimes make her sick at her stomach. i told her doc that and she said that since she is only 11 that that is the only meds she can take. i don't know what else 2 do about that either. can u give me some advice.
Posted at 7:34 on Mar 26, 2012
woooo¡¡¡
Posted at 4:19 on Mar 27, 2012
you are friendly¡¡¡