What’s New with Vinny Guadagnino? 

Vinny Guadagnino has evolved beyond his Jersey Shore days of gym, tan, laundry. At 37, he’s embraced adulthood, trading club nights for a more private lifestyle. He recently became the first male guest to join The Pre-Game With Kayla Nicole. Despite knowing each other for a decade, the two friends discuss life over glasses of rosé—Guadagnino’s relationship aspirations, newfound passion for running, grief after losing his dog to cancer, and his dating pet peeves. Yes, it’s exactly as one might expect from a former fist-pumper whose Raya bio now reads “intentional dating.”

“My next relationship is forever,” Guadagnino explains to Nicole. “If I say I love you, I’m not playing games.”  

So what’s his type these days? Someone nurturing, maternal, OCD with cleaning, college educated, can engage in banter, sexual, physically attractive, private, and apparently comfortable with his conservative politics. When Nicole asks how he reconciles his preference to date Black women with his political affiliations, Guadagnino explains: “The world is a melting pot and not every race has to think the same.” 

What else is new with Guadagnino? He’s grieving the recent passing of his pitbull, Tita, while adjusting to life with a hairless cat named Mac, nicknamed Big Mac. “I never knew that getting a pussy would get me so much p***y,” he laughs. 

He’s running marathons (who isn’t these days?) instead of clubbing. New York City, he says, offers the perfect outdoor track right outside his doorstep (as opposed to LA where it’s more hilly). Although he prefers a quieter lifestyle, he still makes club appearances once in a while for the cash grab, but he needs “a shot or two” to handle hanging out with 20-somethings. And he insists on paying for dinner, even if it’s platonic. “Every girl just wants to be friends nowadays,” he laments, seemingly unaware of why that might be the case…