Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino was scared to have this person read his memoir

nypost.com:

Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino was afraid to have the producer of “Jersey Shore” read his book, which detailed his drug addiction, including smuggling pills onto the set of the reality series. “I was a little nervous for my boss to read the book,” admitted Sorrentino about SallyAnn Salsano, the founder of 495 Productions, which produced the MTV show.“And she said she absolutely loved it.

She showed up to my book signing in Los Angeles, sat front row for my speech. And I’m very grateful for her support.”Sorrentino, 41, who stars in the show’s reboot, “Jersey Shore: Family Vacation,” which premiered its Season 7 on Thursday, explains in the tell-all that he went to great lengths to hide his habit from the series’ producers and cast.Since the reality star was miked up during filming, he would have friends leave his drug of choice, the prescription painkiller Roxicet, on the floor of nightclub bathrooms or inside his tanning bed.

And when they filmed in Italy, he concealed the opiates in his shoes.One of his castmates, Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola was shocked to learn about his life prior to becoming a household name, which included a stint as a drug dealer, regularly smuggling marijuana from Brooklyn to New Jersey.“Sam said she read it.

She’s like, ‘I cannot believe, how wild you were before ‘Jersey Shore,'” he told The Post.Sorrentino, who is now eight years sober, said that fans he met during his book tour shared how his book helped them.