Several "Jersey Shore" cast members have reportedly gone on strike, refusing to shoot scenes for the Snooki Show's third season. Why? According to E! Online and other media outlets, they don't get paid enough.
Here's how it breaks down. The alleged strikers -- JWoww, Ronni, Sammy, Pauly D and Vinny -- each pull in $10,000 per episode, say's USA Today. So at the end of a nine-episode season, each of them walks away with $90,000. That's $90K for partying, drinking heavily, hooking up, wearing tacky clothes and sporting glaringly hideous spray-on tans. There are plenty of people in New Jersey who do all of these things and receive no compensation whatsoever. If you ask me, those are the individuals who should be threatening a revolt of some sort.
I mean, we're living in challenging economic times. Plenty of very talented, capable people lack jobs and haven't been able to find new ones for many, many months. If your name is JWoww and you actually are employed, this is not only a sign of remarkable good fortune, it's a borderline miracle.
" The Jersey Shore" has become a cultural phenomenon of sorts. And I understand that the "actors" want to be compensated fairly for that. But you are not the cast of "Friends." So suck it up. Cash your paychecks bef and count your blessings for things you do have.
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