PEOPLE<\/a>, Ortiz also dealt with a deeply personal struggle: his sobriety.<\/p>\nOrtiz explained that he briefly stepped away from the cameras a few years ago to focus on his health and well-being, as well as being a better partner and father to his family.<\/p>\n
He returned after Sorrentino revealed things were going “in a positive direction for him,” and even filmed for the first time with Giancola in years.<\/p>\n
Ortiz’s castmate, Snooki Polizzi, recalled the moment, saying the former was “so nervous.”<\/p>\n
“I was willing to listen to him because the fact that he’s here, he’s going to talk to all of us, he pulled out a piece of paper with, like, his feelings [on it]. It broke my heart because at some point in my life, I did love him so much,” she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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