{"id":2425829,"date":"2026-05-21T03:00:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T03:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2425829"},"modified":"2026-05-21T03:00:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T03:00:34","slug":"snooki-says-wendy-williams-tried-to-test-pregnancy-rumor-on-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/snooki-says-wendy-williams-tried-to-test-pregnancy-rumor-on-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Snooki says Wendy Williams tried to test pregnancy rumor on show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\">\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/videos\/videoelephant\/thumbnails\/89749990007.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Snooki &#8216;overwhelmed with love&#8217; following cancer diagnosis<\/p>\n<p>The former &#8220;Jersey Shore&#8221; star announced on TikTok on Friday that she had been diagnosed with stage one cervical cancer.<\/p>\n<p>StringersHub<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2026\/02\/20\/snooki-from-jersey-shore-reveals-cervical-cancer-diagnosis\/88786156007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nicole &#8220;Snooki&#8221; Polizzi<\/a> says no stone was left unturned during a past appearance on &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/10\/06\/wendy-williams-update-dementia-guardianship\/86548517007\/\">The Wendy Williams Show<\/a>,&#8221; including an on-air attempt to test a pregnancy rumor.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the May 19 episode of &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pjIjV5jtV8o&amp;list=PLMZLTj368ZUH__C4uJR-aPwsLfRHJc2hU\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pjIjV5jtV8o&amp;list=PLMZLTj368ZUH__C4uJR-aPwsLfRHJc2hU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Off the Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe&#8221;<\/a> podcast, the &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2026\/05\/07\/mtv-jersey-shore-family-vacation-cast-interview\/89948483007\/\">Jersey Shore<\/a>&#8221; star recalled Williams bringing out alcohol and pressuring her to prove she wasn&#8217;t &#8220;secretly pregnant.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She heard there was a rumor that I was pregnant,&#8221; Polizzi said. &#8220;She brought out beer for me and Jenni [Lynn Farley], and she goes, &#8216;Well, let&#8217;s see if you&#8217;re pregnant.&#8217; Like, so crazy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Polizzi picked up the drink and pretended to take a swig, noting that she &#8220;didn&#8217;t even take a sip of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">&#8216;Jersey Shore: Family Vacation:&#8217; <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2026\/05\/07\/mtv-jersey-shore-family-vacation-cast-interview\/89948483007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">From MTV run to those memes and what&#8217;s next<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Polizzi and her husband, Jionni LaValle, share three children: Lorenzo, 13; Giovanna, 11; and Angelo, 6, according to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/all-about-snooki-kids-7570461\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/people.com\/all-about-snooki-kids-7570461\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">People<\/a> and E! News.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside Polizzi on the podcast, her friend Joey Camasta added that she later \u201cshunned\u201d Williams during a chance encounter at Target weeks after the appearance.<\/p>\n<p>Polizzi also described Williams&#8217; \u201cintimidating\u201d on-air persona. The reality star said the host previously called her out for \u201cacting different\u201d while she was trying to change her public image.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI tried to be more \u2018classier,\u2019 and it just wasn\u2019t working,\u201d Polizzi said. \u201cI was like talking proper, and she was like, \u2018You\u2019re acting different.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was not me. Never again,\u201d she added, saying she later realized personal growth \u201ctakes time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her podcast appearance comes days after Polizzi shared a personal health update. In an interview with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DYUzCPcgXL9\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DYUzCPcgXL9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Entertainment Tonight<\/a> that aired May 14, she said she had been diagnosed with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2026\/02\/20\/snooki-from-jersey-shore-reveals-cervical-cancer-diagnosis\/88786156007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2026\/02\/20\/snooki-from-jersey-shore-reveals-cervical-cancer-diagnosis\/88786156007\/\">cervical cancer in February<\/a> and would undergo a hysterectomy as part of her treatment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m terrified,\u201d she said. \u201cBut I feel like once that happens, then I just have to keep an eye on it and I\u2019ll be OK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Williams, now 61, was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2024\/02\/22\/wendy-williams-aphasia-frontotemporal-dementia-diagnosis\/72697903007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">diagnosed<\/a> in 2023 with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/primary-progressive-aphasia\/symptoms-causes\/syc-20350499\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/primary-progressive-aphasia\/symptoms-causes\/syc-20350499\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">primary progressive aphasia<\/a> (PPA) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), progressive neurological disorders that affect <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pennstatehealth.org\/services-treatments\/frontotemporal-dementia-primary-progressive-aphasia\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.pennstatehealth.org\/services-treatments\/frontotemporal-dementia-primary-progressive-aphasia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">communication, behavior and personality<\/a> according to prior USA TODAY reporting and information from Penn State Health and Mayo Clinic<\/p>\n<p>USA TODAY contacted the office of Williams&#8217; court-appointed legal guardian and her representatives for comment on May 20.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usatoday.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Snooki &#8216;overwhelmed with love&#8217; following cancer diagnosis The former &#8220;Jersey Shore&#8221; star announced on TikTok on Friday that she had been diagnosed with stage one cervical cancer. 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