Vinny Guadagnino

gotta rumble in the tumble. So I don't think it's the rhone. I think it's a salmon. I think it's a salmonella sal salmon. No, just a salmon, not the salmonella. The salmon. All right, let's just let's start the show where the salmon comes up, do it. This is a Wells Cast with Wells Atoms and I heart radio podcast. Pretty food poisoned myself. It's fine, no worries, dude, super pumped about today's episode. We have our second guest from Jersey Shore, Grace in the air waves of the Wells Cast,

he was on The Mass Dancer. He just put out a cookbook called the Keto Guido Cookbook, which is that's a funny name. I gotta be honest with you. He's on a little show called Jersey Shore. Now, he's on another show called Jersey Shore Family Vacation, not a show called Revenge Prank, on a show called Double Shout of Love. He's got a clothing line. Actually did a travel show with his mom. I mean, like literally, the guy's done

every freaking TV show that's ever been created. But I'm telling you what what you see on TV isn't all that is our guest today. When you think Jersey Shore, you think big dumb, lovable Italians. Right, big lovable Italians they may be, but dumb isn't what's happening with our

guests today. This dude graduated college with a three point nine g p A in three and a half years, was a poly side major, look going to become a lawyer, and then things happen, gets thrown on a show while like delivering pizzas for his uncle and bing bang boom, got seven million TV shows. He's on now. Really excited to have this guy in the show. Have been a fan of his for a very long time. This is one episode you guys are not going to want to miss.

On the Wells Cast today it's Vinnie Go Out Anino. There's the guys Don't Go Anywhere. You're gonna love this one. Back at the Wells Cast, I have one of the stars of Jersey Shore Family Vacation. He was just on The Mass Dancer. He's got a cookbook out, He's got like three other reality shows that we'll get into. But dude, I'm very very excited. I've been a fan of yours for a very long time. But I wonder, like, Vinny,

do you have any idea who I am? Watch The Bachelor? So, I mean that makes sense because, um, I feel like you're on a You're on like a spinoff of of that show. Yeah, I've been on like the ratchet version of The Bachelor. Um, I don't really have like the jawline to be on the real show, you know, but we're on the little ratchet version double shot. I don't know, man, because uh, like I don't have the abs for the real Bachelor, but I got on that show. So I mean,

you're pretty handsome. Um, But at the same time, you know what I'm talking about, right, Those guys are like, I don't know what they're feeding, those guys from like Minnesota that are like twenty two years old and look like giant lumberjacks. It's crazy. It's a lot of protein, a lot of protein powder. I won't name names, but dude, there was a guy on my season that would eat bread and chew it and then spit it out because he just wanted like the feeling of bread in his mouth,

but then didn't want the car. I don't know however that works, and he would just then he would just put a bunch of a scoop of protein powder and swallow it afterwards. Maybe these guys need to get the Keto Guido cookbook. I was gonna say, I kind of relate to that. Um I do have a a bread issue. That's why I went keto. But um, I don't think they're keto. They're like the opposite. They're like protein and brown rice. Yeah, exactly, tell me how the fund does

an Italian go keto. It actually makes more sense than you think, because the problem is my mother fed me pasta breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and at a certain point my metabolism just didn't keep up with it anymore. And you know, I was overweight. I was walking around around like two hundred pounds sometimes and I couldn't find anything to do that I can still like enjoy my life, but like because I love to eat, right, So with Keto, you're able to like eat good food like steaks and

fish and wings and cheese. So I was able to do that, enjoy food, enjoy life, but cut out the pasta. I eat it like once in a while now a couple of times a month. I gotta get this because I did the ancestry dot Com thing, and I definitely have an allergy to all that stuff, and I just like power through it. But I need to get your books. So yeah, right, like after you've done with that dish aposta, you want to kill yourself, but it's so worth it

while it's going down. Um, I don't really go through that with the key too, you know, because like my body just knows what to do with meat and vegetables. But if I put like a pizza inside of me, like it tastes good, but then like I start to bug out. Yeah, I want to get back to the book a little bit later. But we got to talk about the fact that you were on the Mass Dancer. It was revealed that you were the Hammerhead Shark. Did you have fun on the show? Yeah? I had so

much fun. Um. You know how it is like going from reality TV and you know, filming all that mess for ten years. Once in a while you do these other little shows. Um. You know, I've hosted my own shows before, but then some of them just like are fun and great experiences, and this was one of them. This was one of the most like best experiences that I did because I got to actually perform, um, learn how to dance, and put on a show for people as opposed to, you know, sit across from two girls

fighting about the wedding speech or some ship. You know, I have a good friend who's one of the choreographers on that show, and so she gives us kind of like the behind the scenes of the craziness that is doing Mass Singer or Mass Dancer. They really keep you guys like shrouded from the world. Was it hard the Mass Singer. I'm like, Okay, I think I could still sing in in that costume because my mouth isn't being restricted. But you have to dance and so you're in a

costume trying to dance. Was it the most difficult? Yeah, it was like borderline impossible. Um. They made the they made the suits a little more mobile for the dancers and need do on the mess singer. Um, but you know it's still tough, like you're you're doing it blind, you can't see, you can't feel anything. I was wearing like a twenty pound muscle suit. Um. And I'm not a professional dancer. So if you would have put me out there, um in a tank top, I probably would

have had a challenge. But doing it in the suit made it more challenging. But yeah, you're right. Like the first day I showed up the set, I thought I was being smuggled and kidnapped, Like they put a hoodie on me. They're like, you know, move from move here, movie here. You can't move without being covered up. Um. But soon you fall in love with the process and you learn why they're doing it because it makes that

reveal so much better. Like I don't know who the hell is on the show because they didn't let us see each other when we're there. They didn't guess it was you. They thought it was other people from Jersey Shore and then like I saw Kevin Hart was thrown out. There was there anyone that offended you that they guessed for? You know, they were actually all compliments, um, you know. They they went from like Ryan Seacrest to Kevin Hart,

Zac Efron, Eminem. There were a lot of people. I'm like, yo, I funk with those guys, Like those guys are pretty cool. At a certain point, the clues did get very Jersey Shore related, but that was part of the master plan because they still didn't know it was me. They thought it was one of my like meathead cast members. But I know how to play a meat head without actually being one. So that's why I was still able to surprise people. Would you do it again, dude? I would.

I I miss it so much, like I wanna you know, I got really competitive, and I thought I would only last like one week doing it. But you know, if you have like a big work ethic, you want to just keep going and keep going. I don't know, maybe like I can surprise people on the Mass Singer now or something like that. Yeah, I feel like they're gonna make a bunch of like different iterations of this show.

Like obviously the blueprint works very very well. Just get Ken's young to do whatever the funk he does, and then all of a sudden, ratings just go crazy. So my whole career is just gonna be hidden identity. Reality competition shows keep popping up. Have you counted how many reality shows you've done? That's a good question. Um, No,

I've never counted. And it's not just reality. It's like, uh, I've like hosted a lot, Like I had a show after Jersey Shore called The Show with Vinny where I had a talk show and celebrities would come to my house in Staten Island, like Little Wayne flew to my house in Staten Island and my mother cooked for him. Um. And then I had this like I have another like

a prank show airing now. Um. I had a show with my mom where we traveled the world, you know with this business Like you know, like I said before, you just never know what you're really gonna get into. Um. But this is just another notch to add to the belt. And it was one of my favorite ones. Do you just go to like Viacom headquarters and you're like, all right, MTV got an idea, I'm gonna be traveling around with my dog and I don't know someone else and they're like,

do it make the fucking show? This kid is gold? Like is that how it works for you? Pretty much? I mean, um, you know whenever, Like right now, I'm busy and doing you know, like three shows on MTV. But when I'm not doing that, I'm just like, Okay, what's next? What are we gonna do? So we have to think of new shows to to to make and you know, what's gonna have a longevity, what's gonna be something to actually like to do? Um? So I always kind of have I'm sure you do too, Like we

always kind of have that like what's next kind of feeling. Um, whenever we're doing whatever we're doing, Hey, what's next? Because I need some ideas for some shows? You got anything? I don't know, man, right now, I'm I'm I'm on like enough shows right now, so I'm trying to I think I'm trying to like be on lest shows. Okay, let's talk about Revenge Prank. That seems like I don't know, like I grew up watching Ashton Kutcher do Punked, and I always thought like that would be the fun show.

And it seems like you're kind of getting to do like the next iteration of that, is that fun or do you feel bad doing it? No, it's definitely fun. I mean, you know, me and PAULI are always looking for where can we take our strengths what we love to do on Jersey Shore and put them in different places in different shows. So the pranking was right in our wheelhouse. Um, but there is like a revenge element.

I like the fact that it's not really us that are pulling the pranks, it's we're helping them think of them. We're more like the we're like the resources for the people. So they have an idea and we're like, yo, you said you've got the big dogs. Now we got MTV money behind us. This thing is gonna be epic. Um. Sometimes I do feel bad though, but I just know that like it will be worth it in the end.

Like I've had like pranks, like I had a security guard in my pranks who was just supposed to be there to like bodyguard me and instead like like not like like I need a fucking bodyguard, right, but instead like he had to keep being inserted into the pranks because there was so many like fights breaking out. You know my my trashy reality experience and said, you know what, if security has to be there, that's a good thing. Yeah, that means ratings are going to be very good. Uh, exactly,

Devil Shot at Love. As I get this question a lot, it's like, you really go on the bound threat to like get engaged, And I always come back with I went for the experience. Hey, if I got engaged at the end, I just kind of like icing on the cake. But how many times do you get the opportunity to go to film this weird show and travel around and and meet all these cool people? Were you really going in there to find love? Were you going in there

for the experience? Kind of had the same sentiment like I I'm very picky, and uh, I was like, we'll see what happens. Like that's what a lot of people don't think like they think that they think that, like you're even if even if I was just saying, Okay, I'm I'm only doing this for the money. I'm only doing this for the TV show and the exposure. Right, if you put the love of my life in front of me, I'm not gonna say no to it. So I go in there. Of course, for like the you know,

doing the show. But if you put the girl I really like and in front of me, I'm gonna I'm gonna go after her, you know. So it's kind of like a That's how it becomes like a mixture for me and becomes real and family vacation is back. Will Jersey Shore ever end or it is? It gonna be like the Simpsons. They'll just keep on going forever and then they'll be like your kids are on some reality TV show. Yeah. I always say we're gonna be like in a nursing home somewhere doing like the Jersey Shore

Nursing Home edition. Um, I don't know, man, people like watching us grow up and you know, they grew up with us. They they lived with us in our twenties now our thirties and forties and all those experiences. It's like the just the it's the it's the central hub, like the mothership of like everything else that we do. I think we're like the longest original cast in a reality show to keep to keep doing it. So I'm

down for it. It's fun. It's just being myself. But I definitely want to branch out and do like these other shows like We've been talking about what do you like watching back more like the original Jersey Shore or this kind of new mature iteration. The original one was fun to watch now because like at the time, I was living it, so I wasn't really watching it as a fan. Now I get why it became such a social phenomenon. Um, But I like who I am now better.

You know, I'm thirty three, and you know I figured out how to like dress, and how to like work out and and ship, and how to like you know, be funny and not take things so seriously and be more humble like you do when you're older. You know. Um, So I like who I am better, but I understand

how funny and crazy the original was. It is a testament to your fans because when you think about it, and I was talking about this earlier, is when you think of the original Jersey Shore, it's just like kind of like trashy wanting to see people get picked up. And then now it's much more evolved, and you'd think that, like the fans of Jersey Or would be like, this is not what I signed up for. Guys like I want fist bumps and like ragers, you know, and want

you guys to fight whatever. I want you guys to just go out and everybody ever. Yeah, it's like it's like you guys have matured in your audience has too. It's like kudos to everyone involved as well, because literally the same exact thing happened to the audience. They got older, they got married, they had kids. They but to me, like, all right, I get that, like Ronnie and Sammy fighting about you know, she didn't call him back. I get that.

That's interesting. But now like motherfucker's are going to jail for eight months. Yeah, everybody is getting There's like a new divorce every week. Someone's having a kid. There's baby mama drama. Ronnie's a mess. This is real life drama. So if you don't like that, I don't know what to tell you. Normally, this is where I'm like, all right, go watch The Mask Dancer Wednesday, State seven Central and Fox, and make sure you buy the Keto Guido cookbook on Amazon.

You have so much just can you rip through all the stuff that I will promote for you before we flip over to my part of person of the Show. I appreciate that, even though I don't like talking about myself but basically Jersey Shore is airing right now. Revenge Prank airs after Jersey Shore. Um, you can go back and watch me on the Mass Answer because I'm off of it now because I got revealed, and always keep up with my Keeto Guido lifestyle, Keeto Guido cookbooks and

where do you will follow you on social media? At Vinny Guadino my long ass last name, it'll pop up. I don't know if anyone told you, but the the idea behind my show is just origin stories, like to find out how people became successful. I know you gotta go soon, so we're gonna do this kind of quick. Are you down for just a quick kind of like cliffs notes version of how the hell you got so

many television shows in your belt? Of course, let's do it all right quick, bright, we come back Vinny Guadalino here on the Welles cast back in the Wales. Guess I got Vinny guada Nino on the show you just revealed as the Hammerhead Shark on Mass Dancer. You of course have family vacation going on Revenge Prank Double shot at Love the Kedo Guido Cookbook. Am I forgetting anything? Okay?

It's funny because obviously I come from this reality TV world, but I had this radio background, and a lot of people that come into the reality world asked me, how do you continue to perpetuate the positive momentum forward from the flash in the pan, the fifteen minutes of fame that you get from whatever reality TV show you do. And I will say this, looking at your resume, you have hacked the system and like you were able to take this flash in the pan and turn it into

this in this crazy empire. I don't even know how much how you have enough time in the day to do all this stuff. I just do like three shows and that's enough for me. So but I want to go at the beginning because I was reading up on you and I think a lot of people would be shocked at the person you were right before you started doing Jersey Shore. So just real quick, where are you from. I'm from Staten Island, New York. And you are an

only child. You have siblings, you have two sisters. You know, grew up here very not not with a lot of money, just little old Staten Island, that's it. And I was going to college. Um, I had just graduated my with my bachelor's when I got on Jersey Shore. What were you studying political science? Uh? To go into law school? So I was. I took my ls atz um literally like the week that Jersey Shore was premiering. But there was always a like performer side of me. Like I

was in school plays. I was in the drama club. I was the lead in the high school play. So like after college, I said, you know what, I have to do the educational thing, but like I want to be famous, So I just like kept you know, I was like, this is my year to try to become famous. And literally Jersey Shore was like the first thing like I applied for and I just got it. Okay, so you're a POLYCI major. Were you a good student? Three point nine g p A. So yeah, I I applied.

I've always applied, like not that I was good at political science. I was just like, okay, this was the test. I have to learn what's on the test and get an A. Like I just had to always get a. I read somewhere that you finished in three years. I did well, maybe three and a half. I took a semester off when I switched when I transferred schools, so I had to like but I still want to finish on time. I didn't want that to hinder my four

year college degree. So, um, I still finished on time by like loading up on my credits, um, like in my last year and and still finished on time. And did you have any jobs that weren't Reality TV involved? I was. I was delivering pizza while Jersey Shore was airing like the first like three weeks. But I used to Um, I had a million jobs. I worked at Staples for a couple of years. I worked in a ton of Pizzaia's, delivering pizza behind the counter. Um, what

else did I do? I had this weird job once where when somebody forgot to get their newspaper, like I'm sorry, Like when their newspaper wasn't delivered to them, they would call me and I'd have to go and deliver the newspapers to them. So I'd like sit in my car with a stack of newspapers with a cell phone and then they would call me and be like, you have to go here that person to get that newspaper. I had a bunch of odd jobs. I read that you

interned or something or shadowed for like a political person. Yeah, well, like I was part of my political science degree. I had an internship for like a state assemblyman in Staten Island, so basically New York City. New York has its own like congress, you know, like its own assembly from each district, so I like just intern for the local guy. Did you pass the LSD um there's really no pass and fail and you just get a score, and uh, I'm

pretty sure I did horribly. I knew I was gonna do horribly because I'm just really bad at standardized tests. Like I've always had almost like a three point nine g P a like perfect student, but if you looked at my sanderdized test score, you would think I'm like, you know, not smart at all, because it's more of like an a d D thing that kind of like kicks in and anxiety while you're taking those tests that I struggle with, But they don't really judge it too

much anymore. On that, I heard you want to go to law school. You take the L set, but you're like, hold on, I'm gonna see if this show hits. Are your parents like, what the are you doing? You need to be a lawyer? Well, my parents never actually thought I should be a lawyer. They thought that was crazy because no one in my family has ever done anything except like maybe like on a pizza rea. You know,

so that was crazy in itself. And then yeah, when I told my dad, like because Jersey Shore back then didn't even have a name. It was just a concept and they were just casting it. So I'm like, damn, I'm going to LA to meet with this producer. It seems legit, you know, and I could have got killed. But um, it ended up being legit, thank god. And uh, but yeah, they didn't know what the hell I was doing. Looking back, Are you happy with the decisions you made?

H Yeah, for sure. Man. You know, Um, like I said, I used to sit in my bed at night, you know, when I came home from school growing up really poor in Saten Island and saying like I want to be famous one day. I want to be famous. I know I'm gonna be famous. I know. Like I used to say it, I didn't know how it was going to happen. And I can sit here and say, like I wish it happened different ways, Like I wish I was like, you know, the lead in a Marvel movie right now.

But I'm working backwards, you know, I'm i I got on this crazy show that I can't control, and now I'm trying to like do all the things. And that's why I applaud you. Like to use you as an example too, because you know some people are more than that. The reality show is fun. But like I said, like I'm always in some kind of acting school. I've done improv school for like seven years during jury be sure, just to kind of like get those skills. I just moved out to l A and I want to continue

to do all the ship. Improv class is one of the things that I would suggest everyone do. I've never like barely laughed as hard as when I've when I did improv classes. What's amazing about improv The funniest guy in the room usually isn't the funniest guy in the class. It's always like the quiet guy who like makes everyone just roll out. It's the best I did UCB for literally seven years improv sketch comedy. It's not about like, improv isn't about being funny, like you said, It's about

following the rules. So you know, you might just follow the rules and all of a sudden, some crazy funny thing happens. Unfortunately, though, improv isn't something that, like, you know, fans can go watch you do, Like if you do stand up comedy, then like you you you're in business, you know. So I try to like pivot into that a little bit um but I just love the art of improv. It's so fun. Well, hey man, I'm running that time with you before I let you go, do

you have time for some rapid fire questions? Let's do it all right? Rapid are questions in the Welles cast with any Guada Nino. First one favorite pizza topping? I'm just like a plain margharita pizza, just freshmanzarella, marionaro, sauce and basil. What's your favorite book? Power of Now at Kartol, do you remember who your first kiss was? Yes, I got my first kiss and my first hand job all on the same day, at like seventeen years old. I thought I was gonna lose my virginity at the same

time as my first kiss. That really escalated. I mean it's a podcast, we can we can curse, right of course. Yeah, normally like who is it? But now I'm not gonna ask that question. What was your first job my uncle's pizzeria at thirteen years old. I'm pretty sure that was illegal, but I used to go and help out behind the counter there. First car, your make model toy Yota Selca like, uh don't know the year, but just the thing was falling apart and my uncle just like gave it to

me as my first car. Biggest pet peeve when people brushed their teeth. And to you, who's the most famous person in your phone? Um? Little Wayne, But I think he changes his number if you want an oscar? Who is the who'll be the first person? You think? Probably my mom? What was the first record? Consider c D bought? Eminem slim shady LP. We're just superstition you have, I don't. I mean every time I fly somewhere like text my mom, I love you, Like I don't think that's weird, But

I don't know. I'm acting like it's the last time I'm gonna talk to him. One thing on your bucket list go on like an African Safari. One thing that's always in your fridge bacon. Last one, how would you describe your high school self? Um? Very quiet, nerdy to himself, not social at all. Um. I was never like a crazy nerd, but like I also didn't fit in with the cool kids. Yeah, then Iguadanino, thank you so much for taking the time and uh and hanging out with me.

I would just say, maybe don't work so hard, you know, because they're there are other people that that would also like to do some of the shows you're doing, you know. So it sounds a lot more impressive when you read him off like that. But in my real life, like I just kind of like sit home most of the day, like with my dog. Last thing, what's the one piece of advice you kind of live by that has helped you,

like with your career, Probably to never seek perfection. I read a really good book once called The Pursuit of perfect And, um, you know when you kind of just like live life and you kind of you might you might just have a bad day, you might have a bad week, you know, like you still just go out

and do it and don't get mad at yourself. You know. Um, a lot of times I tried to be a perfectionist, and you're never gonna be perfect, So you're just gonna keep setting yourself up for failure after failure after failure. But if you live like you know what today, I'm and I'm okay with that. You know, tomorrow you'll be and the next day you never know. Um, but that really helped me change my whole life as a whole

with everything that I do. Love it, man, Again, Remind people where to follow you on social media at Vinniguadanino on Instagram, Twitter, all that. Then at Kedo Guido I have another page. Go by the book Keto Guido. Go watch Revenge Prank, Go watch Family Vacation, just go watch all the stuff that he's on. If anythinks so much, man, this has been a pleasure. Thanks brother, big fan, Take care all right. That dude's awesome and that was a lot of fun. I've been a fan of his obviously

for a long time. Come on, kind of grew up with Jersey Shore, you know, and like a weird way, it's been a part of the fabric of my life for a while. And then getting to have him on my show, it's very cool. Keto Guido cookbook is I don't know, can up with that name? That's that's good stuff. Excited about next week. I do believe we are going to go away from a television star and pivot to a sports star. Someone who won a championship for the Los Angeles Lakers. Yeah, next week is gonna be a

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