WEBVTT - Love Stories: Mike “The Situation” And Lauren Sorrentino 0:00:03.080 --> 0:00:03.760 Hey, there are folks. 0:00:03.760 --> 0:00:07.360 In this episode, we continue our Love Stories series and 0:00:07.440 --> 0:00:13.200 today's couple Lauren and her situation from reality TV to rehab, 0:00:13.320 --> 0:00:18.319 from family to federal prison. Mike and Lauren Sorrentino have 0:00:18.520 --> 0:00:22.200 seen a lot. Welcome every bide you this special Cuffing 0:00:22.200 --> 0:00:24.400 season edition of Amy and TJ and Robes. They've seen 0:00:24.480 --> 0:00:27.840 a lot, but it almost comes through in talking to 0:00:27.920 --> 0:00:30.520 them that it seems like they had don't have a 0:00:30.560 --> 0:00:32.760 care in the world, like we've been there, done that. 0:00:32.840 --> 0:00:35.440 They seemed they were so incredibly strong to me and 0:00:35.479 --> 0:00:36.240 talking to them. 0:00:36.080 --> 0:00:38.599 Can I tell you of all the couples we have interviewed, 0:00:39.120 --> 0:00:42.960 they shocked me the most. You know, you have expectations 0:00:43.000 --> 0:00:46.720 and then you have the reality. And they were like 0:00:46.960 --> 0:00:50.400 a shining light of hope and inspiration in a way 0:00:50.440 --> 0:00:53.479 I could never have predicted or thought. I was taking 0:00:53.520 --> 0:00:56.200 more notes with what they each had to say about 0:00:56.240 --> 0:01:00.920 their relationship, their choices, how they've evolved. It was. It 0:01:00.960 --> 0:01:03.480 was breathtaking. Actually, and they're not I mean they're young, 0:01:03.520 --> 0:01:05.560 they're much younger than me, and yet still they had 0:01:05.600 --> 0:01:08.320 so much wisdom because they have gone through so much. 0:01:08.360 --> 0:01:11.160 As you pointed out something you left out they broke up, 0:01:11.840 --> 0:01:16.640 broke up completely for years in between dating and then 0:01:16.680 --> 0:01:21.160 actually dating again and eventually getting married. But you're talking 0:01:21.200 --> 0:01:24.480 about was it up to eight years of dating on 0:01:24.560 --> 0:01:27.720 and off before they ever actually ended up being serious 0:01:27.800 --> 0:01:28.559 enough to get engaged. 0:01:28.640 --> 0:01:31.679 And people, of course know Mike the situation Sorrentino of 0:01:31.680 --> 0:01:35.800 his Jersey Shore fame. But during that stint, that time 0:01:35.880 --> 0:01:39.960 of their uber stardom, she wasn't in the picture. 0:01:39.840 --> 0:01:40.520 They were together. 0:01:40.760 --> 0:01:43.720 She was not along for that wild ride of his. 0:01:43.840 --> 0:01:45.520 But they've known each other. I can't remember what age 0:01:45.560 --> 0:01:46.119 they said, but they. 0:01:46.280 --> 0:01:48.600 Made seventeen eighteen. It was really young, you know, with 0:01:48.680 --> 0:01:51.720 the Jersey Shore to teenagers. They they said they had 0:01:51.760 --> 0:01:54.120 immediate chemistry. That's one of the questions we ask all 0:01:54.160 --> 0:01:56.240 of our couples, what it was like the moment you met, And. 0:01:56.200 --> 0:01:57.640 It doesn't it's not all the same. 0:01:58.080 --> 0:02:01.600 They were the fireworks story initially, but there was a 0:02:01.760 --> 0:02:05.440 long break and you know, to find out, she came 0:02:05.480 --> 0:02:08.600 back to him at probably one of the lowest times 0:02:08.600 --> 0:02:10.480 of his life and she stuck with him. And it's 0:02:10.600 --> 0:02:13.680 really cool to hear about the foundation of their love 0:02:14.320 --> 0:02:16.720 and the changes and commitments they made to one another. 0:02:16.720 --> 0:02:19.079 But to themselves as well. That led them to where 0:02:19.080 --> 0:02:21.520 they are today. And it was I mean, it was 0:02:21.560 --> 0:02:23.320 inspirational to see where they are today. 0:02:23.760 --> 0:02:25.880 And like we said, I mentioned at the top of 0:02:25.880 --> 0:02:27.960 their federal prison was a part of the story. Yep, 0:02:28.639 --> 0:02:30.679 she made the choice to marry him knowing he was 0:02:30.720 --> 0:02:34.280 about to go into prison. This wasn't a situation where right, 0:02:34.360 --> 0:02:36.240 she agreed to marry him and then all of a 0:02:36.240 --> 0:02:40.160 sudden these everything changed. No, No, they made a conscious decision. 0:02:40.400 --> 0:02:42.280 I'm going to be here when you get out. We 0:02:42.360 --> 0:02:43.920 might as well go ahead and get married. Now, this 0:02:44.000 --> 0:02:45.200 story is a hell of a story. 0:02:45.280 --> 0:02:48.200 Oh I On a lighter note, so we have noticed 0:02:48.200 --> 0:02:53.480 a theme we haven't talked about this yet among our interviewees, 0:02:53.600 --> 0:02:56.799 where they're all happy. That was one of the reasons 0:02:56.840 --> 0:02:58.800 why we wanted to interview them. They had all gone 0:02:58.840 --> 0:03:02.960 through something and they all were happy. There was one 0:03:04.200 --> 0:03:08.239 issue in the household that seemed to throw everybody off, 0:03:08.320 --> 0:03:13.600 tripped everybody out, tripped everybody off up. Sorry, and Mike 0:03:13.720 --> 0:03:17.560 and Lauren have the best answer yet about how they 0:03:17.680 --> 0:03:19.720 handled this particular household chort. 0:03:19.840 --> 0:03:24.320 So men listening and any woman who has a man 0:03:24.560 --> 0:03:28.280 living in the house with you Mike, the situation has 0:03:28.400 --> 0:03:29.079 figured it out. 0:03:29.440 --> 0:03:33.840 Yes, without a doubt. It was a mic dropping moment. 0:03:35.280 --> 0:03:36.320 So they are. 0:03:36.200 --> 0:03:38.280 Now added to the list of our diverse group of 0:03:38.320 --> 0:03:41.520 couples that we are talking to asking the exact same 0:03:41.560 --> 0:03:46.280 list of questions about the relationship, about fights, about household chores, 0:03:46.280 --> 0:03:50.160 about finances, sex, Yes, all of it. We've asked them 0:03:50.200 --> 0:03:54.560 the same questions and the answers are fantastic so far. Again, 0:03:54.600 --> 0:03:57.600 to remind you, we dropping a new episode every day 0:03:57.600 --> 0:04:01.080 of the week Monday through Friday leading up to Valentine's Day, 0:04:01.120 --> 0:04:03.640 and today we had a treat for you, so enjoy 0:04:03.680 --> 0:04:06.160 our conversation with Mike and Lauren. 0:04:09.080 --> 0:04:11.880 Mike and Lauren, thank you for being with us today. 0:04:12.760 --> 0:04:14.000 Yes, thank you for having us. 0:04:14.080 --> 0:04:15.280 Thank you for having us. 0:04:15.520 --> 0:04:17.799 How are you guys doing right now? 0:04:18.360 --> 0:04:19.480 Oh, we're doing amazing. 0:04:19.680 --> 0:04:22.599 Yeah, we are thriving. We are now a family of five. 0:04:23.040 --> 0:04:26.440 They have a family of chickens in our backyard as well, 0:04:26.800 --> 0:04:29.760 eight chickens, so we are just like a busy little 0:04:30.600 --> 0:04:32.239 circus of a farm over here. 0:04:32.480 --> 0:04:35.200 Yeah. We are going on our seventh year of marriage. 0:04:36.640 --> 0:04:39.000 We've been at hometown, New Jersey for about six years. 0:04:39.120 --> 0:04:42.000 I'm also going on ten years of sobriety this year 0:04:42.040 --> 0:04:43.440 at the end of this year was really big for 0:04:43.839 --> 0:04:46.159 me as well. So we are really just thriving. But 0:04:46.200 --> 0:04:47.640 at the end of the day, we take everything one 0:04:47.720 --> 0:04:48.279 day to time. 0:04:48.560 --> 0:04:52.119 Congratulations on all of the above. Seriously, those were all 0:04:52.160 --> 0:04:55.800 individually amazing feeds, so that's awesome to hear that update. 0:04:56.360 --> 0:04:59.080 We're going to start with the questions We've asked all 0:04:59.120 --> 0:05:02.279 of our couples to begin with. I love this first question. 0:05:03.120 --> 0:05:07.800 Can each of you give me three words to describe 0:05:07.920 --> 0:05:10.400 the current state of your relationship? 0:05:10.720 --> 0:05:11.560 Michae will start with you. 0:05:12.839 --> 0:05:19.680 Solid. Also, I would like to describe our relationship as 0:05:22.000 --> 0:05:30.000 very loving. And also does true love sat count as 0:05:30.040 --> 0:05:31.080 two words or one word? 0:05:32.000 --> 0:05:32.960 You can make it one? 0:05:33.600 --> 0:05:37.360 Yeah, yeah, I feel that we're love so kind of. 0:05:37.560 --> 0:05:41.359 We have so much history to drop on, so you know, 0:05:41.440 --> 0:05:48.719 definitely rock steady. We've built our foundation on on on that. 0:05:48.920 --> 0:05:55.120 And also we're a very loving family. And also I 0:05:55.480 --> 0:05:56.599 consider us true love. 0:05:58.320 --> 0:06:06.560 All right, lad say, passionate, connected and strong. 0:06:08.120 --> 0:06:09.080 Connected and strong. 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:12.760 That's amazing. After how many years against seven years marriage. 0:06:12.839 --> 0:06:16.200 Seven years married, about twenty one we've known each other 0:06:16.240 --> 0:06:19.560 for twenty one years, not together for twenty one years collectively. 0:06:19.760 --> 0:06:22.600 But I met him when I was nineteen and I 0:06:22.800 --> 0:06:26.600 just turned forty last month, So yes, I've known him 0:06:26.640 --> 0:06:27.640 more than half my life. 0:06:27.720 --> 0:06:29.960 All right, So what you all are saying now takes 0:06:30.040 --> 0:06:34.599 us directly back into our next question, which is, was 0:06:34.680 --> 0:06:38.200 there immediate chemistry when you first met? 0:06:39.560 --> 0:06:43.279 One hundred percent? We met in college math class, and 0:06:45.320 --> 0:06:49.719 she was the first blonde that I had ever wanted 0:06:49.720 --> 0:06:54.160 to date. I had for burnettes, and we were in college, 0:06:54.360 --> 0:06:57.960 and I was just drawn upon her and I had 0:06:58.000 --> 0:07:00.160 to make my way to somehow sit next to her 0:07:00.560 --> 0:07:02.640 and then eventually try to get her number, which I 0:07:02.680 --> 0:07:03.320 eventually did. 0:07:03.680 --> 0:07:07.000 But we're always opposite, like he said, So I was 0:07:07.040 --> 0:07:09.240 sitting in the front row, he was in the back row, 0:07:09.600 --> 0:07:12.600 but we instantly had a connection and a chemistry. 0:07:12.760 --> 0:07:15.400 Yeah. I like club music and she likes country. So 0:07:15.440 --> 0:07:17.640 it's kind of, you know, we have to make it work. 0:07:18.640 --> 0:07:22.000 Yeah, we have very different music interests as well. I 0:07:22.080 --> 0:07:25.440 love yacht rock and he loves anything else. 0:07:28.400 --> 0:07:31.160 Okay, very cool, love that it can still work. That 0:07:31.320 --> 0:07:35.960 is one difference that actually is surmountable. I would say, yes, Okay, 0:07:36.640 --> 0:07:37.880 who said I love you first? 0:07:39.760 --> 0:07:42.800 It was probably me. It was definitely me. I'm a cancer. 0:07:42.800 --> 0:07:45.440 I wear my heart on my sleeve and I'm not 0:07:45.560 --> 0:07:49.560 afraid to show some of my cards. And she was definitely, 0:07:50.480 --> 0:07:53.720 I think, my college sweetheart, not that I think, but 0:07:53.760 --> 0:07:55.960 I know you were my college sweetheart. And then when 0:07:55.960 --> 0:07:58.920 we had broken up around my Jersey Shore discovery face, 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:03.200 I was always longing for, you know, our connection, which 0:08:03.200 --> 0:08:05.120 we eventually got back together years later. 0:08:05.840 --> 0:08:06.520 That's so cool. 0:08:06.880 --> 0:08:09.920 I think that's been consistent. It's mostly the guys who 0:08:09.960 --> 0:08:12.120 end up saying I love you first, and most of 0:08:12.160 --> 0:08:15.400 the conversations we've had with the couples, that's been consistent. 0:08:15.840 --> 0:08:19.440 How long give us your timeline line here? How long 0:08:19.480 --> 0:08:22.200 did you date before you got engaged? How long were 0:08:22.240 --> 0:08:23.679 you engaged before you got married? 0:08:24.000 --> 0:08:27.320 Oh? Wow, wow, do you want to answer a lot 0:08:27.320 --> 0:08:29.440 of people get confused with our story. Oh my god, 0:08:29.480 --> 0:08:32.880 you guys were together, you know, your whole Jersey Shore days. 0:08:32.920 --> 0:08:35.280 You know, it's like no, no, no, So. 0:08:35.160 --> 0:08:37.880 We were together for about three years the first time 0:08:37.920 --> 0:08:40.520 around college, and that was in college, that was pre 0:08:40.679 --> 0:08:45.280 Jersey Shore. That was like two thousand and four, five 0:08:45.400 --> 0:08:50.280 to eight, and then he coincidentally went to rehab his 0:08:50.360 --> 0:08:52.600 first time two thousand and eight got out of rehab, 0:08:52.679 --> 0:08:55.240 went right into filming Jersey Shore, so we were not 0:08:55.400 --> 0:08:59.720 together all of that time Jersey Shore started finished. 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:03.679 We got back together in twy thirteen. 0:09:03.559 --> 0:09:06.160 May of twenty thirteen, and. 0:09:06.080 --> 0:09:11.240 Then we got engaged Valentine's eighteen year. 0:09:12.000 --> 0:09:14.479 Oh Valentine's Day. 0:09:14.640 --> 0:09:15.880 I'd say twenty eighteen. 0:09:15.960 --> 0:09:17.920 Yeah, and then we got married the following year. 0:09:17.760 --> 0:09:20.400 We know that year. We got married November. 0:09:20.000 --> 0:09:21.800 First, that fall, Yeah, a couple of months later. 0:09:22.320 --> 0:09:25.480 Yeah, So we were ready. We knew I think we 0:09:25.520 --> 0:09:28.400 always knew we were each other's person. Yeah, but we 0:09:28.480 --> 0:09:32.120 needed to like have our life figured out. Yep, you know, 0:09:32.160 --> 0:09:34.360 we were kind of going through a lot of different things. 0:09:34.640 --> 0:09:36.880 Yeah, all for those years. All the relationship is definitely 0:09:36.960 --> 0:09:39.920 very battle tested. We've been through a lot of things together, 0:09:40.440 --> 0:09:42.840 and we definitely draw upon that a lot of the 0:09:42.880 --> 0:09:45.280 times because you you can also be grateful and sort 0:09:45.280 --> 0:09:47.080 of understand the big picture and step back that we 0:09:47.120 --> 0:09:51.960 have so much history together and obviously the chemistry as 0:09:52.000 --> 0:09:53.880 well as the relationship is very passionate as well. 0:09:54.400 --> 0:09:55.120 That's so cool. 0:09:55.160 --> 0:09:58.040 So you had three years initially then another five years 0:09:58.080 --> 0:10:01.560 before you actually got engaged, So yeah, that's that's a 0:10:01.600 --> 0:10:04.560 remarkable timeline and the fact that you went and made 0:10:04.559 --> 0:10:08.040 it through all of those years is a testament to 0:10:08.040 --> 0:10:08.839 where you are today. 0:10:08.880 --> 0:10:09.920 That's really cool. 0:10:11.320 --> 0:10:19.480 Yeah. Yeah, we got married in two thousand and eighteen. Yeah, 0:10:19.520 --> 0:10:22.000 and then a couple months later they had I had 0:10:22.040 --> 0:10:25.080 went to prison for almost a year, and so our 0:10:25.160 --> 0:10:30.760 first year of marriage, I was inside technically, And you know, 0:10:30.760 --> 0:10:33.080 a relationship really has to be strong to go through 0:10:33.120 --> 0:10:36.000 something like that, where the first year of marriage I 0:10:36.160 --> 0:10:39.160 was in prison, you know, paying my debt to society 0:10:39.200 --> 0:10:41.960 and trying to write my redemption story. 0:10:42.080 --> 0:10:44.920 Every Friday night we had our date night. I would 0:10:45.040 --> 0:10:48.440 drive to visit him and I went just we would 0:10:48.440 --> 0:10:51.000 hang out, we would play scrabble, Yeah, we would eat, 0:10:51.160 --> 0:10:52.959 we would just talk for hours. 0:10:53.200 --> 0:10:54.480 And it was every Friday night. 0:10:54.600 --> 0:10:56.560 Yeah, we were so excited. I was so excited to 0:10:56.600 --> 0:10:59.760 get snacks out of the vending machine. So let's tell 0:10:59.760 --> 0:11:03.640 you how how simple things had gotten at one particular point. 0:11:03.640 --> 0:11:04.680 But we always had love. 0:11:05.080 --> 0:11:07.160 Yeah, you know what I'm gonna because of that answer, 0:11:07.160 --> 0:11:09.160 I'm going to skip ahead to another question. We have 0:11:09.280 --> 0:11:12.160 a little farther down the list, but it is what 0:11:13.040 --> 0:11:16.400 has your or what was your first year of marriage? 0:11:16.600 --> 0:11:16.680 Like? 0:11:16.800 --> 0:11:19.720 Now you all have already described some of the practical 0:11:19.760 --> 0:11:22.080 stuff that was going on, but also and you all 0:11:22.120 --> 0:11:27.040 describe just emotionally from a family logistics standpoint, from dealing 0:11:27.120 --> 0:11:29.640 with other family members. I mean, it couldn't have been 0:11:29.679 --> 0:11:32.280 all sunshine and rainbows, not all. 0:11:32.320 --> 0:11:35.920 I mean, I was super positive. My wife would take 0:11:35.960 --> 0:11:39.200 the three or three and a half hour drive, and 0:11:39.280 --> 0:11:41.560 I had to be positive for my wife. I had 0:11:41.600 --> 0:11:43.680 to be a leader to let her know that, listen, 0:11:43.840 --> 0:11:46.000 everything's going to be okay at the end of the day. 0:11:47.000 --> 0:11:49.440 And she she was obviously upset. You know, a lot 0:11:49.480 --> 0:11:53.360 of the times, you know, that particular time here was 0:11:53.400 --> 0:11:57.800 definitely uncertainty, but also it was a means to an end, 0:11:58.080 --> 0:12:01.200 you know what I mean. I was sentenced for, you know, 0:12:01.280 --> 0:12:05.600 eight months of prison time to pay my debt to society, 0:12:05.600 --> 0:12:08.400 and once that was over, we can start to have 0:12:08.600 --> 0:12:10.520 not a happy ending, but a happy beginning. And that's 0:12:10.600 --> 0:12:13.720 kind of that was our mindset at the time. So 0:12:13.760 --> 0:12:17.360 we really enjoyed our time whenever it was, wherever it was, 0:12:18.080 --> 0:12:21.040 and we were grateful, We were grateful for each other, 0:12:21.360 --> 0:12:23.400 and that we were going to do whatever it took 0:12:24.360 --> 0:12:27.959 to get out of, you know, that hole that we 0:12:27.960 --> 0:12:30.960 were in and eventually start a family, which we did. 0:12:31.440 --> 0:12:33.600 Yeah, I think we. 0:12:33.440 --> 0:12:36.360 Were from my perspective, just like he said, we were 0:12:36.400 --> 0:12:39.240 so relieved that all that legal stuff was behind us 0:12:39.679 --> 0:12:43.760 because he had started on that legal journey in twenty thirteen, 0:12:43.800 --> 0:12:46.720 the year we got back together. It was that fall 0:12:46.840 --> 0:12:49.959 that all of that started. So it took five years 0:12:50.400 --> 0:12:52.000 to get a resolution from that. 0:12:52.400 --> 0:12:59.679 And a million dollars worth of legal fees. Yes, so 0:13:00.360 --> 0:13:02.800 it was definitely a legal odyssey and it was very 0:13:03.280 --> 0:13:05.240 emotionally dreaming for all of us. 0:13:05.320 --> 0:13:07.880 But yeah, we were so happy to get married and 0:13:08.040 --> 0:13:11.040 so happy and ready to move forward in our personal 0:13:11.080 --> 0:13:15.120 life and just start a family and work towards that 0:13:15.160 --> 0:13:20.439 in our future. So that first year was definitely challenging, 0:13:20.880 --> 0:13:24.560 but I think that it was it helped us really 0:13:24.720 --> 0:13:27.640 continue to solidify our foundation. 0:13:27.880 --> 0:13:31.040 Yeah, but we had gone through some tougher times than that, 0:13:31.960 --> 0:13:34.800 which we were very we stay at faith and we're 0:13:35.000 --> 0:13:40.440 very faithful couple. You know. I feel that you know, 0:13:40.559 --> 0:13:44.760 everything that you go through God prepares you for. And 0:13:44.840 --> 0:13:48.160 I had went through addiction a few years before that. 0:13:48.720 --> 0:13:51.280 I'm now, you know, ten years, but at that particular time, 0:13:51.800 --> 0:13:54.320 I was, let's just say around the court case. I 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:55.640 was what three two or three. 0:13:55.760 --> 0:13:57.600 Well, by the time you went away, you were two 0:13:57.679 --> 0:13:59.840 years I just also started. 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:03.120 Yeah, so addiction was just so much harder to get 0:14:03.160 --> 0:14:06.679 through that. So once we got through that and we 0:14:06.720 --> 0:14:11.280 started to face the court stuff together, you know, I'll 0:14:11.320 --> 0:14:14.319 be honest with you, it was almost like a muscle, 0:14:14.559 --> 0:14:16.520 you know what I mean. We we had built up 0:14:16.679 --> 0:14:20.200 a foundation to continue to fight together. 0:14:20.440 --> 0:14:22.280 Yeah, that's remarkable. 0:14:22.320 --> 0:14:24.920 I mean what the two of you went through from 0:14:25.160 --> 0:14:29.560 just dating and a very public situation, addiction and then 0:14:29.640 --> 0:14:33.239 prison all just to get to your first wedding anniversary. 0:14:33.680 --> 0:14:36.280 I feel like, what else could happen that you couldn't 0:14:36.320 --> 0:14:37.560 handle at that point? 0:14:38.840 --> 0:14:42.800 One hundred percent. We consider ourselves a very battle tested 0:14:42.840 --> 0:14:47.320 couple that has gone through the storm. And you know, 0:14:47.440 --> 0:14:51.840 and and we have turned adversity into our own power, 0:14:52.120 --> 0:14:55.440 you know. And we had used what was meant to 0:14:55.560 --> 0:14:59.040 be against us or for your harm, you know, God 0:14:59.160 --> 0:15:01.160 had you know, turned it for our good. I guess 0:15:01.280 --> 0:15:02.640 you know what I mean, It propelled us. 0:15:02.720 --> 0:15:07.080 Yeah, that's that's remarkable. I love that. So do you 0:15:07.120 --> 0:15:10.160 all have an age difference at all? 0:15:11.320 --> 0:15:13.680 He is about four years older than me. 0:15:14.280 --> 0:15:17.120 Yep, has that played a role at all in your relationship. 0:15:18.360 --> 0:15:21.960 I think maybe when we were very young, like when 0:15:22.000 --> 0:15:24.320 I met him and I was nineteen and you were 0:15:25.080 --> 0:15:29.160 twenty to twenty three. But I know, I think we're 0:15:29.160 --> 0:15:32.840 pretty close in age, like given the adulthood of our life. 0:15:33.200 --> 0:15:38.840 Yeah, my wife just turned forty the other day. It's 0:15:38.880 --> 0:15:42.240 a big celebration for us. We booked a trip to 0:15:42.360 --> 0:15:46.960 Sicily in a couple of months. Nice, it was nice. Yeah, yeah, 0:15:47.000 --> 0:15:47.720 we're very excited. 0:15:48.640 --> 0:15:52.640 Tell us now here. Why did you want to get married? 0:15:52.680 --> 0:15:55.160 Why was it important to take that step at something 0:15:55.200 --> 0:15:58.280 some couple's debate, Hey, everything's going fine. Why do we 0:15:58.320 --> 0:16:00.640 need some document or a piece of paper? Why was 0:16:00.680 --> 0:16:03.040 it important to be married for you all? 0:16:04.360 --> 0:16:06.320 For me, I just I always as a young man, 0:16:06.720 --> 0:16:09.840 I always dreamed of being married and having my own family, 0:16:10.240 --> 0:16:14.640 being raised as in the Italian tradition, family is very important. 0:16:14.720 --> 0:16:17.600 So for me, I always wanted to get married and 0:16:18.000 --> 0:16:21.520 have a family, have a big wedding, which we did. 0:16:21.560 --> 0:16:25.920 We leveraged my employer, MTV, and we did our wedding 0:16:25.920 --> 0:16:30.240 on TV, which was a massive, beautiful wedding. Even though 0:16:30.280 --> 0:16:32.640 I was going through all those tough times with the 0:16:32.680 --> 0:16:35.360 case and spending a million dollars on lawyers, I was 0:16:35.400 --> 0:16:41.080 still able to strategically leverage my celebrity and my employer, 0:16:41.200 --> 0:16:46.360 MTV to have this beautiful wedding. So yeah, no, I 0:16:46.400 --> 0:16:49.280 don't know. I loved our wedding was beautiful, and I 0:16:49.320 --> 0:16:52.200 do understand the question of a piece of paper. 0:16:52.480 --> 0:16:56.600 Yeah, yeah, both of us our values were always aligned 0:16:57.000 --> 0:16:59.240 no matter what age we were, whether we were nineteen 0:16:59.320 --> 0:17:04.160 or in our four We both came from large Italian 0:17:04.680 --> 0:17:09.359 Catholic families raised in New Jersey, and he had he 0:17:09.520 --> 0:17:12.359 was one of four siblings. I'm one of four siblings. 0:17:12.800 --> 0:17:16.159 I had three girls, one boy. He had three boys, 0:17:16.200 --> 0:17:19.080 one girl. Like the family dynamics, So there was just 0:17:19.119 --> 0:17:22.920 like a lot of similarities there. And for me, it's 0:17:22.960 --> 0:17:25.679 just that's always been my dream, you know, to find 0:17:25.800 --> 0:17:29.600 my dream man and get married. And the timing was 0:17:29.800 --> 0:17:33.199 just the right timing for us in our relationship, and 0:17:33.320 --> 0:17:36.480 I couldn't wait to marry him. We had parted ways 0:17:36.520 --> 0:17:40.479 younger when we were younger, and our relationship was something 0:17:40.520 --> 0:17:44.159 that I always had looked back on that, you know, 0:17:44.200 --> 0:17:45.760 I always felt like a piece. 0:17:45.560 --> 0:17:47.800 Of me was with him. Yeah, and I think it 0:17:47.920 --> 0:17:48.840 was a mutual thing. 0:17:48.880 --> 0:17:51.320 But we had to like do our lives separately for 0:17:51.560 --> 0:17:53.639 a minute, and thank god we did, because if we 0:17:53.760 --> 0:17:55.640 stayed together would. 0:17:55.480 --> 0:17:55.920 Not have worked. 0:17:56.520 --> 0:17:58.320 You know, there is that phrase, you know, he let 0:17:58.359 --> 0:18:00.199 the bird out of the cage. If it's meant to be, 0:18:00.920 --> 0:18:04.280 you know, comes back. If it's not then you know. 0:18:04.760 --> 0:18:07.679 But when we were dating in college, we used to 0:18:07.800 --> 0:18:10.280 drive by these homes in home though, and they were 0:18:10.320 --> 0:18:12.879 just beautiful homes and we would be like, you know what, 0:18:12.960 --> 0:18:15.959 one day, you know, it'd be great to when we 0:18:15.960 --> 0:18:18.439 were dating in college, it would be great to settle 0:18:18.480 --> 0:18:20.760 down and have a family out here. And sure enough, 0:18:20.800 --> 0:18:21.560 twenty years. 0:18:21.359 --> 0:18:26.679 Later, just not on the timeline you probably thought it 0:18:26.680 --> 0:18:29.520 would be. That's really cool though for people who have 0:18:29.560 --> 0:18:32.560 certain expectations, it doesn't necessarily happen when you think it's 0:18:32.600 --> 0:18:32.919 going to. 0:18:33.240 --> 0:18:35.560 But that's exactly really cool. 0:18:44.720 --> 0:18:47.960 Did your relationship, especially given the ins and out of it, 0:18:48.520 --> 0:18:50.720 have the support of your friends and your family? 0:18:52.320 --> 0:18:55.679 You know what. I'm sure that you know early on 0:18:57.880 --> 0:19:00.400 there were some skeptics, you know what I mean. I mean, 0:19:01.160 --> 0:19:03.840 I'm going to this huge court case United States is 0:19:03.920 --> 0:19:08.280 versus the situation. Uh, you know, they're trying to penalize 0:19:08.280 --> 0:19:10.919 me for millions of dollars. I'm sure. And again I 0:19:10.920 --> 0:19:12.680 don't know if this has happened, but I'm sure her 0:19:12.720 --> 0:19:16.080 family was worried about that. You know, that's possibly could 0:19:16.080 --> 0:19:19.800 be in there. But you know, many many years later, 0:19:19.960 --> 0:19:24.080 it turned out to be a good decision. 0:19:24.240 --> 0:19:24.480 Yeah. 0:19:24.520 --> 0:19:28.480 I think, if any, the majority of the skeptics were 0:19:28.520 --> 0:19:31.320 always kind of the fan base maybe or like the 0:19:31.359 --> 0:19:35.600 outside people that were disconnected or removed from what's really happening. 0:19:36.160 --> 0:19:38.920 I think that our family and our friends, the people 0:19:38.960 --> 0:19:41.640 close to us always saw what we had as a connection, 0:19:42.440 --> 0:19:45.639 including my family. Had there have ever been skeptics, no 0:19:45.720 --> 0:19:48.520 one ever voiced that within our world. 0:19:48.920 --> 0:19:51.960 You know, that's cool and that's what counts. So it's 0:19:52.040 --> 0:19:54.880 awesome that y'all were able to separate those two things, 0:19:54.920 --> 0:19:58.960 because sometimes people get you know, you get sucked into 0:19:59.000 --> 0:20:02.119 whatever the PubL like images or whatever, and that affects you. 0:20:02.200 --> 0:20:04.399 But it's awesome that it didn't for you. Okay, So 0:20:04.440 --> 0:20:07.800 the next question full disclosure. We ask everyone this answer 0:20:07.880 --> 0:20:12.280 it however you'd like. How would you describe your sex life? Oh? 0:20:12.359 --> 0:20:22.520 Wow, I would say active active? Yeah, no, I'm trying 0:20:22.520 --> 0:20:25.160 to be articulated. 0:20:26.080 --> 0:20:28.480 Nice, I would I would say healthy. 0:20:28.880 --> 0:20:33.880 Yes, good word. Yeah, that is. 0:20:33.840 --> 0:20:37.160 The safest answer possible. That's good. Yeah, that's a good one. 0:20:37.280 --> 0:20:40.119 Yes. I mean, listen, we have three babies. We have 0:20:40.160 --> 0:20:41.719 a three year old, a two year old, and a 0:20:41.720 --> 0:20:46.160 one year old, and she does such an amazing job 0:20:46.280 --> 0:20:48.520 sleep training the kids. The kids all go go to 0:20:48.560 --> 0:20:53.159 bed usually six fifteen, six thirty and seven, so around 0:20:53.200 --> 0:20:56.800 seven o'clock is mom and dad time. And we prioritize 0:20:57.760 --> 0:21:00.000 that time for mom and dad, you know what, I mean, 0:21:00.080 --> 0:21:04.480 to have our relationships and to put us our relationship first, 0:21:04.680 --> 0:21:06.960 you know, and also throughout the week besides sex life, 0:21:07.359 --> 0:21:10.359 we always try to implement like a date day or 0:21:10.560 --> 0:21:13.560 date nights where mom and dad go to a restaurant 0:21:13.600 --> 0:21:16.919 and we dress up, we take pictures, we posted and 0:21:16.920 --> 0:21:18.840 and just you know, get more time together. 0:21:19.200 --> 0:21:24.480 Yeah, all right, next question here, besides sex, how important 0:21:24.600 --> 0:21:27.840 is physical touch in your relationship and specifically something as 0:21:27.840 --> 0:21:30.600 simple as walking down the street holding hands? 0:21:30.600 --> 0:21:34.240 Do you that's good? I think everyone has their own 0:21:34.280 --> 0:21:39.199 love language. I definitely physical touch is is mind but 0:21:39.240 --> 0:21:43.080 I think that's very very important. Also, there's other things 0:21:43.160 --> 0:21:49.879 like acts of service and what's the ones called you like? 0:21:50.000 --> 0:21:53.520 She likes quality time I like the touch and acts 0:21:53.520 --> 0:22:00.560