On 'Jersey Shore Family Vacation,' Vinny 2.0 is still in Angelina Pivarnick's basement

What was that noise in Angelina Pivarnick's basement?

It's Vinny Tortorella, aka Vinny 2.0, working out. He's still in Angelina's life — and the basement of her Freehold Township home — even after she said he was money grubbing her on last week's episode of “Jersey Shore Family Vacation.”

Jenni “JWoww” Farley and Sammy Giancola came over the house on the Thursday, Feb. 22, episode to help Angelina recuperate from breast enhancement surgery. They heard knocking noises downstairs.

“I'm so confused,” Jenni said. “What is Vinny doing in the basement right now.”

Angelina initially told the roomies that Vinny 2.0 lived in her basement. But Vinny 2.0's brush up with Angelina's side piece, Joe from Old Bridge, at the Headliner in Neptune, signaled there was trouble.

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Vinny 2.0's refusal to help with the property taxes of Angelina's home, plus his request to be added to the deed of the paid home, according to Angelina on last week's episode, suggested that they were on the outs.

“This with me and Vinny took a little bit of rough turn ..., but we're trucking along, you know?” Angelina said.

The episode took place after Angelina called police to her Freehold Township home. She did not press charges on Vinny 2.0 after police arrived, reps for Angelina and Vinny 2.0 previously confirmed to the Asbury Park Press. The incident has not been referred to on the show.

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“Do you feel like Vin's using you,” Jenni asked.

“I would like to think people are not using me, but it's a sad life right now in general,” said Angelina, referring to her biological father wanting her Rolex instead of quality time with her on the previous two episodes.

“I don't think I'm going to get married again,” said Angelina, who was engaged to Vinny 2.0.

No wedding bells for Angelina, but she does want children. Her ex-husband, Chris Larangeira, offered Angelina his sperm.

“Babies do not solve problems,” Jenni said. “They amplify them.”

“I get what she's saying but no one is ever ready to have a child,” Angelina said. “You just do it.”

Jenni just did it on Angelina's cat's bottom, which was a soiled mess. She cleaned and shaved the cat's area down there.

“Now I'm a little upset,” Jenni said. “Why didn't (Vinny) clean the cat's (bottom)?”

Meanwhile in Las Vegas, Vinny Guadagnino, the Original Vinny, is looking to settle down, coincidentally.

“I'm looking to make a spiritual and emotional connection,” said Vinny at dinner with Pauly DelVecchio and Mike Sorrentino. “I'm thinking about the future because I want to start a family with somebody so now I'm looking for a different type of partner.”

Pauly's significant other, Nikki Hall, made a rare appearance on the show, but only in flashbacks.

“It's like a light switch, it clicks,” said Pauly of making a commitment.

The two met on MTV's “Double Shot at Love with DJ Pauly D and Vinny.” Nikki was a contestant.

Up in Poughkeepsie, it was Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi night at the Sept. 8 Hudson Valley Renegades minor league baseball game. Nicole worked for the team before she became famous on “Jersey Shore” starting in 2009.

The team gave way Snook bobblehead dolls and held a Snooki lookalike contest, which Deena Cortese entered.

“I feel this is full circle,” Nicole said. “I used to work at Renegades and I told everyone that I'm going to be famous on TV, and they were like yeah, sure. Fifteen years later, everybody knows what 'Jersey Shore' is — this is amazing! Seeing all the fans dressed up like me, I'm like who am I? How cool!”

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Chris Jordan, a Jersey Shore native, covers entertainment and features for the USA Today Network New Jersey. Contact him at @chrisfhjordan; cjordan@app.com

This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: Jersey Shore: Vinny 2.0 is still in Angelina Pivarnick's basement