Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi claims ‘Jersey Shore’ producers told police to arrest her in infamous beach scene

Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi claimed on the “Therapuss” podcast Wednesday that “Jersey Shore” producers told cops to arrest her in the infamous “Where’s the beach?” scene from July 2010. Jake Shane/Youtube

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Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi claimed “Jersey Shore” producers encouraged cops to arrest her on camera in the show’s infamous 2010 beach scene.

“Those cops weren’t on shift for the town,” Polizzi, 36, said in Wednesday’s episode of the “Therapuss with Jake Shane” podcast, recalling the chaotic scene on the MTV reality series.

Polizzi, seen here in her 2010 mugshot, was arrested for disturbing the peace, disorderly conduct and criminal annoyance. Getty Images

The incident aired on MTV two months after she was handcuffed. Getty Images

“They were on shift from production to make sure they are protecting us from crazy people,” she continued. “So I don’t even think it’s legal because they weren’t working for the town, but I watched the video back and one of the producers said, ‘Just arrest her.’”

Polizzi recalled that she “started to black out” when the authorities handcuffed her.

The “Jersey Shore: Family Vacation” star was arrested for disturbing the peace, disorderly conduct and criminal annoyance on July 30, 2010. Two months later, the charges were dropped and she was fined $500 and ordered to serve two days of community service.

“I watched the video back, and one of the producers said, ‘Just arrest her,’” Polizzi, seen here with co-stars Jenni “JWoww” Farley and Deena Nicole Cortese in 2010, said on “Therapuss.” WireImage

Polizzi claimed the police were not even working for the town at the time. WireImage

“They were on shift from production to make sure they are protecting us from crazy people,” she claimed. WireImage

Months later, her arrest aired in an episode titled “Where’s the Beach?” in which she was seen drinking at her job before making her way to a bar and then the beach where everything unfolded.

“I woke up that day, and I was drinking nonstop,” Polizzi said on the podcast. “So you know when you wake up and you feel like the shakes are coming? You’re like, ‘I’m going to s–t, I’m going to throw up, but I have to be on camera and I have to go [to] this shift,’ so I woke up still in my party dress, with my blanket on, walking to my shift.”

Once she arrived to work, she proceeded to drink Four Loko, a Long Island Iced Tea and a beer in an attempt to stop “the shakes,” she explained.

Polizzi, seen here in 2009, was seen drinking at her job after a night of partying in the episode. FilmMagic

“Jersey Shore” aired from 2009 to 2012. AP

“I was like ‘I can’t do this,’” she remembered. “So that’s when I ran. I just ran to the bar. I took shots just to start feeling better, and then I just didn’t stop.”

Polizzi said consuming the booze made her feel “good” and that she met “random people” and even “made out with an old man.”

“It was a nightmare, but I had a great time,” she said.

She then decided to go to the beach and famously shouted, “Where’s the beach?” before being apprehended.

Polizzi, seen here in 2023, said she was drinking so heavily to avoid the “shakes.” GC Images

“It was a nightmare, but I had a great time,” she said on the podcast. Instagram/@snooki

“I knew the beach was right there, but my drunk self was like, ‘How do I get on the beach?'” she said.

“There’s only a certain amount of entries to get on the beach. I couldn’t find them anywhere, so I was like, ‘Where’s the beach? How do I get on the beach?’ And the guy’s like, ‘Right there,’ and I’m like, ‘I know, moron. How do I get on the beach?’”

At the time, Polizzi infamously claimed she was “too pretty to be in jail.”

At the time, Polizzi, seen here in 2023, infamously said she was “too pretty” to go to jail. Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty Images

The reality star shares three kids with her husband, Jionni LaValle (all pictured here). snooki/Instagram

She also downplayed her arrest, saying at the time: “I had a couple cocktails, and they just put me in a drunk tank to sober me up. I was on the beach. It happens to the best of us, and I’m not planning on going back to jail ever again.”

These days, Polizzi is less focused on partying while raising her three children, Lorenzo, 12, Giovanna, 9, and Angelo, 5, whom she shares with her husband, Jionni LaValle.

The couple met while filming “Jersey Shore” in 2012 and tied the knot two years later.