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JWoww Tricked 50 People Into Attending Her Wedding. Two Jersey Shore Co-Stars Didn't Get to Come at All.

A fake movie premiere, a Beauty and the Beast ceremony, and a guest list that started a fight within a day.

Spearson Cruz

June 26, 2026

Jenni "JWoww" Farley got married on Wednesday, and most of the 50 people in the room had no idea until they were already standing in it.

The "Jersey Shore" star, 41, told her guests they were coming to a screening of her movie "Nanny Cam." There was a red carpet. There were movie-themed invitations. There was, presumably, an expectation of popcorn. Then the "screening" turned out to be her wedding to pro wrestler Zack Carpinello, 31, a Beauty and the Beast themed ceremony at Madison Modern Social in Old Bridge, New Jersey, officiated by local mayor Debbie Walker, according to People and E! News.

That is the adorable part. Here is the part the internet actually showed up for.

Two names that never made the list

TMZ reported that two "Jersey Shore" castmates did not get an invite at all: Angelina Pivarnick and Ronnie Ortiz-Magro. Per TMZ's sources, both were "blindsided" by being left off and hurt about it. Pauly D and Vinny Guadagnino were reportedly invited but didn't show. The ones who did come celebrate, according to TMZ: Snooki, Deena Cortese, Sammi "Sweetheart" Giancola, and Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino.

The timing gives the snub a little extra sting. Angelina announced last month that she is pregnant with her first child, also per TMZ, so this is not some estranged co-star nobody has spoken to since 2012.

JWoww is not doing the apology tour

Once the guest-list chatter started flooding her comments, JWoww fired back, and she did not reach for the diplomatic option.

According to TMZ, she said the list wasn't even hers to handle. She claims Zack narrowed it down to fewer than 50 of their closest friends and family, and that the whole point was to invite a small group they knew would move mountains to be there and be genuinely happy to celebrate with them.

Then she went after the leakers. JWoww called out what she described as fake friends and even family members for leaking details about her private day, and she said anyone now playing the victim or "s***-talking" about being left out is only proving why they didn't make the cut in the first place, TMZ reported.

Translation: if you are upset you weren't invited, you have just answered your own question.

Why a guest list is the whole story

This is a "Jersey Shore" wedding, which means the roster is the headline. The show ran on who is fighting with whom, and more than fifteen years later a missing invitation still functions as a public scoreboard. JWoww pulling off a months-long secret with a fake movie premiere is impressive. The fact that the conversation pivoted to two empty chairs within roughly 24 hours is the most "Jersey Shore" thing about any of it.

For now, the newlyweds are married, the cake is presumably gone, and somewhere a group chat is on fire.

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