'Jersey Shore' Cast On Strike

American Voices

'Jersey Shore' Cast On Strike

July 21, 2010 | ISSUE 46•29

Cast members of the MTV reality series Jersey Shore are refusing to appear in a third season of the show until their salary of $10,000 per episode is increased. What do you think?

They better be careful. MTV could decide to bring in scabs from Delaware instead."

Christina Rainey
Zookeeper
Oh, shit. You don't want to mess with the goons from the MTV strikebreaking street team."

Fred Holmes
Systems Analyst
That cast is so spoiled. In my day, we had Jeff Probst, a remote island, and an unspoken demand to keep ourselves looking anorexic."

Susan Hawk
Rancher

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