MTV’s reality hit “Jersey Shore” has created a situation, so to speak, for the Garden State, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said today.
The Republican chief executive said the bawdy reality series is a “negative” for his state because it doesn’t depict the New Jersey he knows. For starters, most of the uber-tanned, hair-gelled stars of the show aren’t even from Jersey.
“What it does is it takes a bunch of New Yorkers, who are — most of the people on ‘Jersey Shore’ are New Yorkers — takes a bunch of New Yorkers, drops them at the Jersey shore, and tries to make America feel like this is New Jersey,” Christie said on ABC’s “This Week.”
The second season of “Jersey Shore” begins this week, but Christie urged anyone who wants to get a real taste of his state to book a trip instead of watching the show.