Three of Jersey Shore's leading juiceheads, Ronnie, The Situation, and Vinny, stole the spotlight from Snooki on the newest Village Voice cover. Sounds ideal for the trio, right? Particularly since Ronnie and Vinny may be kicked off the show? Turns out the dudes may not have won the exposure they bargained for, as the new edition of Village Voice is also the "Queer Issue." According to the NY Post, the gents didn't know they were being used to illustrate a story about "the Jersey Shore on the down-low." Racy! Before the umber lads start to get huffy, we advise they try something new with their connection to gay culture: Own it.
Surely these three (and their AWOL fratello DJ Pauly D) are aware that their tanning and toning antics come across as a little gay. Look, here's Vinny calling The Situation's "GTL" lifestyle "gay" at a New Haven club date. He doesn't really mean it like that, but... he sort of does mean like that. And he can mean it since no one believes the Jersey Shore bros are pillars of heterosexual culture anyway.
They're clubgoers who care about the height of their hair. They're precise about appearances and lose control when house music comes on. They're devoted to fun, not women -- and for that reason alone, these three dudes should own Jersey Shore's gay undertones. I'm not suggesting they start on black-and-white Herb Ritts-inspired photoshoots, but they'd do best to acknowledge what's gay about their world. Jersey Shore is just The Real World with better partying, meaning they certainly have a viewer demo that would appreciate some gay props. In fact, they should've commented on that damn cover story. Maybe they still can. That is, if Vinny can rip himself away from True Blood.