It looks like the reality TV world has a new power couple! Jersey Shore's Vinny Guadagnino
and Too Hot to Handle star Francesca are the latest celebrity duo to spark romance rumors
after they were spotted on a "romantic" dinner date in New York City on July 11th, 2020,
according to The Daily Mail. In photos obtained by the news outlet, the reality stars appeared
to be enjoying each other's company and looking very smitten.
The new romance comes off the heels of Francesca's split from boyfriend Harry Jowsey. She announced
their breakup in an emotional YouTube video on June 16th, 2020, more than a year after
the fan-favorite couple fell in love on Too Hot to Handle. As for Vinny, he's been single
since 2019 and starring in a new MTV show, Revenge Prank with DJ Pauly and Vinny.
Vinny and Francesca's date didn't come as a surprise to some fans, because the two had
already been getting flirty in each other's Instagram comments. On July 4th, the Jersey
Shore alum posted a photo of himself with the caption,
"When you finish a show on Netflix."
When Francesca asked which show in the comments, he responded,
"Disney's Too Hot To Handle."
A day later, Vinny kept the flirt fest going by commenting on Francesca's bikini post,
"That's a nice view."
Then, on another Instagram picture, he wrote,
"Is that a mirror in your vicinity? Because I can see myself in it... like in the vicinity...
Of you."
On July 13th, Francesca commented that Vinny was "so cute" in Vinny's video to which he
quipped back,
"And you're so Canadian."
"I love your comments even if they're extra, even if they're mean, I don't care, leave
all the comments you want, I f---ing love it, it's awesome."
So how'd these two meet? According to Francesca, Vinny's longtime friend and Jersey Shore co-star
Snooki set them up. The Netflix reality star revealed how Snooki acted as her wing woman
during an interview on the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast on July 14th, 2020. She explained,
"Snooki started following me and she was commenting on my photos and I messaged her and was like
'Can we be friends?' and she was like 'Yeah, I actually have a friend of mine who thinks
you're cute.' So that started the conversation between him and I."
Though she didn't comment on the status of their relationship, Francesca seems to be
fond of Vinny already. She went on to say,
"He's like me in guy form, it's weird. He's just this hilarious and very chill person
[and] he's pretty cute so. It's just nice to have people around me who seem very genuine
and really nice."
Francesca spoke about her and Harry Jowsey's breakup in a YouTube video posted in June
2020, saying,
"Harry and I are not together anymore. He decided to break up with me because he couldn't
do long-distance anymore. I obviously was heartbroken. I did everything I could. I didn't
even want to tell my friends because I genuinely thought that we were going through a rocky
period and we were going to figure it out."
Francesca explained that their relationship took a turn for the worse when she visited
him in Los Angeles during the quarantine. She said,
"Couples fight and you go through arguments, and we would argue every now and then, but
it was never, for me, relationship-ending. And I think for him, small, little things
just ended up turning into relationship-ending arguments."
Francesca added that there were "a lot of things" she couldn't put up with anymore.
While she didn't detail what went wrong, she revealed she could no longer, quote, "fake
a relationship [and] pretend that everything [was] going to be okay." She added,
"For me, I would have stuck by this person no matter what. Through all the fights and
everything I would have never given up, but it wasn't reciprocated. [...] I've given it
so many chances and I've forgiven so much and stood by the relationship because I love
him. He is not the person for me."
"He was moving on, and he is moving on and I need to do the same."
It looks like Francesca might just be ready to give Vinny a real shot at love.
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