He said his vices were fueled by fame after he was thrust into the spotlight on the hit show, Jersey Shore, which first aired in 2009 and spanned a total of six seasons. “It was like gasoline on fire,” Sorrentino explained.
“I was a young and wild, careless kid, and once you gave kids millions of dollars and Ferraris and Lambos and girls screaming my name and yes-men everywhere, it was hard to turn that off,” Sorrentino told Entertainment Tonight. “That was my problem for many years — how do you turn off the excess? And I think it wasn’t just my problem.”
“Most people in our world or in the celebrity world or in the entertainment world, they have a problem turning off the excess button,” he continued.