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"Governor&amp;apos;s here! While filming separate TODAY show segments on the boardwalk in Seaside Heights, New Jersey on Friday, May 24, Nicole &amp;quot;Snooki&amp;quot; Polizzi ran into N.J. Governor Chris Christie, who&amp;apos;s been very vocal about his dislike for the cast of MTV&amp;apos;s Jersey Shore.\r\n\r\nIn a video captured of the meeting, Snooki is joined by fellow cast-mates Deena Cortese and Jenni &amp;quot;JWoww&amp;quot; Farley as they meet the governor. As Cortese attempts to make nice, praising Christie&amp;apos;s heroic efforts during Hurricane Sandy,  Snooki seems a little more distant, saying, &amp;quot;I wanted to meet you, and I just hope you start to like us.&amp;quot;\r\nChristie seems to ignore the peace offering, instead just smiling and shaking her hand as he responded, &amp;quot;We do our best, alright. Good to meet you.&amp;quot; As he walks away, the reality star, mom to 9-month-old Lorenzo, tells the camera, &amp;quot;He just doesn&amp;apos;t like us.&amp;quot;\r\nIndeed, Christie, 50, has been very vocal about his distaste for the Jersey Shore crew, slamming the fist-pumping cast during a town hall meeting in February 2011, during the peak of the MTV show.\r\n&amp;quot;They&amp;apos;re from New York,&amp;quot; he complained. &amp;quot;Snooki is from Poughkeepsie and The Situation is from Staten Island. That&amp;apos;s not New Jersey. They parachuted these losers into New Jersey.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nAt the time, Christie added that he had a request for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo: &amp;quot;Take them back. We don&amp;apos;t want them.&amp;quot;\r\nSnooki, 25, isn&amp;apos;t the only castmember to still keep her distance from the governor. In April, Vinny Guadagnino also voiced his feelings over Christie&amp;apos;s harsh comments.\r\n&amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t think that was something nice to say,&amp;quot; he told NJ.com of Christie&amp;apos;s past statements. &amp;quot;And I don&amp;apos;t know &amp;#x2026; when I go for a politician, I usually don&amp;apos;t like when they use rhetoric like that, it&amp;apos;s kind of childish.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nHe added that the cast doesn&amp;apos;t deserve all the flak they&amp;apos;ve received from the public official.&amp;#xA0;\r\n&amp;quot;We really did a lot for Seaside and for the Shore,&amp;quot; The Show With Vinny star said. &amp;quot;We really brought that town alive.&amp;quot;\r\nAlthough Snooki and Christie&amp;apos;s meeting was awkward at best, she&amp;apos;s laughing it off. Posting a picture of the tense meeting on Instagram, she wrote, &amp;quot;Getting told why we are bad for jersey. Amazing!&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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