Larry Flynt to The Situation: You're 'good enough' for Hustler clothes

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Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino

By Randee Dawn

Who knew that keeping the "Jersey Shore" cast well-dressed would become a matter of such contention?

Abercrombie & Fitch kicked off the discussion Tuesday when it announced it would pay the members of the MTV reality show not to wear its clothing. On Wednesday, Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino and Paul "Pauly D" DelVecchio fired back, with The Situation suggesting in a Tweet that the announcement caused the company's stock drop of nine percent: "Looks like Abercrombie got themself into a Situation!"

For the record, Abercrombie & Fitch's earnings report also came out on Wednesday, a more likely culprit for the drop.

Fortunately, someone has been willing to fight for the rights of the heavily tanned. Yesterday, Larry Flynt -- publisher of adult publication Hustler magazine -- released a statement saying they would happily "pay Mr. Sorrentino to wear their clothing so that he can stay well dressed," according to TMZ.

"The Sitch may not be good enough for Abercrombie & Fitch, but he's good enough for us," Flynt's statement continued.

No Tweet or comment yet from "The Sitch" or Pauly D, but it's probably only a matter of time.

And it's always nice to know who your friends are.

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'Jersey Shore' stars call out Abercrombie over offer: 'Hmmm if They Don’t Want Us To Wear Those Clothes Why Make GTL Shirts,' Pauly D tweets

Elisabetta Villa / Getty Images: Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, left, and Paul "Pauly D" DelVecchio tweeted their frustration at Abercrombie and Fitch.

 

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Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino has something to say about retailer Abercrombie & Fitch’s offer to pay him to wear another brand’s clothing on “Jersey Shore.”

“Looks like Abercrombie got themself into a Situation!” the MTV reality star tweeted on Wednesday, followed by a link to a CNN finance article noting that the brand’s stock had dipped by nine percent.

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The retailer, whose outlets are known for their dark stores filled with loud music, said on Tuesday it would offer a “substantial payment” to The Sitch, or any of his castmates, as long as they stopped wearing the label’s gear on “Jersey Shore”...

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...Abercrombie said the series is “contrary to the aspirational nature of the brand.”

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Paul “DJ Pauly D” Delvecchio had his own comment, calling the brand out on Twitter for reportedly previously selling shirts with the “Jersey Shore” gang’s famous catch phrase – GTL – gym, tan, and laundry.
 
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“Hmmm if They Don’t Want Us To Wear Those Clothes Why Make GTL Shirts #yourPRsux,” he wrote, tweeting to a picture of an Abercrombie & Fitch T-shirt with “GTL” stamped on it above the word “Fitch.”

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Pauly D wants love life guidance

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By Randee Dawn

It appears that Paul "DJ Pauly D" DelVecchio can clean up for morning television. He certainly did an efficient job for his appearance on TODAY  -- you'd hardly know that he was the kind of guy who would wake up his roommates with a horn, or who will sit chained to a pole while Britney Spears grooves and grinds for him, or who gleefully asserts that his is the best body on "Jersey Shore."

It turns out that Pauly D can charm everybody, including Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford, who asked him about whether the "Shore" folks trashed their Florence, Italy digs ("Maybe. A little bit," he grinned sheepishly) and who couldn't resist touching his solid-looking, tall-standing hair. What's in it? "A lot of gel," he admitted. "I like to keep my hair on point, like my style."

He also touched briefly on appearing on Britney Spears' Femme Fatale tour, where he puts his DJ skills to work opening for both Spears and Nicki Minaj. But Pauly D really may have won over a lot of hearts -- well, at least the hearts that weren't too hardened by the "Shore" cast's GTL lifestyle and hot tub games -- when he admitted that he feels like the oft-derided Snooki has settled down.

"Snooki is a great girl, and she was looking for the right one," he told Hoda and Kathie Lee. "For a girl it looks bad when you're looking a lot. I told her, I want to screen these guys first. She's like a little sister to me now. I want to meet the guy first."

"Jersey Shore" has been bigger than ever this season, which has the cast making mayhem in Italy -- the season premiere's Aug. 11 ratings brought in more viewers than most other networks (8.8 million), and more than the Republican candidates' debate on Fox. 

"The fact that people actually watch us, it's great," said Pauly D. "But it's a lot of people."

Still, not everything is coming up roses for Pauly D, who says he could use a little guidance in his own love life. He admitted he'd like to have someone out there vetting potential girls -- the way he would for Snooki's dates. "I need someone to approve of my girls, because I don't have anyone yet," he said, nodding at his hostesses. "All the good ones are taken."

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