The reality star made a plea for Kardashian West to help his fellow Jersey Shore cast mate The Jersey Shore star, 31, delivered his pitch to the Kardashian West on Tuesday, explaining that his fellow cast mate — who reported to the Otisville Federal Correctional Institution last week — would do more good for society if he were released from prison. Get push notifications with news, features and more. “Kim, Mike is an amazing person. To me, he’s completely reformed,” Guadagnino told TMZ. “He’s a great member of society. He preaches to kids that have addictions; he’s a big advocate and evangelist for recovery. He’d be better off out here helping people.” “Kim, get on that!” he added. The KKW Beauty mogul, 38, has previously helped free prisoners who have received extreme sentences for drug charges. vinny-kim-mike Credit: Jamie McCarthy/Getty; Bertrand Rindoff Petroff/Getty; Steve Granitz/WireImage In June 2018, Kardashian West first met with President Donald Trump to advocate on behalf of Alice Marie Johnson, a 63-year-old first-time nonviolent drug offender who in 1996 was given a life sentence without parole. A few days later, the White House announced Johnson would receive clemency and be freed. MTV's "Jersey Shore Family Vacation" New York Premiere Party Vinny Guadagnino | Credit: Dave Kotinsky/Getty 700040620MS00253_Rei_Kawaku Kim Kardashian West | Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Sorrentino, 36, and his brother Marc were indicted in September 2014 for tax offenses and conspiring to defraud the United States after allegedly failing to properly pay taxes on $8.9 million in income from 2010 to 2012. In April 2017, both men were indicted on additional charges including tax evasion, structuring and falsifying records. Sorrentino pled guilty to one count of tax evasion in January 2018, and his brother Marc pled guilty to one count of aiding in the preparation of a false and fraudulent tax return. In October 2018, Sorrentino was sentenced to eight months in prison and two years of supervised release, and Marc was sentenced to two years. Sorrentino was also ordered to complete 500 hours of community service and was given $123,913 in restitution, which he has already paid, plus a fine of $10,000. GBK Gift Lounge In Honor Of The MTV Movie Award Nominees And Presenters - Day 2 Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino | Credit: Rebecca Sapp/WireImage Of his time in prison so far, Guadagnino explained to TMZ that Sorrentino was “doing great” and he was planning to visit his friend soon. “I knew he was gonna do good; he was never nervous about it,” he revealed. “[His wife] Lauren [Pesce] told us that he’s doing great. They’re updating us on Twitter and Instagram so he’s gonna be alright.” “He’s so strong mentally from his recovery process that it’s working out for him in jail,” Guadagnino added. “Mike is the type of guy now that looks for the positive in every situation.” This is not the first time that Guadagnino has opened up about his friend going to prison. The Jersey Shore star recently revealed what Sorrentino’s final days as a freeman were like before beginning his eight-month sentence for tax evasion. “Mike is holding up really well, honestly, it’s getting close, so I’m like ‘Uhh is it… is it going to start to get sad?’ Like I’m waiting for him to get sad, nope, [he’s] still eating McDonald’s, posting and sending me his food,” he explained at the premiere party for MTV’s new show Lindsay Lohan’s Beach Club. RELATED VIDEO: Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino Says Tax Evasion Sentencing Will Bring ‘Closure, Finally’ Guadagnino praised his costar, describing Sorrentino as “the most mentally strong person” he knows. “It’s from all the things he had to go through so like in a weird way, whatever he’s done in the past, like the bad things, have made him an amazing person so it’s kind of bittersweet that he has to go away,” Guadagnino said.<doc-sep>Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Vinny Guadagnino is calling in the big guns to get “Jersey Shore” pal Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino sprung from prison. On Tuesday, Guadagnino, 31, was chatting with TMZ and made his best pitch to Kim Kardashian, who helped in the early prison release of one woman, to get Sorrentino out. Sorrentino, 36, is serving an eight-month sentence for tax evasion. “Kim, Mike is an amazing person, to me he’s completely reformed he’s like a great member of society,” Guadagnino said. “He preaches to kids that have addictions, he’s a big advocate and evangelist for recovery, he’d be better off out here, helping people.” “Kim, get on that,” he concluded. However, Kardashian, 38, has been focusing on inmates who have committed non-violent drug offenses and received life sentences. In June she helped commute Alice Marie Johnson’s life sentence and has been trying to help another inmate, Chris Young. Guadagnino told the outlet that his buddy is “doing great in there.” “I knew he was gonna do good and he was never really nervous about it so I was praying like, ‘Oh God I hope once he’s in there I hope he’s OK,’ ” he said, adding that the Situation’s wife has been keeping the “Jersey Shore” crew updated as well as posting updates on social media. “He’s so strong mentally from his [substance] recovery process that it’s working out for him now in jail.” But as for Sorrentino’s day-to-day routine behind bars, Guadagnino hopes he’s sticking to a good diet and getting in his workouts. “The ‘keto guido’ is his health coach,” Guadagnino said of his health-minded nickname since adopting a ketogenic lifestyle. “I’m glad he’s going to be working out in there.”<doc-sep>The Jersey Shore Family Vacation star, Vinny Guadagnino, is asking for Kim Kardashian's help. The reason? He wants the cosmetics mogul to use her star power to help free his MTV co-star Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino from prison. While at the Los Angeles airport, TMZ asked Vinny about how his friend is holding up. "I heard he's doing great in there," he says. "I knew he was gonna do good. He was never really nervous about it, so I was praying, 'I hope once he's in there it's okay.'" Adding that "he's so strong mentally." So how does the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star tie into this, er, situation? "Kim Kardashian has been getting prisoners out of jail," the reporter tells Vinny, to which he replies, "So she's gonna do it for Mike." Giving the Selfish author his "pitch," the Jersey Shore star asks for her help. "Kim, Mike is an amazing person. To me, he's completely reformed, he's a great member of society...he preaches to kids who have addictions. He's a big advocate and evangelist for recovery."<doc-sep>Lauren And Mike Are In This Together “Hi everyone, it’s Lauren,” she wrote on January 16. “Mike would like to thank all of his fans worldwide for the unbelievable outpouring of love and support. We speak every day and he’s doing great. He’s received thousands of letters, he won’t be able to respond to everyone but wanted to express his gratitude to each and every one of you.”<doc-sep>
Doing whatever he can. Jersey Shore Family Vacation’s Vinny Guadagnino asked Kim Kardashian for help in getting his MTV costar and longtime friend Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino out of prison. Guadagnino, 31, was alerted that the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star, 38, “has been getting prisoners out of jail” and pleaded for her to take on Sorrentino’s case. “Mike is an amazing person. To me, he’s completely reformed. He’s, like, a great member of society,” the Control the Crazy author told TMZ on Tuesday, January 22. “He preaches to kids who have addictions. He’s a big advocate and evangelist for recovery. He’d be better off out here helping people.” The Vinny & Ma Eat America alum concluded his message by addressing the KKW Beauty founder directly: “Kim, get on that.” Guadagnino also gave an update on how the Here’s the Situation author — who was sentenced to eight months for tax evasion — is doing behind bars. “I heard he’s doing great in there, which is amazing,” the Staten Island native explained. “Like, I knew he was gonna do good and he, um, was never, like, really nervous about it. So I was praying. I’m like, ‘Oh, God, I hope once he’s in there it’s OK.” He continued: “He’s gonna be all right. He’s so strong, mentally, from, like, his [drug addiction] recovery process that it’s working out for him now in jail. … Mike’s the type of guy now that, like, looks for the positive in every situation.” The former political aide, who recently lost 50 pounds thanks to the ketogenic diet and calls himself “the keto guido,” also said that he is Sorrentino’s “health coach” and joked, “I’m glad that he’s gonna be working out a little bit more in there.” Sorrentino turned himself into federal prison on January 15, nearly a year after he pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons website, he will be released from the Otisville Federal Correctional Institution in upstate New York on September 13. He will also be on supervised release for two years and has to complete 500 hours of community service as a part of his sentencing. Kardashian, meanwhile, has advocated for inmates such as Alice Marie Johnson and Cyntoia Brown over the past year and helped facilitate their clemency and releases from prison. The Selfish author has subsequently been flooded with emails from people asking her to help them overturn their convictions as well.