Vinny Guadagnino earned some big bucks during his stints as a Chippendales guest host and dancer.
“It’s great. I always tell people it’s not like a strip club. I’ve made over a million dollars doing it,” the Jersey Shore alum, 37, revealed on the Friday, April 25, episode of Kayla Nicole’s “The Pre-Game” podcast. “Just because I’ve done so many, they’re called residencies, where you stay there. And it’s like the easiest money I’ve ever made. Just go there, live in Vegas, rip your shirt off.”
Guadagnino made his Chippendales debut back in April 2019. “Wow. What an epic 6 weeks it has been hosting @chippendales. Can’t believe the residency is over so quickly,” he wrote via Instagram that May, celebrating the end of his first Chippendales gig. “When I was asked to host, I chuckled like most people do … but I must say it has been one of the most fun things I’ve ever worked on.”
He added, “The room was packed with love every night and I’m so grateful. Also grateful for these hot hunks spraying white stuff all over my face as a farewell. Thanks for having the @ketoguido! Until we meet again!”
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He has returned to the Las Vegas show multiple times over the years, in addition to competing on season 31 of Dancing With the Stars in 2022 and starring on MTV’s Jersey Shore Family Vacation, which premiered in 2018.
In recent years, Guadagnino has traded in his Chippendales bow tie and cuffs for a microphone and launched a stand-up comedy career. “When Jersey Shore was off the air, I went to UCB improv school,” he explained to Nicole, 33, of his early comedy days. “I was doing improv, and I was into comedy and sketch comedy, like Key & Peele and Chappelle[‘s] Show, blah, blah, blah. So, I did all that. And then I always wanted to do stand-up because I knew that was the more gangster thing to do. But I either never had the balls to do it or I just didn’t have the means.”
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Guadagnino said that moving from Staten Island to Manhattan helped broaden the venues he performs at. “I get up every night in front of, like, whether it’s three people to 300 people. Most of the time it’s free, but I’m just harnessing the craft,” he shared. “It takes, like, years and years to — I have to get better quick, but I still have to take years to do it. But then the money comes from when you’re good, and then you go on the road, and then you start making money.”
While Guadagnino is not making the same salary he did while working at Chippendales, the reality star said he is still earning decent money from his comedy sets. “I have a date coming up in Florida. But I’m looking at the dates [and] I’m like, ‘Damn, this is f***ing good money,’” he said on the podcast. “I’m like, ‘I want this to be my career for the rest of my life.’ I love it.”
Guadagnino has several upcoming comedy shows lined up, including a two-night gig at the Helium Comedy Club in Buffalo, New York, on Friday, May 2, and Saturday, May 3. Fans can catch Guadagnino show off his comedy chops with more tour stops in Florida, Georgia, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Texas, New York, Connecticut and New Jersey through November 2025.
