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Jersey Shore<\/span><\/i><\/a> star <\/span>Jenni \u201cJWoww\u201d Farley<\/b><\/a> shares an update about her engagement to fianc\u00e9 <\/span>Zack Clayton Carpinello<\/b> and opens up about her hesitations to plan a wedding during an exclusive interview with <\/span>Life & Style<\/span><\/i>.<\/p>\n \u201cI keep going back to we don\u2019t have kids, we don\u2019t have shared bank accounts. We don\u2019t have anything that complicates it,\u201d Jenni, 40, explains why she and Zack, 30, haven\u2019t planned their wedding yet. \u201cI feel like you should get married when it comes to children, finances. So to me, I just want, like, a perfect partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n While Nicole \u201cSnooki\u201d Polizzi<\/strong> says that she wants Jenni and Zack to get married so that they can throw a \u201cparty,\u201d Jenni adds that she still \u201cmight give\u201d her friend \u201cthe celebration one day.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou don\u2019t even have to get married<\/a>,\u201d Nicole, 37, tells Jenni. \u201cLet\u2019s have a celebration of you, of your relationship. That\u2019s all I want.\u201d<\/p>\n Jenni goes on to explain that she\u2019s happy with where she and Zack currently are in their relationship, adding that she doesn\u2019t \u201cwanna jinx\u201d it by getting married.<\/p>\n \u201cI hate all eyes on me. So that\u2019s the other big part of it,\u201d Jenni adds of why she might not want to have a wedding<\/a>. \u201cI am so introverted.\u201d<\/p>\n However, Nicole points out that Jenni \u201calways says\u201d that she hates being the center of attention. \u201cAnd then she gets up there and she freaking kills it,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n Jenni and Zack were friends for years before their relationship turned romantic. After Jenni filed for divorce<\/span><\/a> from ex-husband <\/span>Roger Matthew<\/b>s<\/strong> after nearly three years of marriage in September 2018, she revealed her romance with Zack seven months later during an episode of the \u201cIt\u2019s Happening With Snooki & Joey\u201d podcast.<\/p>\n The pair briefly split in 2019 after he was caught flirting with costar Angelina Pivarnick<\/strong>, though they got back together months later. Zack eventually proposed to Jenni in February 2021 during a romantic outing on the top of the Empire State Building.<\/p>\n Zack Clayton Carpinello and Jenni \u201cJWoww\u201d Farley<\/p>\n <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n After Zack popped the question, Jenni spoke to In Touch<\/span><\/i> about how her kids, <\/span>Meilani, 10, and Greyson, 9, reacted to the engagement<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll be honest. Greyson doesn\u2019t really understand it,\u201d Jenni told the outlet at the time. \u201cSo he just thinks that Zack is like my best friend and his best friend, and nothing really changed.\u201d<\/p>\n She said that Meilani did \u201cunderstand\u201d her engagement \u201ca little bit more,\u201d though recalled her daughter asking her, \u201c\u2018Is anything like going to change or be different?\u2019 And I explained to her, \u2018No.\u2019 So she just thinks she\u2019s looking forward to a big party.\u201d<\/p>\n Jenni also praised Zack for helping take care of her kids during the interview. \u201cHe understands that obviously that they have a father, so he just tries to be their best friend,\u201d she explained. \u201cHe really steps up, and \u2026 we\u2019re just 50-50 in the house.\u201d<\/p>\n Jersey Shore: Family Vacation<\/span><\/i> season 8<\/span><\/a> premieres on MTV Thursday, May 29, at 8 pm ET, and <\/span>new episodes will continue to be released<\/span><\/a> each Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n