Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino reveals he played basketball against Fyre Festival's Billy McFarland while in prison
'Jersey Shore' star Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino recently finished serving eight months at the Federal Correctional Institution in Otisville, New York after being jailed for fraud.
Sorrentino, 37, got candid about his time while on Thursday's episode of 'Jersey Shore' costar Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi's podcast ' It's Happening With Snooki & Joey'. Sorrentino revealed that he was in close proximity with the co-founder of the failed 'Fyre Festival', Billy McFarland.
The reality TV star also shared that he had played basketball and softball with McFarland who was very reserved and quiet. "but then he was thrown out of the prison for smuggling in a recording device and trying to record the high-profile inmates," Sorrentino said.
He shared, "I feel fantastic. I lost 40 pounds in this process. I'm reunited with my beautiful wife," as he was on air along with his wife Lauren Sorrentino. "Working on the No. 1 TV show on MTV! I'm grateful and taking advantage of every moment, every conversation, every meal and just living my best life," he continued.
He then added the prison reminded him of a 'high school' which had a lot of cliques and tension. Sorrentino shared that he was fortunately left alone. "They really loved me. I really lucked out," he revealed.
On the first day that he was in prison, he revealed that he had an exchange with Michael Cohen who had been sentenced to three years in prison for tax, bank and campaign finance crimes. He shared that he had told Cohen to smuggle some chicken for him so that he could have it after his workout.
He reportedly never got that extra piece of chicken though he ended up becoming friends with the prison's kitchen workers. Sorrentino had finished his 8-month sentence on September 12 last month and was released.