Anderson Cooper joined every single one of us in displeasure after we learned that the members of the Jersey Shore cast were going to be making $100,000 per episode next season when the show moves to Italy. But Cooper seemed significantly more upset about Snooki in particular, and took some time during his show on Tuesday night to point out how completely absurd it is that someone as “pint-sized” and “freakishly tan” can command such hefty lump sums for making appearances (like at Rutgers University, where she was given $32,000 to make a speech about studying hard, but partying harder). Cooper stressed that we don’t really need to pay Snooki thousands of dollars for her wisdom because it’s already on television, each episode is the same, and even though she’s more delicious than Revlon lip gloss, she’s not worthy of such uninhibited adoration.
