Celebrity | Snooki NJ Bars Weep: Snooki Really Is Pregnant 'Jersey Shore' star Nicole Polizzi plans to announce in 'Us Weekly' By Evann Gastaldo Posted Feb 29, 2012 10:27 AM CST Copied In this photograph taken by AP Images for Bravo, Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi poses backstage after Bravo's "Watch What Happens Live" show on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, in New York. (Peter Kramer/AP Images for Bravo) Perhaps you heard the terrifying rumors earlier this month that Snooki was with child: She denied them, but now the New York Post insists that the Jersey Shore star is indeed three months pregnant. Not only that, but Snooks (whom the Post kindly refers to as "trashy") wants to be "the next Kourtney Kardashian," sources say, and is planning to make her big announcement on the cover of Us Weekly. The father is reportedly boyfriend Jionni LaValle. "MTV went into crisis mode after they found out," says a source. "They’re trying to hide it because it would greatly affect the creative direction" of a Jersey Shore spinoff Snooki just started filming with Jenni "JWoww" Farley. The Post notes that on set, Snooki has been seen "carrying large bags to hide her belly." But TMZ offers up a different reason for Snooki's lie: She subscribes to the idea that you shouldn't reveal a pregnancy before the third month. Now that that's past, brace yourself for an Us Weekly announcement any day. Read These Next Trump announces 100% tariff on goods from China. White House isn't happy about the pick for the Nobel Peace Prize. Trump's public plea to Bondi was reportedly meant to be private. Trump administration begins federal layoffs amid shutdown. Report an error