'Jersey Shore's' Vinny: Sorry for Not Going to Yale
Vinny from "Jersey Shore" is really sorry the Northeast blizzard kept him from a charity event at Yale University -- but fear not Ivy Leaguers, Vinny is still hell-bent on partying with the smart kids.
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Vinny was supposed to host the "Kiss Away Cancer Date Auction" today but was grounded in Los Angeles due to the snowstorms ripping up the NE ... so he sent a video message instead.
During the clip, Vinny says he's bummed out that he got "detained" but swears that if the Yalies can raise $4,000, he'll do "whatever it takes" to come out to New Haven and party in the next few months.