Jersey Shore member Snooki reflected on the episode. "When it first came out I didn't think it was funny to be honest, but probably because I was actually living all of that in real time, so it just made it harder to come and live your life as a young person and have all that going on. As time passed, I can look at that episode and laugh now, I was pretty stupid back then."
To this, South Park co-creator Trey Parker reacted, "That's how fucked up and retarded she still is. We drew her as a horrific beast on purpose, and she thinks it's funny?"