Jenni “JWoww” Farley‘s boyfriend has been revealed.
PEOPLE can confirm that theJersey Shorestar is dating 24-year-old wrestler Zack Clayton Carpinello amid her divorce from husbandRoger Mathews.In Touchwas the first to report the news.
Farley had been teasing her budding relationship on social media for the last month. Last week, she posted a video of herself riding in a car with her new man, showing only his arm.
“Face hurts from smiling,” she captioned the video.
On Wednesday, she posted an intimate photo of her and her man in bed, though she didn’t reveal his face.
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When asked his name, Farley responded “24,” according toThe Asbury Park Press. “We’re filmingJersey Shoreright now and we nicknamed him ’24.’ ”
In response to the news, Mathews told theNew York Post‘sPage Sixhe’s “very happy” for his ex.
So who is Carpinello? The athlete is from Bethlehem, a town in Albany County, New York, and played football during his time at Bethlehem Central High School. Growing up, he would always watch professional wrestling and decided that’s what he wanted to do, he toldSpotlight Newspapersin 2017.
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After graduating in 2013, he spent two years at In Your Face Wrestling Academy in Albany, where he had his first professional bout.
While he hasn’t made it to the WWE yet, Carpinello has already been featured on television, according toSpotlight. Wrestling in New York City in the Spanish leagues Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) has landed him on Telemundo.
“I don’t like kids,” he said with a laugh. “No, I’m just kidding.”
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Farleyfiled for divorcefrom Mathews in September after almost three years of marriage. Though they continued to spend time together as a family in the months that followed, evencelebrating their three-year wedding anniversaryin October, the relationship took a downward turn in December, when Farleyfiled for a restraining orderagainst him after the twogot into an argument.
A month later, she accused Mathews of physical and emotional abuse in a lengthy statement shared on herpersonal website. She alsoreleased footagethat allegedly showed Mathews attacking her. Mathewsdenied the allegations.
In an exclusive statement to PEOPLE at the time, Farley said she decided tospeak out againstMathews for the sake of their kids.
“In light of the recent accusations, I would like to clarify one point: I did not post the message to Roger to cause him any upset,” she said. “My intention was toprotect our childrenand to liberate myself from all of the pain I had endured for so many years, to finally be free from the abuse and now look into the future more positively for the sake of the kids.”
Since then, the estranged couple has reunited to spend time with daughter Meilani, 4, and sonGreyson, 2, on Easter.
source: people.com
