by Breaking Celebrity News Staff

Lock up the liquor cabinet: the Jersey Shore cast is back at home.

Snooki, J-WOWW, The Situation and the gang were snapped returning to their native Seaside Heights Sunday, after a six-week excursion to Italy, where they taped the show’s fourth season.

As we previously reported, recent rumors of MTV replacing the star-studded cast were apparently just that: rumors.

"We love the present cast and their summer adventures have just begun," an MTV spokesperson said in a statement in response to the rumblings. "We currently have no plans to recast the show."