She was daddy’s little drunk.
Deena Cortese could always count on her dad’s support — even when she got into big trouble for public drunkenness.
“When I got arrested, my dad was like, ‘Awesome, TV time!’” the “Jersey Shore Family Vacation” star told The Post this week.
Her father, John, died in 2016 from leukemia.
The native Jersey girl joined the original “Jersey Shore” cast in Season 3, which premiered in 2011.
During the show’s sixth season, in 2012, she was arrested for public intoxication after dancing in the street while day drinking in Seaside Heights.
The now-married mom of two, 35, has come a long way from her days of bad boardwalk behavior.
While on the show, Deena was arrested for disorderly conduct. Janet Mayer / Splash News
Before her arrest, cameras caught Deena having a wild day on the boardwalk. PacificCoastNews.com
In the end, Cortese said her dad ended up being proud of her time on the show. PacificCoastNews.com
“Jersey Shore Family Vacation” star Deena Cortese with her son. Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/WireImageIn celebration of Father’s Day, she was asked if she ever did anything on TV that she didn’t want her dad to see.
“A lot,” said Cortese, speaking ahead of new episodes of Season 5 of the MTV spinoff, which begin airing Thursday. “But then, by the end, my dad was rooting me on.”
