It’s the Jersey clash you never knew you needed.
Giants rookie quarterback Tommy DeVito spent time Tuesday with a fellow Garden State sensation, “Jersey Shore” star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, as he made the rounds in Morris County, N.J.
“An honorary meatball,” the 36-year-old Polizzi captioned an Instagram photo of the pair, adding an emoji of his signature hand gesture.
Polizzi, who currently stars in “Jersey Shore: Family Vacation,” the spinoff of her MTV reality hit, caught up with DeVito at his autograph signing at The Hobby Hive in East Hanover.
Earlier in the day Tuesday, the 25-year-old rookie made his way to Coniglio’s Old Fashioned in Morristown, where he made amends with pizzeria owner Nino Coniglio following an online feud between the establishment and DeVito’s agent, Sean Stellato.
Coniglio originally promoted a DeVito appearance slated for Tuesday, but canceled Sunday, alleging the quarterback’s fee increased following his “Monday Night Football” heroics against the Packers in the Giants’ 24-22 win on Dec. 11.
“No @tommydevito will NOT be @coniglios this Tuesday as originally planned. After last week’s win we received word from his agent that his appearance fee would be doubling (went from 10k to 20); We are a small family run business & decided $20,000 was a bit steep for 2 hours,” a message shared on Coniglio’s Instagram page read.
Stellato, who became a viral sensation during Big Blue’s primetime win, addressed the matter in a statement.
“It’s a shame that the restaurant promoted that they would have Tommy when we didn’t have a signed contract. We didn’t raise the price because nothing was ever agreed to,” he said, via Darren Rovell.
Coniglio claimed they “agreed in principle to terms” which were two hours, 250 autographs and $10,000.
Stellato allegedly “reached back out after Monday’s game to tell us the price was now $20,000,” according to Rovell, who posted a screenshot of an apparent exchange between the two parties.
The agent was noticeably absent from Coniglio’s on Tuesday, the same day The Post’s Paul Schwartz reported that DeVito has a new marketing rep in Maxx Lepselter.
Stellato is still DeVito’s contract agent in football matters.
“There was a lot going at that time — and a lot of people doing different things as part of my team. Some things slipped through the cracks and as soon as I was made aware of it — which was Monday, when it hit my phone — that’s when I was like, ‘We need to go in there, meet him face to face, set things right, eat the awesome pizza and have fun,” DeVito told The Post.
DeVito will return to Coniglio’s early in the new year, according to Lepselter.
“Tommy is a stand-up guy,” Coniglio said to The Post. “He apologized, and this will be a great thing for charity. Amends were made with him. I support Tommy.”
DeVito, coming off a 24-6 loss to the Saints, will start Monday against the Eagles in a Christmas Day matchup in Philly.
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