JWoww met Zack Carpinello through mutual friends, and he had already been part of her circle before they dated. He even attended her 2015 wedding to Roger Mathews, and they stayed in touch afterward before their relationship turned romantic in 2019.

Quick Scoop

  • Zack was not a random new face; he was connected to Jenni’s social circle first.
  • He attended her wedding as a friend, which is how he was already around her world.
  • Their relationship later shifted from friendship to dating after they reconnected.

What happened

According to the timeline reported in coverage of their relationship, Zack was a mutual friend of both Jenni and Roger, and he was present at the wedding where they originally met in a friendly setting. In a later interview clip, Zack said he met her at her wedding, and Jenni described him as someone who was already in the inner circle through friends.

In plain terms

So the simplest answer is: they met through friends, not through a dating app or a public setup, and the friendship eventually turned into a relationship. That’s the reason their story often gets described as “friends first, then more.”