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Paul “Pauly D” DelVecchio attends MTV’s Jersey Shore Family Vacation NYC Premiere Party at Hard Rock Hotel New York on August 02, 2023 in New York City.

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Paul ‘DJ Pauly D’ DelVecchioand his girlfriend have hit a major milestone in their relationship — meeting the DJ’s 10-year-old daughter, Amabella!

At the premiere ofJersey Shore: Family Vacation, DelVecchio spoke exclusively to PEOPLE about the biggest milestone he’s hit with his girlfriend,Nikki Hall. “Biggest milestone is [that] she met my daughter,” the reality star says.

“Big milestone. Yeah and they love each other, so I’m happy,” DelVecchio tells PEOPLE.

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Michael “The Situation” Sorrentino, Angelina Pivarnick, Deena Nicole Cortese, Vinny Guadagnino, Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola, Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, Paul “Pauly D” DelVecchio and Jenni “JWoww” Farley attend MTV’s Jersey Shore Family Vacation NYC Premiere Party

Asked about what the first meeting was like, theJersey Shorealum says, “It was great. They were both nervous, which is so funny, but I told them they have nothing to be nervous about.”

“And I told Nikki, I was like, ‘She’s just a mini-me.’ And I told Amabella the same thing, ‘Nikki’s great.’ And now they FaceTime every five minutes.”

DelVecchio shares daughter Amabella, 10, with Amanda Markert.

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In 2018, DelVecchioechoed his comment about his mini-me daughter, telling PEOPLE at the time, “She’s 4 years old. She’s my life. She’s my princess. She’s a little mini-me."

“She wants to be a DJ — I got her a DJ room. She’s scratching records already. She’s so funny. She just wants to follow me around and do every single thing that I do,” he added.

Earlier that same month, DelVecchio told PEOPLE that heloves to spoilhis only child.

“My daughter is Daddy’s little girl,” he shared. “She gets whatever she wants, but remarkably does not act spoiled! She has a matching toy Lamborghini truck, a Mercedes Benz G63 toy truck and her own turntables.”

source: people.com