Cheaters host Joey Greco’s stabbing was staged, paid actor says
Ubiquitous
Cheaters has been on the air for nine years now, documenting scorned
lovers confronting their cheating partners in the act, with a camera
crew in tow. It�s like an episode of Jerry Springer filmed in the
cheaters� natural habitats. And the syndicated series is often accused
of being fake, particularly since a 2003 episode during which host Joey
Greco was stabbed, which to me has never seemed genuine, although some
of the early episodes certainly did.
Inside Edition reports today that the stabbing was faked, as was a
relationship shown on at least one episode.
This comes seven years after The Houston Press reported basically the
same thing: people were hired to pretend to be cheating. The paper cited
�five twentysomethings [who] say investigator Danny Gomez paid them $400
to act out phony scenarios that were presented as real on the show.� The
paper�s story is a great piece of journalism and worth a read.
Inside Edition adds to that evidence by reporting that Cari Wyatt �was
paid $500 to appear in an episode of Cheaters� and �asked to pretend
that she was having a torrid affair with one guy while she was engaged
to another,� but �never met either man until the day they started
shooting and that the whole thing was fake.�
�No, it�s not real at all. � I�ve never been engaged,� she said. �They
asked us to sit next to the windows, ham it up a little bit, be flirty
and touchy, to kiss a couple of times, but we never did, we just faked
it.�
The tabloid TV show also reports that the stabbing of host Joey Greco on
board a boat was faked, reporting that �a Dallas hotel receptionist �
says she was paid $350 for a few days work playing a woman who is caught
having an affair with the man,� and says that �the ambulance was rented,
the blood was fake, and everything was scripted right down to the person
who fell off the boat.�
Cassandra Terrazas told the show, �It was all set up. They just rented a
boat for us and we were supposed to be out like we were fishing and I
was supposed to be sunbathing, and then they were going to come up on
another boat and catch us.�
As further evidence, the show claimed the stabber was arrested by local
police, but the Rowlett, Texas, Police Department�s spokesperson said,
�There were no arrests at all during that time period for that type of
crime.�
When confronted with that evidence, executive producer and creator Bobby
Goldstein (who initially said he was �positive� that everything on the
show is real) told Inside Edition, �It was represented to me that this
incident actually occurred.� Way to carefully word a sentence. He also
said, about visiting Greco in the hospital post-stabbing: �My
recollection is that he was very pale, very frail, very scared, but he
was very courageous. But let me say this, if it was all poppycock, it
sure did great in the ratings.�
http://www.insideedition.com/news.aspx?storyId=3595
http://www.houstonpress.com/2002-10-17/news/your-cheatin-art/
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It is simply breathtaking to watch the glee and abandon with which
the liberal media and the Angry Left have been attempting to turn
our military victory in Iraq into a second Vietnam quagmire. Too bad
for them, it's failing.
Taylor
And on 'Little People, Big World' (TLC), Matt Roloff LIES in egging
son Zach on to join him on his trip the British Virgin Islands because
he "already paid for it". FALSE! The BVI Tourism Board already pre-
released a press release touting Matt's involvement in the COMMERICAL
they were shooting and hoped the Roloff family joined them some time
for a "REAL" vacation. It was *totally* comped!
Jim
years. The Springer generation must lack a common sense gene or they
are so lacking in taste they just don't care. You can make a lot of
money with stupid people.
Jim
Ubiquitous
>What's scary is that this show be it phony or not has been on for 9
>years.
That's because public humiliation can be oh-so-satisfying to watch.
Consider "Cheaters" to be the modern pillary and scarlett letter.