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Cheaters host Joey Greco's stabbing was staged, paid actor says
reality blurred —
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 ...
'Cheaters' caught cheating (transcript)
James Hibberd's The Live Feed —
I was pretty sure at least some of it was staged. One Texas apartment complex seemed to be used over and over again. Some of the reactions felt off. And the whole twisted endeavor seemed just too entertaining to be true. Didn't care. Now here comes "Inside Edition" finding two cases where "Cheaters," well, cheated. A couple says they were paid to pretend to cheat. And the show's most famous clip, where Grecco was supposedly stabbed, was said to be staged. Here's excepts from tonight's transcript: Full transcript here. ...
TV: Hater:Show About Cheating, Shockingly, Has No Integrity
The A.V. Club - TV —
There are a lot of awful things in this world—Keith Robinson, egg salad, L.A. Candy—but as terrible as all these things are, you can always take comfort in the fact that most things could never sink as low as the reality show Cheaters . "That show, truly, is the worst thing in the world," you'd remind yourself each night before sinking into a peaceful slumber. (Nothing facillitates a restful night's sleep like identifiying the world's worst thing right before bed. It gives you a sense of order, you know?) In case you're mercifully unfamiliar, Cheaters is a "Gotcha!"-style reality show, the "Gotcha!" here being: "Gotcha cheating on your ...
