Joey Greco

Joel Stephen "Joey" Greco (born February 29, 1972) is an American television personality and actor, best known as the long- time host of the reality TV show Cheaters, hosting for ten seasons. Greco was born and raised on Long Island. He graduated from Evangel University, a private Pentecostal liberal arts college in Springfield, Missouri, with a BA in psychology, and received a Master's Degree in counseling at Louisiana Tech University. He began his working career as a counselor, later becoming a fitness trainer in Dallas, Texas, before switching careers yet again to become a real estate manager. In a 2011 interview on Decently Funny With Nuzzy and the Guy (a pop-culture podcast by broadcasters/producers David "Nuzzy" Nussbaum and Guy "The Guy" Opochinski), Greco revealed that he used to tend bar at a seafood restaurant. As a fitness trainer, he landed a job on ESPN's hip-hop oriented fitness show, Fitness Pros. In December 2002, he replaced Tommy Habeeb as host of Cheaters. At the start of Season 13 (2012–2013), Greco was replaced by Clark Gable's grandson, Clark Gable III, but returned for the Season 15 finale in 2015. He has also appeared in television commercials. In early 2003, Greco was allegedly stabbed by a cheating boyfriend when the Cheaters crew boarded the man's boat; however, on November 3, 2009, the news magazine program Inside Edition interviewed the female companion, who said it was all staged. Greco was confronted a week later by the program's investigative reporter Matt Meagher. Greco declined to answer any of Meagher's questions, stating he couldn't legally comment on the accusation. John Ellison of the Rowlett Police Department stated on the same program that "There were no arrests at all during that time period for that type of crime." In 2005, Greco, Cheaters director at the time Hunter Carson, and two security guards, were indicted for assault by a grand jury but acquitted in connection with the 'confrontations' on the program. After the tenth season of the show, Greco was added to the credits as co-producer.