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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. == Life == Greco was born and raised in New York. He graduated from Evangel University, a private 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, before switching careers yet again to become a real estate manager.〔(Cheaters.com ), Accessed November 22nd 2009〕 Greco revealed in a 2011 interview with Decently Funny With Nuzzy and Guy, 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''.〔http://cheatersontv.vacau.com/joey.html〕 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. 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 Meaghers 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〔http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/members-of-cheaters-syndicated-reality-show-crew-indicted-for-assault-1006579.php〕 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. In 2010, Greco starred in, wrote, and produced a pseudo-reality series called ''Ghostbreakers''. As of January 2012, there are 18 episodes listed on IMDb,〔()〕 but only the "Sizzle Reel" and the show's pilot can be found on YouTube.〔http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipcroOQ7wJ0&hd=1&t=1s〕 On October 4, 2012, the show aired on Youtoo TV. Greco was a guest and was also the moderator at San Diego Comic-Con 2010 for the short film ''The House That Drips Blood on Alex'', which also starred Tommy Wiseau. In June 2012, Greco acted in idents and special presentations for the UK TV channel Really, the UK broadcaster of ''Cheaters''. Greco's image was used in a 2007 episode of The Simpsons titled "Dial "N" for Nerder". Greco was mentioned by Seth MacFarlane at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards in a brief monologue for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program as "The guy who was on Cheaters, and got stabbed on camera". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joey Greco」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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