Joel Stephen "Joey" Greco is an American television personality and actor, best known as the long- time host of the reality TV showCheaters, hosting for ten seasons.
Life
Greco was born and raised on Long Island. 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 in Dallas, before switching careers yet again to become a real estate manager. In a 2011 interview on Decently Funny With Nuzzy and the Guy, 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, Greco was replaced by Clark Gable's grandson, Clark Gable III, but resumed hosting duties at the end of Season 15. 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 reporterMatt 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 but acquitted by a grand jury 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. 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 filmThe 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". Greco returned to host the fifteenth-season finale of Cheaters for the second case; however, Greco responded on his Twitter page that the case was one that never had aired from 2012. In February 2017, Greco hosted a Netflix parody of Cheaters titled "Netflix Cheaterz", as an ad campaign to deter spouses or lovers from watching Netflix shows episodes before their other half.
