Lauren Cleri
On February 25, 2008,
Lauren Cleri, 26, appeared as a contestant on the FOX reality game show
The Moment of Truth, along with an ex-boyfriend. The show administers lie detector tests, and awards money to contestants for honestly answering revealing or embarrassing questions.
On the show, Cleri admitted that she cheated on her husband and wished that she had married a different man. She said that she went on the show in the hope of winning the $500,000 grand prize for truthfulness, but ended up with no cash or prizes.
Public reaction to the episode was intense and immediate, but in the days following its broadcast, interviews with Cleri and her husband, who was present during the taping, suggested that they had staged the appearance to seem more spontaneous and revealing than it actually was.
Fast Facts
- Husband Frank Cleri, 24, is a rookie NYPD officer
- Lauren Cleri is an aspiring model and actress
- Lost $100,000 when she said that she thought she was a good person.
- 8.5 million people watched the episode
- The couple's future together is uncertain
Quotes
- As they’re leaving the set, I walked over and said I was so sorry to the husband. And I was saying, "Sorry you had to be a part of this," his answer was, "Yeah, we were so close to the money"...And that’s when I said, "OK, this is a different value system than I have."—Host Mark L. Walberg
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