MOMENT OF TRUTH STORY UPDATE

From the NY POST a follow up regarding the woman who appeared on The Moment of Truth (see post from Wed.)

Frank and Lauren Cleri shocked "Moment of Truth" viewers this week when the 26-year-old wife admitted to cheating on her husband and said she'd rather be married to her ex-boyfriend. The Post sat down with the surprisingly amicable couple this week to find out more on their rocky relationship.

The couple, who married after dating for eight months, admits that if they'd won the cash prize (she lost after being asked if she thought she was a good person), their problems wouldn't have been fixed.

"The money wouldn't have bought us happiness. We'd still be in the same situation -- except our bills would be paid and my boobs would be bigger," Lauren said in an exclusive interview with The Post from their Pierpont, N.J., apartment, where they both still live together.

Lauren, 26, and Frank, 24, married two years ago after a quick, 8-month courtship. She's an aspiring actress who works part-time at a hair salon. He's a rookie cop of the NYPD. The couple eloped a month after they were engaged and were married by a justice of the peace.

One interesting tidbit -- Frank already knew about Lauren's affairs before the show aired, which is partly why they're so at ease with each other now, even changing friendly barbs.

Cracked Frank, "I mean, why couldn't she have gone on 'Deal or No Deal'? All she'd have had to do was pick a number."

The couple has had problems for at least a year, but had kept it from their families.

"There was nothing revealed on the show about our relationship that we hadn't already put on the table; we've been having problems for a year, there's already been a lot of talking and confessions and hurt. But we didn't really discuss it with our families."


HMMMM....I KINDA FELT SOMETHING WAS A BIT FISHY ABOUT THIS COUPLE, AND JAY EVEN THOUGHT THAT THIS ENTIRE THING WAS SET UP BY THE SHOW AND THEY WERE ALL IN ON IT. I TEND TO BELIEVE THE SHOW DIDN'T KNOW THE HUBBY WAS BASICALLY IN ON IT, AND THE MOMENT OF TRUTH IS THRILLED THAT IT GOT SO MUCH PUBLICITY, THIS IS THE TYPE OF STUFF THIS SHOW REALLY WANTS.