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<em>Moment of Truth</em> Homewrecker Regrets Moment of Fame
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John Del Signore
Published Feb 29, 2008
Modified Mar 7, 2008
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Frank Nardi, Jr. (pictured), who appeared as a surprise guest on Fox reality show Moment of Truth to ask his married ex-girlfriend Lauren Cleari if she believes she should have married him instead, has come forward to tell the New York Post that he “really just wants all of this to be over.” The Post’s weekly circulation is usually in the neighborhood of 650,000.
Cleari, an aspiring actress who works part-time at a hair salon, became infamous overnight by admitting she wishes she had married Nardi, while her husband and parents sat nearby and a television audience of 8 million people gawked. (Join them!) She also confessed to cheating on her husband of two years, a rookie NYPD officer, but lost her shot at $200,000 when a lie detector contradicted her claim that she thinks she is a good person. Cleari now tells the Post that the machine must have been wrong: “I am a good person. I'm not a murderer, I'm not a serial killer.”
Blogging on his Myspace page, where he's known as Nardiballs, Nardi, an up-and-coming thespian, says it was a mistake to go on Moment of Truth and claims he hasn’t “been this sick ever in my entire life.” But his commenting friend the Big Dawg puts his pain in perspective:
Personally I see know difference between your TV appearance and William Hung singing Ricky Martins' "She Bangs" on Idol. Except he parlayed that shit into 1,000,000 Dollars. So the way I see it is, Your on deck. Get a manager before the flames die out. Let the haters do thier job. Thats why it's called REALLITY TELEVISION. I got U playa.
Big Dawg’s right, Nardiballs. Here’s the smart move: pitch a new reality show to Fox called “The Dope Elope”. Run off with Cleari to the west coast, where the two of you move into a Venice McMansion with eight other dysfunctional newlyweds trying to make the scene in Hollywood. Swap partners, high-five Piven, repeat as necessary until your 15 minutes are up. As for Cleari’s cuckolded husband, he’s sticking around for more abuse, but wonders, “Why couldn't she have gone on 'Deal or No Deal'? All she'd have had to do was pick a number.”
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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