Cheating: When Love Lies

Imagine it was your job to wake up every day and help people find true love. What if every day was about helping peoples’ romantic dreams come true? On this episode I welcome top celebrity matchmaker, relationship expert, and CEO of Exclusive Matchmaking, Susan Trombetti. Susan’s here to tell us how high end, top shelf matchmaking services like hers really work. Susan will share unusual and uncomm...

Can being cheated on be the best thing that ever happens to you? Brendan Fitzgibbons, comedian and host of the podcast “Spiritual Asshole,” joins me to talk about his transition from needy, codependent, boyfriend to self confident, single guy. With a mix of humor, vulnerability and common sense thinking, Brendan explains how being cheated on took him on a journey that changed his life from sad and...

Often times we think about how the spouse or betrayed partner will respond to an affair, but there isn’t much discussion about how children are affected by infidelity. I imagine that the impact an affair has on a child depends on the child’s age and how it is that they discover the cheating. On this episode I talk with “Erica” (not her real name) about how her parent’s affair that she discovered m...

Often times I hear people in adulterous relationships say how cheating made them feel younger and more alive again. They tell me about the thrill and titillation of safeguarding a secret union, and how an affair allowed them to engage sexual fantasies they wouldn’t necessarily explore with their own partner. An affair can feel very dreamy and movie-like until the cheater gets caught. Then what hap...

On this episode, podcast royalty Adam Carolla shares his perspective on cheating and affairs. We talked about emotional versus physical affairs, what drives people to cheat, and the advice he’d give anyone who’s thinking of having an affair. In true “Adam style” he uses spot on anecdotes and analogies to explain the complexities of cheating. Adam and I even did a little role play as the unhappy co...

Only the most endearing, vulnerable and authentic women can say things like: “ I loved douche bags …they were my kryptonite.” Or, “I thought I would be a prisoner of loving him forever…. I’d be a sad mistress who would never love anyone again.” Bridget Pheatsy, comedian, provocateur, and host of the hit podcast Walk- Ins Welcome is that kind of woman. On this episode Bridget shares her own persona...

Imagine you’re a Division 1 athlete in your prime. You have everything going for you - a great school, a promising future and you’re dating one of the hottest guys on campus. One day you decide to quit your sport, a sport that’s dominated your life since childhood, and suddenly your life spirals into an emotional disarray of eating disorders, body image issues and low self worth. Then sadly your h...

My guest this episode is Anne Michaud author of “Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives" Michaud’s book recounts the stories of powerful political couples whose lives—both personal and public—were transformed by cheating. She explores what motivated each of these women to stand by their unfaithful man and, by consequence, augment his positive perception in...

On this episode called “Dangerous Liaisons: When Cheating Leads to Tragic Ends,” powerhouse attorney Marilyn B. Chinitz, a partner at Blank Rome joins me to discuss several of her most shocking cases where infidelity led to: exposing the abuses of a morally depraved mother, unmasking a serial pedophile, and solving a brutal murder. Chinitz shares the stories behind these high profile cases as we e...

On this episode I talk with star radio host and iconic media personality, Mark Simone. Mark is the host of the #1 radio show in New York City from 10 AM - noon every weekday on 710 WOR and nationally on iHeart radio. Also known as Mr. New York, Mark shares titillating and shocking stories of cheating and affairs among New York’s glitterati, the Hollywood elite, international billionaires and music...

Tom “The Suit” Forst has been touring the world as what one critic calls a “blues ass-kicker” for decades. He’s traveled the world without his wife as a blues musician and before that as “a suit” in the corporate world. Because of this, Tom has an up close and personal view of how tempting cheating and affairs on the road can be. In our talk, Tom gets vulnerable, raw, and very real as he shares an...

What should you do when your spouse or partner betrays you not only once but twice, or more? How do you respond when the betrayal is on-going with frequent hook ups, titillating sexts, then the ultimate; rapacious sex romps with a lover? Can you ever truly forgive or truly forget these behaviors? On this episode, I’ll address the notion of forgiveness after an affair in a short fictional story I’v...

Imagine you’re a bride, and your fiancé invites a woman you barely know to your wedding under the guise that they’re “just friends.” He and his “friend” disappear from the reception for almost 2 hours and no one knows where they are. It’s not surprising that shortly after the wedding this bride’s marriage ends. According to John, my guest today, his girlfriend (this former bride and divorcee) beca...

What if you’re not sexting per se, but sending flirty DMs, texts and pictures to someone you’re really attracted to, but your partner has no idea you’re doing this? What if after yoga you and a hot hottie in the class go for smoothies, but you don’t tell your partner, or admit to yourself that having smoothies with them is the reason you go to yoga in the first place. What if you have full on sex...

Does polyamory really make it possible for husbands and wives and committed partners with multiple lovers to have it all? Many say that having an affair makes them feel alive again, but with that exuberance comes deception, duplicity, and deceit. Hiding an affair from your spouse or partner is guilt provoking and burdensome. What if there was a way to maintain the stability of your committed partn...

Silence is the lethal injection in any relationship. It’s more invective and hurtful than a barrage of expletives and a slamming door. In silence, you deny your partner the surety of knowing where you stand and giving them the option to do something about it. I’ve written a short fictional story called “Answer Me You Son Of A Bitch,” that chronicles the agony of a married woman who is ghosted by h...

From the outside it appears you have the perfect marriage. You and your spouse seem to have it all - beautiful children, successful careers, a lovely home and many of life’s trappings most people can only dream of. To the outside world you’re the perfect wife, and your husband is loving, doting, generous and supportive. But behind closed doors he’s a completely different man: your husband is mean,...

A married woman is tortured by the chaos and ever-changing dynamic of her affair with a married man. The woman's lover claims his wife is mean and neglectful and makes his home life miserable These two married cheaters have a deeply emotional affair peppered with intimacy and fantasies, yet soured by episodes of his ghosting, lies and manipulation. The story is a journey from the day they meet thr...

We all know this type of guy, the classic philanderer. He’s a married, good looking, successful man with swagger. He has a coterie of hot honeys, both married and single women he claims as lovers. His philandering style is so typical it rings like a cliché. Instead of making assumptions about this classic playboy archetype, I wanted to get into his mind. What drives him to pursue, woo, and ultimat...

A husband is suspected of having an affair with not just 1, but 4 different women- simultaneously! After the wife gets a bizarre and suspicious phone call in the middle of the night, this husband and wife question whether it’s time to divulge long held secrets and face serious issues that threaten their marriage. This short fictional story called “My Husband Confessed To His Affairs, But I Kept Mi...

Your marriage is in shambles; riddled with stories of cheating, drugs and alcohol. You and your spouse seek out a professional: someone who’s going to guide you, and help lead your marriage back to solid ground. There are so many mental health care professionals that are heroes and saviors, but what happens when the therapist you and your spouse rely on betrays you? On this episode of Cheating: Wh...

Affairs are prevalent but rarely talked about relationships. The podcast, Cheating: When Love Lies, is a deep dive into the complex emotions surrounding these secret unions. Creator and host, Jillian Hamilton, delves into this taboo topic and asks the hard questions about affairs: how common are they, who's having them, and why? These questions illicit unexpected answers that reveal both men and w...