W-H Grad Chauppetta, Howard Stern To Talk Cheating Tuesday

By Lisa E. Crowley
BrocktonPost
BROCKTON—Local private dick Mark Chauppetta hopes his unvarnished stories about catching men and women cheating on their significant others and spouses will be enough fodder for “shock jock” Howard Stern Tuesday, when Chauppetta appears on Stern’s popular Sirius satellite radio show.
“I like to think I can hang with Howard. I’ll find out. But I have to admit I’m excited, but I am nervous,” Chauppetta said hours before he will appear on Stern’s show.
Chauppetta, 42, a Whitman-Hanson graduate and former radio show host on Brockton’s WXBR heads to New York City for a stint on Stern’s show. (Pictured in top photo at left)
Chauppetta will share the microphone with Stern Tuesday morning, May 3 and is scheduled for 7 a.m., one hour after Stern’s show begins at 6 a.m.
The appearance is to support Chauppeta’s self-published book, “Happens All the Time: Cheating in the Good Ol’ U.S.A.” a naked look at love and sex in America as seen through the eyes of a private investigator hired to follow the love of some people loves to prove or deny they are being faithful.
Chauppetta, who recently moved his office from downtown Brockton to West Bridgewater, has been a private detective for nearly 20 years.
He has caught men and women from all over the South Shore, U.S. and the world sneaking into hotels, motels, back seats of cars and nearly every other place people can engage in affairs and clandestine relationships behind the backs of their loved ones.
Chauppetta said the real-life work of a private detective is far different from what is depicted on television and invites all to take a close and unexpected look at the sexual morality of American men and women.
“It’s funny, insightful and not like any other private investigative book out there,” Chauppetta said. “It’s hard-core, gum-shoe, tell it like it is s**t,” Chauppetta said.
The Stern appearance is also a way to continue spreading the word about his documentary, “A Father’s Fight,” which follows Chauppetta as he puts his body on the line taking on much younger athletes for a Mixed Martial Arts competition to raise money for Muscular Dystrophy in honor of his 15-year-old twin sons Troy and Andrew who fight Duchenne Syndrome everyday.
“A Father’s Fight” was directed by WXBR’s Ron van Dam and Peter Cyzmbor.
Fifty-percent of proceeds from Chauppetta’s book will support Duchenne MD.
"Happens All The Time," and "A Father's Fight" can be purchased on Amazon.com or Chauppetta's website, MyDriveInc.com
Chauppetta recently relaunched his radio show on BlogTalkRadio.com/onthemark. He expects it to air once a month with a chance to expand to once per week in the future.
Chauppetta said he is a media-hound and star-wanna-be, but the real reason he writes books, makes films and is willing to get his head bashed in in a mixed martial arts bout is for Troy and Andrew.
"Everyone who knows me knows everything I do isn't just for me and my personal ego, but for my two boys and Duchenne research," Chauppetta said.