Reality TV became too real for Joe Piscopo when his “assistant” — the mother of his 3 ¹/₂-year-old daughter — punched him in the face while filming ABC’s “Celebrity Wife Swap.”
In an episode airing Tuesday, Joe swapped his assistant Jessica Nasoff, who has also been his on-and-off girlfriend for seven years, with the assistant of “Brady Bunch” star Barry Williams, who lives in Branson, Mo.
Piscopo, who has a morning drive-time radio show on AM 970 The Answer, “has a propensity for bipolar women,” a friend told me.
He divorced his second wife Kimberly Driscoll — an 18-year-old babysitter when he met her — a few years ago.
The “Wife Swap” crew filmed Piscopo’s reunion with Jessica when she returned from Branson, but the producer wasn’t satisfied.
“Don’t you want to get rid of the chaos in your life?” the producer prodded.
Piscopo sat back down, and said, “Jess, if you had a good time in Branson, if it’s too crazy for you here, why don’t you just spread your wings, and stay in Branson.”
A witness said, “She starts crying. Joe goes over to comfort her, and she cold-cocks him right in the jaw. He walked right into it.”
Piscopo later told a friend, “Now Martha Stewart is looking good to me. I want an old rich broad.”