‘Moment of Truth’: Most shocking ending ever?

For a show about catching lies, The Moment of Truth stretched the truth during its finale last night.

"Season-ending shocker," we were told.

And: "It's our jam-packed season finale with the most shocking ending ever."

Sorry, Fox, but your "most ruthless contestant ever," ultimately wasn't as interesting as the interspersed updates on previous contestants.

Like the guy whose spreadsheet of conquests now includes 135 women.

Or the couple who used their winnings to buy her breast implants.

Angela Ciemny sure looked the vixen last night, with her witch-black hair, narrowed eyes, cleavage-teasing necklace and smug expressions.

Hardly the image of the faithful Mormon she claimed to be.

But most of her confessions wound up being for mental sins.

OK, last week she did admit to an affair with a married man.

Before she got married.

Host Mark Walberg's questions certainly hinted at worse.

She opened the show by answering "Yes" to "Would you say it was sometimes a struggle to stay faithful to your husband?" and "Have you ever done something while your husband was away on business that you feel guilty about?"

But then her reply was "No" to "Have you ever had a man in your house that you did not want your husband to know about?"

She did hook up with one of her best girlfriend's boyfriends - after they broke up.

Then the show turned thought police, revealing that, gasp, Ciemny had fantasies, suspicions and doubts.

Aha, you're not Miss Goodie Two-Shoes inside your own brain!

The next questions, all of which she all answered "Yes," were:

"Have you ever had a sexual fantasy that involved your best friend Eva?"

"If your husband left the Mormon church, would you stay with him?"

"Do you ever suspect that your husband is cheating on you?"

"Have you ever regretted staying married to your husband?"

"Have you ever thought about hiring a private investigator to follow your husband around?"

Not that she ever acted on these thoughts.

Friend Eva was there, and her surprise made it clear nothing romantic ever happened between them.

"I've seen her in multiple bikinis and naked," explained Ciemny. "I think it's a natural thing."

Walberg shot back, well, if he saw her hubby, David, naked, wouldn't be any such thoughts going through Walberg's mind.

The big shocker at the end?

It wasn't the exclusive interview with the ex-contestant who really did shock America.

On an earlier show, platinum blonde Lauren Cleri admitted in front of her bespectacled husband that, yes, she'd had sex with someone other than her husband, and, yes, she was still in love with a former boyfriend on her wedding day, and even answered "Yes" when that boyfriend appeared and asked, "Do you believe I'm the man you should be married to?"

Then she lost by answering "Yes" to what seemed to be a no-brainer: Does she think she's a good person?

Last night, Cleri said the uproar afterward left her in shock and in tears. Of her husband, Frank, she said, "of course, he's hurting inside. I didn't mean to hurt anybody. ... We're going through our stuff. We're currently not living under the same roof."

No surprise there.

Cleri even thanked America: "I just want to say thank you to everybody. Thanks for the negative, thanks for the positive. Because it's made me a lot stronger. It really is true whatever doesn't kill you does make you stronger."

No, apparently the big shocker ending was ... Ciemny might pose nude for $100,000.

Not like $10,000. $100,000.

Assuming the show's lie detector is accurate.

She actually answered "No" to "For $100,000 would you pose nude in an adult magazine?"

A disembodied female voice intoned, "That ... answer ... is ........ FALSE."

"I knew it!" said her husband, though what he knew we might never know.

Maybe he knew that she would disgrace them both and emerge without a penny!

(Fox.com, by the way, says the next questions would have been: "Have you ever had sexual relations with a man more than twice your age?" and "Since you've been married, have you ever accepted a romantic gift from any other man?")

Naturally, the show, which has gotten high ratings before and after megahit American Idol, told viewers to come back next season - which is just in June. Then, folks would answer questions like:

"Does the thought of kissing your boss excite you?"

"Did you ever wake up in bed with a man you could not remember?"

"Have you ever stolen money from the family business?"

If you'd like to be on the show yourself, just go to www.fox.com/momentoftruth.

First, you might want to have your head examined.

And don't also apply for Are You Smarter Than a Fifth-Grader? because you're not.

Video updates about ex-contestants can be viewed on the show's Web site.