It was back in 2003, while living in Grand Rapids, that a friend of Lewis’ introduced him to repo work. and last Thursday was the one-year anniversary since he moved, which got him thinking a little about the past. Still, Lewis landed the gig on “Repo Game”, just five months after arriving in L.A. “It was fun and it gave me time to think about what I was going to do.” “I drove the whole way in about four days,” he said. “So I did, I took my drive driving out there though.”ĭuring the drive across the country Lewis stopped to see the sights, pit stopping at the Grand Canyon and other attractions taking time to collect his thoughts. “I had a few friend out in California who said it was beautiful and that I needed to come out there,” Lewis said. He worked several jobs as a security guard and as a bouncer at a nightclub, but his experience repossessing cars made him a match for a “Repo Games” casting call. On the encouragement of friends, Lewis headed for California. I needed a change, I felt like things were just getting to easy.” “But I’m always trying to do bigger and better things with my life, make more money. “I got my MBA in November of last year,” he said.
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He wanted to challenge himself and it was time for a change. Lewis said he left a comfortable life in Madison, Wisconsin complete with big screen TVs and business consulting jobs that kept his bank account fat, because he was beginning to feel complacent. So far the show has filmed 20 episodes in its first season, though Lewis could not say yet if the show was coming back for a second.īut just as unpredictable as the second season may be, so was the decision to move to L.A. But, to make it interesting Lewis and DaTone offer those who are late on their payments a chance to win back their car by answer five simple trivia questions. The basic premise for “Repo Games” follows Lewis and co-host Tom DeTone as they travel city-to-city and state-to-state repossessing vehicles.
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“I feel like god did this for me, so it just seems like it was meant to be,” Lewis said.
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Lewis, who graduated from Grand Valley State University in 2003, currently lives in Los Angeles and recently finished filming for “Repo Games,” a new reality TV series on Spike TV on which he co-hosts. Josh Lewis likes to says he’s a wholesome country boy, who grew up playing sports and getting into a little bit of what he calls “good trouble.” The thing is, Josh Lewis is a hustler at heart and the former Reed-City native is currently on the grind.