According to a shocking new report, there's one thing Joe Giudice likes more than beating up his relatives: strippers.

Indeed, a former dancer at Showoffs strip club in West Orange, New Jersey reveals to Life & Style the startling news that Joe was a regular at that establishment - before it was closed in 2006 due to allegations of prostitution.

"He was always up for a lap dance," says the source. "There was a lot of hanky-panky that went down in the club's basement. If you had money, you could get pretty up close and personal with the strippers."

Another insider claims Teresa's worse half was a "loyal patron" at another strip club in Paterson and had his eye on a Dominican Republic waitress there.

"Joe would always make sure that wherever he was, he could be back in Paterson on a Friday night so he could see her," says someone supposedly in the know.

While Teresa says she has a "great husband" and that she wakes up every morning and thanks God for Joe, this moron isn't exactly a saint.

He spent 10 days in jail this fall for driving with a suspended license and was arrested for DUI in January.