Matt Hancock - the OW

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Anyone else a bit 🤮 about Matt Hancock reuniting with the mistress, after I’m a a Celeb when his wife is back at home looking after his kids that he left when he cheated on her?

*its ffs.

I got you. Yes it really does. I certainly feel scarred for life after my own experiences.

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Agreed, it's grim. I find him cringingly pathetic.

You can only speak for yourself and how it made you feel ,none of us know what M H,s relationship was like with his wife before the affair or how him leaving ,made her feel ,so nobody can be outraged on her behalf because it's nothing to do with anyone but them.

I'm not outraged on her behalf, but based on my own experience and that of the countless women who report the same feelings it's a pretty solid guess to make.

What an embarrassment he must be to his children.

YYY to AutumnColours.

Charlene isn’t married.

You claimed no one else was met by their OH when it just wasn’t true

So when do we get over it? Never?

Its no one else’s business or even place to get over!

And how YOU feel about YOUR situation is fine, but it’s no one else’s place to be ‘not over it’ on your behalf, especially a stranger’s

@Newgirls

Agree.
Instead of working to serve the needs of his constituents at this time of rising prices and cold homes, he's off rehabbing the reputation he himself trashed.

His whole life, including his political career, is The Matt Hancock Show. He's no public servant.

I don't think that's what I was saying? I was giving the opinion that, despite a bit of time passing, that she might not be over it. I'm also sorry for her having to avoid the sight of her ex husband, the father of her children, snogging the face off the woman he left her for.

@LydiaBennetsUglyBonnet You’ve just answered your own question - this is not for the public to “get over”. But that doesn’t mean his pda on tv in front of thousands with Gina is right. It’s disrespectful to his (possibly still?) wife.

Charlene was met by her sister instead of her partner then, if you want to split hairs. And I never said that all the other celebrities were met by relatives instead of spouses, but there were others in the camp who chose to be met by siblings instead of partners. If you are going to argue, at least fact check first!
But you are being nit picky, when the point is that there were other options for MH than to be met by GC. It was therefore a choice - a tactless one imo.

Having made his choices in life, he's gone for the 'brazen it out' strategy. But there are some things in life that people should feel ashamed of. Profiting from the notoriety resulting from bad choices made while acting as an elected representative of the people, in government, is one of those things.

Doubt it, she looks blissfully happy to me, they both do.

This is the mantra of the dumped - ‘s/he’ll regret it!’

Except it’s very often not the case.

@ImAvingOops well while we’re splitting hairs, I didn’t claim Charlene was met t her OH. And You said “I think other contestants had family members meet them instead of spouses, presumably to avoid the publicity for their partner”.

This longing for them to be miserable too - the sad fact is people who leave their OHs for other people and don’t go crawling back are, more often than not, extremely happy. And continue to be so. We can all imagine a world where the men regret leaving but actually I think v few men do.

He may have met her on the bridge knowing that his EX wife and DC would be upset and mortified, and he just didn’t care. Or he may have met her having a good relationship where everyone is ok now (this can happen, I’ve seen it happen as quick). We don’t know and are unlikely to ever know. It’s barely worth speculating on - it’s two people who clearly don’t give a shiney shite what people feel about them it’s barely even worth discussing really.

Im always a bit when famous men apologise to the public for their affairs. They didn’t cheat on the public so not sure why they bother doing that. And MH was dodgier than dodge during the pandemic with ^some* of his decisions. Ir IS our business when he’s bunging taxpayer money to his unqualified mates. Yet the affair is what’s focussed on, I bet he’s teeming with happiness that he’s got away with essentially what should be fucking illegal because people are way too upset about where he puts his penis.

I agree that sometimes people are far happier and better off with their new partner. But if you weren't entirely happy and your relationship was being played out in the public eye, you might be inclined to put a front on. I don't think MH looks at all regretful - he looks absolutely smitten. I think that must be very hard for his wife snd kids to see though.

Im not sure I could be blissfully happy having done what they did though.

I do have some sympathy for them in the way it came out. While they absolutely shouldn't have been behaving as they did at work and during the restrictions that cost others so much, no one should have released that film to the press. I don't think it was right that they were humiliated like that. And again, that must have been awful for the families.

@LydiaBennetsUglyBonnet you left out Charlene. Presumably because it didn't suit your point. But the point, which you are deliberately missing l, is that MH and GC didn't have to make a show of themselves, there were other options available.

If you've read my other posts, I think I was clear that although I think cheating is generally a horrible thing to do, my main issue with it in MH case is that he made rules that cost others dearly to adhere to, while he was breaking those rules. And his mind clearly wasn't on the job of being Health Secretary. A lot of things described as mistakes were deliberate choices.

His wife might be lovely but he doesn't want to be with her.

Everyone would tell you my ex was lovely but only because I never told anyone the things he did, including me finding out he'd brought a colleague home to the flat we were moving into after the wedding, they "Christened" the bed and then she asked me for the money for an abortion.

He really was lovely and I can't imagine why I put up with him for 14 years.

But it's not up to the general public to presume to know how MH,s ex and kids must be feeling ,maybe the marriage was all but over and she's moved on too, or maybe she is devastated,the fact is none of us know

I can't believe that people are so invested in Matt Hancock's love life that they make a thread about it, he is just a politician.

It's not the love life per se that riles people - it's what was going on at the same time. Don't forget it was GC brother who was given that PPE contract. It's all connected.
Whole I don't know his wife and kids I'd bet significant money that they were hurt by his actions. No kid is happy to be woken up by their dad to be told he's leaving and I think it's pretty safe to say they probably would be happier not seeing PDA on tv.

Im always a bit when famous men apologise to the public for their affairs. They didn’t cheat on the public so not sure why they bother doing that. And MH was dodgier than dodge during the pandemic with ^some of his decisions. Ir IS our business when he’s bunging taxpayer money to his unqualified mates. Yet the affair is what’s focussed on, I bet he’s teeming with happiness that he’s got away with essentially what should be fucking illegal because people are way too upset about where he puts his penis.*

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I also left out Sue, Owen and BG - because they both had their other relatives greet them.

No they didn’t have to make a show of themselves but I’d say they’re a better judge of that than anyone on MN. We have no idea if the ex wife even gives two shits anymore and people being offended on a stranger’s behalf is just plain odd.

Gina apparently was in his work bubble so he wasn’t breaking ‘rules’….apparently. No matter, of all the things to dislike him for his personal life is the bottom of my list