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BRONWYN MCKAY, LOCAL NEWS EDITOR

I truly despise a messy celebrity scandal.
 

As a lifestyle journalist, I always feel caught in the middle of a very emotional and personal discussion, where I really shouldn’t be. Is an affair even newsworthy? Where do we draw the line? Should celebrity relationship drama land up on credible news sites?
 

These are questions I find myself battling with every time a well-known couple is in the spotlight over an alleged cheating scandal.
 

Last night, exhausted after a busy day of work, I got pulled into a very public celebrity scandal unfolding on social media. Sonia Booth was accusing her husband Matthew Booth of cheating on her with another woman. She had various forms of evidence of the alleged affair which she freely shared on social media, including the other woman’s identity.
 

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