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Post by Music Fan on Sept 19, 2022 21:55:02 GMT -5
All of this is incredibly stupid of Adam. From the very obvious stupid act of cheating, to wanting to name you kid the name of your mistress, to openly DM-ing her on instagram you'll name your child after her. I'm curious to hear his excuses.
This chick's rationale for getting with a married man is also infuriating. This was a year ago and she claims to be "younger," "naive," and "manipulated?" It takes two, and she's as guilty as Adam is. I really do feel sorry for his wife Behati. Better she find out than not, but I wish this "influencer" would've informed her privately than blasting it online.
On a side note: It's so wild that all these gorgeous women are getting cheated on!!
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Post by Chelsea Press 2 on Sept 19, 2022 22:05:55 GMT -5
Some men get to a certain level of success and then they think they can do whatever the fuck they want without any regard for the consequences of their actions. He is trash for cheating on his wife. We don't know what's going on in their marriage, but that still does not give him carte blanche to cheat on her. The ones who are the real victims in all of this are his wife and the kids.
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Post by think pink. on Sept 19, 2022 23:16:44 GMT -5
Manipulated victim~ tho. Can’t wait to also hear his trash public apology to his wife.
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Post by Music Fan on Sept 20, 2022 0:42:47 GMT -5
Manipulated victim~ tho. Can’t wait to also hear his trash public apology to his wife. She seems very naive and manipulated here. Poor girl.
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Post by jenglisbe on Sept 20, 2022 7:49:50 GMT -5
How old was she there? I say this irrespective of her because I know nothing about her, but when there is a big age difference, a power dynamic, and a celebrity factor, I do think there can be a "manipulation" of sorts. That probably isn't the best word choice to be sure, but there are a lot of factors. Unless she was in her late 20s or something, he would be preying on her a bit.
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Post by Love Plastic Love on Sept 20, 2022 8:50:58 GMT -5
For some reason, I always just assumed Adam was a cheater. But seriously, can't people do it in a way that is discreet and not humiliating to the wife and kids? Really suggesting the SAME NAME for his child?
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Post by schnetzka on Sept 20, 2022 8:52:23 GMT -5
For some reason, I always just assumed Adam was a cheater. But seriously, can't people do it in a way that is discreet and not humiliating to the wife and kids? Really suggesting the SAME NAME for his child? Or better yet - not cheat at all. Adam's personality these last few year have really rubbed me the wrong way and this further makes me dislike him even more.
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Post by think pink. on Sept 20, 2022 9:12:36 GMT -5
How old was she there? I say this irrespective of her because I know nothing about her, but when there is a big age difference, a power dynamic, and a celebrity factor, I do think there can be a "manipulation" of sorts. That probably isn't the best word choice to be sure, but there are a lot of factors. Unless she was in her late 20s or something, he would be preying on her a bit. She had an affair with a married man. She was fine with it bc it was Adam Levine. A very rich and famous musician. It was exciting and a thrill. Own it. She’s now trying to use the “manipulation and naive” tactic as a get out of jail free card to absolve her of any wrong doing or guilt now because it’s over and she’s upset about it. She literally filmed herself on tiktok boasting about their affair. There are no victims here except his wife and children.
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Post by jenglisbe on Sept 20, 2022 9:23:27 GMT -5
How old was she there? I say this irrespective of her because I know nothing about her, but when there is a big age difference, a power dynamic, and a celebrity factor, I do think there can be a "manipulation" of sorts. That probably isn't the best word choice to be sure, but there are a lot of factors. Unless she was in her late 20s or something, he would be preying on her a bit. She had an affair with a married man. She was fine with it bc it was Adam Levine. A very rich and famous musician. It was exciting and a thrill. Own it. She’s now trying to use the “manipulation and naive” tactic as a get out of jail free card to absolve her of any wrong doing or guilt now because it’s over and she’s upset about it. She literally filmed herself on tiktok boasting about their affair. There are no victims here except his wife and children. She was 20 or 21 when they had an affair, no? Sure she was a legal adult, but that age difference and celeb/power dynamic for someone that age isn’t exactly even. A 35 year old woman would be less likely to engage in the same behavior that Sumner did.
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Post by Ling-Ling on Sept 20, 2022 9:44:15 GMT -5
Both of her TikToks addressing the issue are super unconvincing. She would have been better off releasing a written statement on social media.
Adam had a super slutty reputation back in the day, so none of this is particularly shocking. It's actually more surprising to me that he kept that family man image up for so long.
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Post by think pink. on Sept 20, 2022 9:51:10 GMT -5
She had an affair with a married man. She was fine with it bc it was Adam Levine. A very rich and famous musician. It was exciting and a thrill. Own it. She’s now trying to use the “manipulation and naive” tactic as a get out of jail free card to absolve her of any wrong doing or guilt now because it’s over and she’s upset about it. She literally filmed herself on tiktok boasting about their affair. There are no victims here except his wife and children. She was 20 or 21 when they had an affair, no? Sure she was a legal adult, but that age difference and celeb/power dynamic for someone that age isn’t exactly even. A 35 year old woman would be less likely to engage in the same behavior that Sumner did. Says who? She was an adult and had a choice. He can’t help it that he’s rich and famous. He didn’t threaten to harm her in any way by using his fame and money. She wasn’t at his mercy. The celeb/power dynamic does not apply to every situation.
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Sept 20, 2022 10:19:26 GMT -5
Yeah it's not gonna matter in the adult age range. If you're gonna cheat, you're gonna cheat. Adam was unfortunately selfish, and thinking with his diq. Summer isn't innocent either knowing Adam was married. Nasty.
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Post by Choco on Sept 20, 2022 10:48:12 GMT -5
They are both at fault here but her attempt to say he manipulated her is laughable.
He says he flirted but didn't act on it. I wouldn't be shocked either way. He does look and behave like a manwhore fuckboy but I honestly don't think Sumner is being 100% honest either.
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Post by Music Fan on Sept 20, 2022 13:15:35 GMT -5
There are plenty of women who are manipulated and groomed. Here we have a fully consenting adult who knew this man was married and still decided to engage when he pursued her. She posted more than one TikTok referencing the affair (or whatever it was). That's not someone who is unaware of what she's doing. That is not to say Adam did not take full advantage of his celebrity status to woo this woman. But there's a difference between his celebrity "privilege" and manipulating her.
Adam is the on at most fault here. I haven't heard anyone say otherwise. But, people have been talking about the mistress because she came out guns blazing playing the victim card when absolutely nothing points to that.
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Sept 20, 2022 13:45:59 GMT -5
The fact that she's even making videos during all this 🥴
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Post by Love Plastic Love on Sept 20, 2022 13:53:24 GMT -5
And now a ton of other women are coming out of the woodworks lmao. Surely some of them are fakes, but christ, why was he messaging these women from his official account? Does he not realize people are totally going to save those dms?
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Post by Choco on Sept 20, 2022 14:01:02 GMT -5
And now a ton of other women are coming out of the woodworks lmao. Surely some of them are fakes, but christ, why was he messaging these women from his official account? Does he not realize people are totally going to save those dms? He's a straight male so he probably didn't think about it lol.
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Post by kanimal on Sept 20, 2022 14:25:46 GMT -5
And now a ton of other women are coming out of the woodworks lmao. Surely some of them are fakes, but christ, why was he messaging these women from his official account? Does he not realize people are totally going to save those dms? As unintuitive as it may be, these messages actually work in his favor from a crisis management perspective. If he can show a pattern of flirting with women but not acting on it, it supports his claim that he flirted but didn't sleep with Sumner Stroh. It's not OK for a married man to be flirting in this manner, but it's better than actually cheating.
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Post by Music Fan on Sept 20, 2022 14:37:57 GMT -5
And now a ton of other women are coming out of the woodworks lmao. Surely some of them are fakes, but christ, why was he messaging these women from his official account? Does he not realize people are totally going to save those dms? As unintuitive as it may be, these messages actually work in his favor from a crisis management perspective. If he can show a pattern of flirting with women but not acting on it, it supports his claim that he flirted but didn't sleep with Sumner Stroh. It's not OK for a married man to be flirting in this manner, but it's better than actually cheating. Interesting perspective. Is it better to flirt with 10 women but not have sexual intercourse with them, or better to only message one and have intercourse with her? I personally don't know what I think is better / worse. I can surely see the narrative being better the way you mentioned.
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Post by kanimal on Sept 20, 2022 15:03:23 GMT -5
As unintuitive as it may be, these messages actually work in his favor from a crisis management perspective. If he can show a pattern of flirting with women but not acting on it, it supports his claim that he flirted but didn't sleep with Sumner Stroh. It's not OK for a married man to be flirting in this manner, but it's better than actually cheating. Interesting perspective. Is it better to flirt with 10 women but not have sexual intercourse with them, or better to only message one and have intercourse with her? I personally don't know what I think is better / worse. I can surely see the narrative being better the way you mentioned. So the ideal scenario is not to do either, but it seems they don't feel they can get away with playing the Photoshop card here, so they have to cop to something. Now, I do think you raise a valid point. Is one "moment of weakness" in which you cheat actually that much worse than going out of your way to consciously flirt with a bunch of women? Some may say no. However, I'd assume that the fear is that people will think "if he slept with Sumner Stroh, he probably slept with a bunch of other women too." She's obviously very attractive (I know people are being overly picky in criticizing her on TikTok, but let's be real), but it's unclear - at least at face value - what would uniquely place her on Adam Levine's radar (outside of her name, I guess). There are plenty of stunning girls on social media with similar followings, and it's not like insanely attractive women are foreign to him anyway. So if the general public would be inclined to assume that "he did with other girls what he did with Sumner," the Olivia Pope in me would say that you'd want "what he did with Sumner" to be flirting and not cheating. And so I think you see the upside in other women coming out with proof that he seems to stop at the DM flirt.
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Post by Chelsea Press 2 on Sept 20, 2022 21:42:10 GMT -5
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Post by George on Jan 9, 2023 12:25:25 GMT -5
Their Vegas residency starts in March:
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Post by George on Apr 13, 2024 9:54:21 GMT -5
Touring this summer AND returning to Vegas AND a new album:
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