She caught her husband cheating on her while reading The Washington Post

Every journalist hopes their articles will have an impact on someone's life, but The Washington Post's food critic didn't see this coming...

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Tom Sietsema has been The Washington Post's food critic since 2000. He's written thousands of restaurant critics, always adorning his pieces with mouth-watering photos of his food and the restaurant to set the scene.

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One day, Sietsema was calmly answering questions from his readers after reviewing a restaurant when The Washington Post's journalist was left shocked when he came across a rather surprising message.

Well Tom, your latest review is accompanied by a picture of my husband dining with a woman who isn’t me!

The woman continued:

Once confronted with photographic evidence, he confessed to having to ongoing affair. Just thought you’d be amused to hear of your part in the drama. This Thanksgiving I’m grateful to you for exposing a cheat.

The photo at the bottom of the article seems innocent, but the couple in the back—a man drinking wine with a woman whose face is obscured by her hair—are the pair theanonymous woman was describing. 

According to media sources, the critic was very surprised and didn’t know how to respond.

He then shared this story on Twitter with a little, yet not unironic, warning:

Cheaters, take heed!

Since then, Sietsema's 10k Instagram followers have been going through his posts with a fine-toothed comb, hoping (or dreading) to expose another cheater.

Watch the video above for another story of a woman getting caught cheating on her boyfriend in the most awkward way.

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