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Did Soon-To-Be Irish PM Leo Varadkar Just Get Spotted Cheating On His Partner? 
While listening to Beyonce no less. Here’s why social media is divided.

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By Rachel ShattoDecember 05 2022 / 2:31 PM
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Rachel Shatto, Editor-in-chief of PRIDE.com, is an SF Bay Area-based writer, podcaster, and former editor of Curve magazine, where she honed her passion for writing about social justice and sex (and their frequent intersection). Her work has appeared on Dread Central, Elite Daily, Tecca, and Joystiq. She's a GALECA member, is a Rotten Tomatoes-certified critic, and she podcasts regularly about horror on The More Deadly Podcast and Bloody Good Horror. She can’t live without cats, vintage style, video games, drag queens, or the Oxford comma.
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Was openly gay Irish politician (and soon-to-be Prime Minister of the country) Leo Varadkar caught cheating on his boyfriend Matthew Barratt in a club? A video posted by TikTok user @seanfox123 has people wondering. 
The video shows Varadker sharing a passionate kiss with a man while Queen Bey plays in the background. 

            
                “Not the prime minister of Ireland cheating on his husband while Beyoncé plays in the background 😭😭😭😭”
            
            
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While some were quick to assume that Varadkar was stepping out on his partner, others believe it’s actually a video of the two sharing a (very hot) kiss. 

            
                “@msyonceslay Oooo - kissing in a club. Shocking!  Yeah, I've done that with boys and girls. First - It's not cheating. Kissing doesn't equal sex. Second, you have no idea what the relationship bounderies are, so it's still potentially not cheating even if it leads to sex.”
            
            
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                “@msyonceslay The dogs on the street here in Ireland know he is in an open relationship. Leave him alone.”
            
            
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                “@msyonceslay Wait, I'm confused, first he's not married, he doesn't have a husband.
Second, the guy he's kissing looks like his boyfriend (has the same haircut and spot on his hairline) but I might be wrong”
            
            
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                “@msyonceslay Do we know what the boundaries of their relationship are?  All y’all forgetting that open relationships are super common.  But please keep kink shaming”
            
            
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Was openly gay Irish politician (and soon-to-be Prime Minister of the country) Leo Varadkar caught cheating on his boyfriend Matthew Barratt in a club? A video posted by TikTok user @seanfox123 has people wondering.

The video shows Varadker sharing a passionate kiss with a man while Queen Bey plays in the background.

“Not the prime minister of Ireland cheating on his husband while Beyoncé plays in the background 😭😭😭😭”

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While some were quick to assume that Varadkar was stepping out on his partner, others believe it’s actually a video of the two sharing a (very hot) kiss.

“@msyonceslay Oooo - kissing in a club. Shocking! Yeah, I've done that with boys and girls. First - It's not cheating. Kissing doesn't equal sex. Second, you have no idea what the relationship bounderies are, so it's still potentially not cheating even if it leads to sex.”

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“@msyonceslay The dogs on the street here in Ireland know he is in an open relationship. Leave him alone.”

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“@msyonceslay Wait, I'm confused, first he's not married, he doesn't have a husband. Second, the guy he's kissing looks like his boyfriend (has the same haircut and spot on his hairline) but I might be wrong”

1670160726

“@msyonceslay Do we know what the boundaries of their relationship are? All y’all forgetting that open relationships are super common. But please keep kink shaming”

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“Not the prime minister of Ireland cheating on his husband while Beyoncé plays in the background 😭😭😭😭”

“@msyonceslay Oooo - kissing in a club. Shocking! Yeah, I've done that with boys and girls. First - It's not cheating. Kissing doesn't equal sex. Second, you have no idea what the relationship bounderies are, so it's still potentially not cheating even if it leads to sex.”

“@msyonceslay The dogs on the street here in Ireland know he is in an open relationship. Leave him alone.”

“@msyonceslay Wait, I'm confused, first he's not married, he doesn't have a husband. Second, the guy he's kissing looks like his boyfriend (has the same haircut and spot on his hairline) but I might be wrong”

“@msyonceslay Do we know what the boundaries of their relationship are? All y’all forgetting that open relationships are super common. But please keep kink shaming”

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“Not the prime minister of Ireland cheating on his husband while Beyoncé plays in the background 😭😭😭😭”

“@msyonceslay Oooo - kissing in a club. Shocking! Yeah, I've done that with boys and girls. First - It's not cheating. Kissing doesn't equal sex. Second, you have no idea what the relationship bounderies are, so it's still potentially not cheating even if it leads to sex.”

“@msyonceslay The dogs on the street here in Ireland know he is in an open relationship. Leave him alone.”

“@msyonceslay Wait, I'm confused, first he's not married, he doesn't have a husband. Second, the guy he's kissing looks like his boyfriend (has the same haircut and spot on his hairline) but I might be wrong”

“@msyonceslay Do we know what the boundaries of their relationship are? All y’all forgetting that open relationships are super common. But please keep kink shaming”

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