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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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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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