The affair wasn't secret from people in HER world (if it existed), it was secret from people in HIS world, like Cain's wife. But White would be more than free to talk about it with HER girlfriends.
My sister had an affair with a married man (yes, she's morally challenged), and she talked about it with me and with HER friends. It was HIM who had to stay on the down low and keep his story straight with HIS wife, because he was the one who was married. My sister was single and didn't have to keep any secret because she didn't travel in the same circle as the wife.
IF there was an affair here, it would be CAIN who had to keep his mouth shut, not White.
And being the somewhat "public figure" that Cain was during this so-called affair, are we to believe (as she tells it) that Cain flew her to meet him when he was doing speaking engagements out of town, and he didn't think anyone would see him with another woman and report back to his wife of 43 years? Come on.
I also don’t get why any woman would want to go on National TV and tell the world she had an affair with a married man, period. Yes, a woman might tell about being sexually harassed, because in that case she’s an innocent victim. But it’s another matter entirely to step forward to voluntarily announce her own moral failings in such a public arena.
What woman would want her parents, aunts, uncles, co-workers, neighbors or children knowing about this? For the women out there, what might make you consider making a public statement like this?
The only thing I could think of would be blackmail or desperately needing money to survive. In either of those cases, truth would be irrelevant.