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Witt said he was not shocked that Huang had an affair but was shocked at who it was with. Pressed on whether Huang really didn't know, Witt said that if so, it can only be hubris, since he thinks the red flags were obvious.
…It's not an easy position to be in in some ways. I'm not excusing what he did, but I'm not that surprised. In our conversations, Jensen would go to such extreme lengths to present himself as a normal guy. In fact, he screamed this at me once. I'm just super normal. I'm a totally normal guy. That's
what normal guys are always screaming at people.
It's just not true. It's just true at all in any way. But that was his identity. And for whatever reason, that presentation of normalcy was something that he really, really wanted to display to the public and through his actions. But I never bought it. And so I always felt there was something a little performative about all of it. And I think that makes me less surprised that he had an affair. You know, Jensen met his wife when he was 17 years old. They got married when he was 23. It was his only girlfriend he'd ever had. Now he's in his 60s. They've been married 40 years and he's rich and famous. Yeah, I'm almost more shocked that his relationship lasted as long as it did. Now, having said that, I am so shocked that this was the woman. Like, I cannot believe Jensen fell for this. He got played. Like, he got played. Okay. This was not subtle. That's the thing. This was not like some kind of subtle influence operation. Anyone looking at these people, at this person at MegaSpeed, would have instantly concluded in two seconds that they were a Chinese front.
But you think
he really didn't know? Like, you don't think he chose not to. I mean,
how could he not know? How could he not know that? I don't believe it's possible that he could not know that. And that's why I find it shocking. I don't understand how he could ignore the red flags here. I mean, I guess I do understand because people can behave in self-destructive ways, and I've…