Maya Wertheimer Criticizes TMI for Using Her Image in Article About Mother's Divorce
Translated & summarized from Ice by baba
Maya Wertheimer publicly criticized TMI for using her photo in an article about her mother Ariela Wertheimer's painful divorce. The article, based on a podcast interview, detailed Ariela's experience of her first husband's infidelity. Maya argued the use of her image was inappropriate as the story concerned her mother's past marriage and her late father, whom she stated was faithful. TMI subsequently changed the article's headline and replaced Maya's photograph.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Maya Wertheimer criticized TMI for using her photo in an article about her mother's divorce.
- The TMI article detailed Ariela Wertheimer's account of her first husband's infidelity.
- Maya stated her late father never betrayed her mother and urged TMI to change the photo.
- TMI altered the article's headline and replaced Maya's photograph after her complaint.
- Ariela Wertheimer also spoke about finding positive outcomes and new love after the difficult divorce.
Maya Wertheimer, daughter of Ariela and the late Eitan Wertheimer, has publicly criticized the Israeli entertainment news site TMI for using her photograph in an article about her mother's past marital struggles. The article, which was based on an interview Ariela Wertheimer gave on the podcast "Ahavaati" (I Loved), hosted by Adi Shilon, focused on Ariela's account of her first husband's infidelity.
In the podcast, Ariela described the pain of her first marriage ending when her husband left her for another woman whom she knew. She was 31 at the time with two children and felt immense shame and failure. Despite the difficult separation, she insisted on maintaining a relationship with her children, which continued, though she felt the father did not handle the separation from them appropriately.
TMI initially published the story with the headline "Ariela Wertheimer on Her Husband's Betrayal: 'He Left Me for a Woman I Knew'" and featured Maya's picture. Maya took to Instagram Stories to express her distress, stating that while she understood using her image might generate clicks, the story was about her mother's marriage, not her late father, whom she asserted never betrayed her mother. She urged TMI to remove the article or change the photograph.
Following Maya's public appeal, TMI amended the article's headline to "Ariela Wertheimer on Her First Husband's Betrayal: 'He Left Me for a Woman I Knew'" and replaced Maya's photo. In the podcast, Ariela also reflected on the situation, suggesting that while painful, such events can lead to positive outcomes and new opportunities for love, emphasizing that responsibility for a marriage's end is often shared and that betrayal stems from underlying issues.