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The moment a woman was told her husband had an account on cheating website Ashley Madison on live radio has resurfaced in a new Netflix documentary.
Ashley Madison promoted itself as a discrete site for spouses to get tangled up in steamy affairs, but in 2015, the dating service was hacked and the name of every member was shared online.
A bombshell Netflix docuseries, titled Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies and Scandal, has revisited the headline-making scandal and explored the aftermath of the shock leak.
During the three-part series, the devastating moment a woman was told her husband had an account on Ashley Madison live on Australian radio has been revisited.
The humiliating radio segment from 2015 was replayed in the second episode before a remark was made about how 'public shaming' amid the scandal went 'way too far'.
The moment a woman was told her husband had an account on controversial cheating website Ashley Madison has resurfaced in the new Netflix documentary
Tech reporter Claire Brownell said: 'This practice, in terms of the witch hunt, in terms of accusing people, trying to publicly shame them, I think went way, way too far.'
The shock radio reveal saw a woman, given the alias 'Jo', discover that her husband had an account on Ashley Madison live on NOVA's radio show Fitzy and Wippa.
She had called in during a segment on suspicious partners when hosts Ryan 'Fitzy' Fitzgerald, Michael 'Wippa' Wipfli dropped the bombshell, prompting her to hang up.
The radio duo had came across the hack website that leaked users of the adulterous dating site and entered Jo's husband's details into the system on her request.
'We're putting him in right now and his details have revealed that he's actually on the website Jo,' Fitzy told the shocked woman.
In 2015, a woman discovered live on Nova's Fitzy and Wippa radio show (hosts are pictured) that her husband had an account on controversial cheating website Ashley Madison
'Are you freaking kidding me?' the woman responded, seemingly surprised by the news.
'These websites are disgusting,' she said before abruptly hanging up.
Fitzy and Wippa were instantly regretful and questioned whether they had made the right decision in revealing the man's indecency.
'I don't know if we should have done that,' Wippa said. 'That hasn't left me with a good feeling. What a horrible situation to be in.'
The duo then urged Jo, who was no longer on the line, not to jump to any conclusions, saying her husband may have 'signed up and regretted it'.
The humiliating radio segment was replayed in the series before a remark from tech reporter Claire Brownell (pictured) was made about how 'public shaming' went 'way too far'
Controversial dating site Ashley Madison was launched in 2001 and was designed for married men and women looking to have affairs to
