I also have to say it’s somewhat interesting that this has happened with Charlie Bilodeau twice, and he came out almost unanimously as the villain both times. I don’t know of anyone who really supported him, actually. I also don’t remember anyone shaming Lubov for making the comments she did to IFS or whichever other media outlets to share her side of the story.
You could say the difference was that Meagan and Eric were not skating competitively in the moment and that CV stopped tours, but the act of deciding things before informing the partner remains the same here, at least from what Duhamel has posted. But again, even Lubov cleared up that Bilodeau went behind the scenes way prior to letting her know.
So is the difference here okay because of CV making things unpredictable? Or maybe people just don’t like Duhamel’s skating