I would certainly agree that a lot of the celebs who get caught doing things these days have set the whole thing up for publicity.
Some Kennedy-watchers speculated that she, as a paparazzi target, was attracted to his private security detail.
When President Harding would host friends for poker, they would drink scotch and whiskey out of the president's private reserves.
Jackie responded by heading to the same restaurant and sitting at exactly the same table to dine with her husband, as a warning to the mistress that she was still in charge.