With a pub stepping forward to apologize, the mystery surrounding the disgruntled Australian lady who published a full page newspaper ad embarrassing her boyfriend — or husband — for infidelity has grown.
After Jenny’s full-page ad to “Steve” went viral worldwide, Adelaide’s The Highway hotel displayed a funny apology to Jenny on its highway sign.
In the meanwhile, everyone is frantically looking for the source of the shocking message.
I hope you’re content with her, Steve. She said in a full-page advertisement on page four of the Mackay & Whitsunday Life newspaper that “now the entire community will know what a disgusting cheater you are.”
“To Jenny. P.S. I paid for this advertisement using your credit card.
Asia, North America, and Europe all reported about Steve’s beating that appeared in a rural Queensland newspaper.
Many people still had doubts about the shocking advertisement and thought it was a publicity gimmick, possibly for a new reality TV program.
Due to the publicity surrounding Jenny’s criticism of her former, Steve Threlfo, the duty manager of the Adelaide bar, built a massive apology sign on behalf of his allegedly unfaithful namesake.
“Hello Jenny, I apologize. From all the Steves,” the street sign said, effectively responding to Jenny’s Friday ad that ran in a local Queensland newspaper.
When your duty manager is called Steve, we thought we’d let him do the sign today, the pub’s Facebook page said.
Despite many individuals tagging their friends with the same name on social media as of Saturday afternoon, “Jenny” has not yet stepped forward to claim the advertisement as her own in any local social media or media.
Despite being tagged by friends as well, it may not be unexpected that “Steve” had also remained anonymous.
The advertising sales manager for the Mackay & Whitsunday Life, however, appeared on Weekend Today on Saturday morning to dispel rumours that the publication was the target of a prank.
He said that while the business had accepted and published the online order for the advertisement, which was valued between $1,500 and $2,000, it had not yet charged the specified credit card.
They decided not to charge the card after seeing the artwork since it may have technically been a card fraud.
The Mackay & Whitsunday Life’s sales manager, Mike McCann, “urged” a guy by the name of “Steve” to step forward and “pay” Jenny’s cost.
Staff felt the ad booking was “simply ridiculous,” according to Mr. McCann, and the reaction was “phenomenal.”
The newspaper said that it had received scores of messages about the advertisement, which had been placed on page 4 – prime newspaper real estate.
The news source said, “We do not know who Steve is, but allegedly he has been really awful.”
It issued a statement saying, “We won’t be disclosing any specifics concerning Jenny.”
Because of all the attention the neighbourhood paper had gotten, Mr. McCann made light of the situation by saying that he may contact Jenny and bring her a bottle of wine.
Laughing onlookers were divided between supporting Jenny and Steve or dismissing the whole situation as a future “PR scam.”
Despite the fact that neither party had spoken out, the general public was still sceptical.
One lady said on a Whitsundays social media website, “It’s probably simply an advertisement prepared by TV producers for a new programme coming up featuring a Jenny and Steve.”