Naturally, but he just kept fucking up even more. Step by step, he went with it and kept fucking up until there was nothing to fuck up anymore. It's hard to tell with these guys if they really loathe themselves to no end or if they're just convinced for whatever reason that a marriage like that - which isn't a marriage at all - is the way to go because apparently they didn't know better. And even if this case in particular looks like it's probably made up, not all of them are.
At least the people that I pity the most concerning this bullshit (not counting children, talking about adults here), the ones who end up in a motel room somewhere, rocking back and forth in a bathtub, disillusioned by what they thought was real and thinking of killing themselves, they at least know they fucked up. They absolutely know what happened. They're at a point where they just can't lie to themselves anymore, at least some of them are. They can now change something about themselves. I have some hope for those poor bastards I guess.
Part of the issue is couching all traditionally masculine traits as "toxic masculinity." This story is actually a good character study of it, true or not. So you have some dude who got married, and he decides he's going to be a good guy. Swallows his competitiveness and aggression (yes, even sexually), lets her take the lead, and just sort of floats on the idea that since they're married they'll be together forever. Meanwhile, his wife is growing unhappier by the day. Why? Because he won't take responsibility as a man, acts overly emotional, is sexually underwhelming, and simply doesn't take charge. Hell, he was likely acting like he did before they got married: immature, irresponsible, and unfocused (don't lie, gents, we've all been there).
Enter: the bull. Likely an older gent by about 5 years or more. Competitive, aggressive, but also capable of shocking levels of tenderness and compassion. Most importantly, the bull is self-assured. He knows what he wants out of life. He's mature, focused, and responsible. Wifey gets all hot and bothered, but doesn't just want to cheat on her manchild husband. So what does she do? Use his progressivism against him. The bull's fine being the other man, because he's not threatened by the husband. He even connects on some level, because the bull still remembers the days when he was like that and misses it a bit (once again, gents, we all do it) and when he's hanging out with the husband playing games and stuff, he can go back for a few hours. Wife's happy because she's getting a proper dicking AND emotional support of a confident man (which is what every woman more or less wants, correct me if I'm wrong, ladies). Husband's happy because his wife's stopped bitching at him to take out the trash because the bull got it.
Now the scene is set. The bull, while decent to the husband is becoming frustrated with him. Dude has a great wife and a pretty good life, why's he so dissatisfied all the time? So the husband makes a Trump joke (likely unfunny Drumpf comment 1,374,792) and the bull tells him to shut his whore mouth while men are talking. The husband doesn't want to take this lying down, but since he lacks the self-confidence the bull has, he loses his last chance to get his wife back by showing he's weaker than his wife. The husband has no idea what he did wrong, because he did everything his teachers, his entertainment, and his news channels told him was the way to go. Finally, in all his fedora-tipping "m'lady" spewing glory, HE STANDS UP TO A WIFE HE HAS PROVEN HIMSELF WEAKER THAN AS A POWER MOVE. Wife is unimpressed, says good riddance to bad rubbish, and the bull moves in because he can take care of her better. Meanwhile, husband blames internalized toxic masculinity on his wife's part and likely troons out.
tl;dr: When everyone tells you to act like a cuck and you do so, don't be shocked when you finally get cucked.
