A woman asked her partner who he would sleep with if given a free pass. He said 'Salma' — she assumed he meant her friend from work, but he was actually referring to actress Salma Hayek.
The woman, writing for Metro's sex column, explained that the incident began after she watched an episode of Friends where Ross makes a list of five celebrities he would sleep with. Curious, she asked her partner, Chris*, the same question one Sunday morning while he played computer games.
She expected him to name a celebrity like Scarlett Johansson or Margot Robbie, which she felt she could handle. Instead, he said the name of her friend from work, Salma, who had recently joined their friend group.
The spiral into jealousy
The woman said nothing to Chris, but her jealousy grew. She began rolling her eyes at Salma during a cinema outing, and in a group chat, she responded rudely when Salma suggested getting a drink before the film. Friends noticed her behavior, and one pulled her aside to ask why she was being so weird.
For weeks, she was passive aggressive to Chris and aggressive to Salma. She later learned Chris had told a friend she was being 'a bitch for no reason.'
The misunderstanding revealed
Weeks later, the situation came to a head. She yelled at Chris, 'You want to be with Salma, then go do it.' He laughed and clarified: 'Salma Hayek, you idiot.' He had meant the actress, not her friend.
Realizing her mistake, she sent a long apology to Salma, using stress as an excuse. Salma forgave her, and they remained friends. However, the writer says she can no longer watch From Dusk Till Dawn without rolling her eyes. *Names have been changed.
