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🕵️ “The Spy Who Shagged Me” — Jensen’s affair. Skims Advent recall. NFL’s cleat disruptor. +Pineapple Pizza Lawsuit

November 10, 2026

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Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, admitted Sunday to an extramarital affair with a woman U.S. authorities suspect is a Chinese spy. The Skims advent calendar launched to widespread disappointment, prompting a refund offer from Kim Kardashian's company. And two star NFL quarterbacks are wearing cleats from a tiny Baltimore startup, even though the league fines them for it. These three developments, plus a pineapple pizza lawsuit and a few other business headlines, anchor Tuesday's episode of The Best One Yet.

The $5 Trillion Affair

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang publicly confessed on Sunday to an affair with Alice Huang, a customer whose company, according to a recent New York Times report, is under investigation for allegedly acting as a front for Chinese intelligence. The confession came after Congress requested a closed-door briefing on the relationship. Huang’s letter to employees stated, “I was unfaithful to my wife. My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did.” The letter notably left out the alleged espionage connection, though the hosts note that the Times report claimed Huang did not know she was a spy when the relationship began.

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What you'll learn

  • 1 T-Boy Tuesday — November 10th
  • 2 (00:00) **Show Open & Cold Open** - Hosts Nick and Jack introduce the three stories for today's episode
  • 3 (00:11) **Pineapple Pizza Lawsuit Cold Open** - An Italian chef in Australia was fired for refusing to put pineapple on pizza and is now suing for wrongful termination
  • 4 (04:49) **Story 1: NVIDIA's Jensen Huang Confesses to Affair with Alleged Chinese Spy** - The CEO admitted publicly to an extramarital affair with a customer suspected of being a Chinese intelligence asset
  • 5 (09:07) **Is Jensen Huang Too Big to Fire?** - Analysis of whether the board will remove the CEO despite the national security implications
  • 6 (10:18) **Story 2: Skims Advent Calendar Disaster** - Kim Kardashian's shapewear brand launched a $148 Advent calendar that customers called "junk"
  • 7 (13:23) **Takeaway: The Advent Calendar as Ultimate Free Sample** - Brands should treat Advent calendars as marketing for future sales, not profit centers

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Show Notes

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang confessed to an affair with an alleged Chinese spy… But is he too big to fire?

The Skims advent calendar is going viral for failing… Kim missed “Advent Strategy 101.”

QB Joe Burrow cleats from Caddix, which are banned by the NFL… So did Caleb Williams, and neither got paid for it.

Plus, the wildest lawsuit in business right now… is over Pineapple Pizza.

$NVDA $NKE $PZZA


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