Her entire adult life, Ioan rescued her. When it was clear that Oucassi wasn’t going to marry her, Ioan rescued her. When her mom died, Ioan rescued her. When Alice was too lazy to work, Ioan rescued her. When she could not get pregnant, Ioan rescued her. When his fan club made fun of her clothes, Ioan rescued her.
Her identity was the marriage and that is over at Ioan’s behest. The next loss in life that she suffers, she’ll suffer it without Ioan. When she loses the apartment and refuses to work, Ioan will be able to support himself and his girls no problem and she’s not included. Where she is deficient as a parent, he will be there for Ella and Elsie until his last breath. When we mock her clothes, he can’t shut down tattle or this thread like he could Ioan Online. And the fact that it’s so obvious that he is willing to spend whatever it takes to get Alice out of his life and spend whatever it takes to keep his kids in it, is a mortal wound to her ego.