I come from divorced parents, a dad who cheated on their wife and gaslighted her at every given opportunity. My mum also acted similar to AE on SM (back in the early Facebook days) and wow, that was not a great time to be alive.
My mum deeply regrets how she conducted herself, my younger sisters are still paying the price for her actions, so much hatred in them around men etc. For example my youngest sister “every man is a cheat, every single man”.
AE actions will have consequences on the children, but I can fully understand how horrendous she is feeling but this really isn’t the way.
It really is one big clusterfuck and I hope she comes out of it sooner rather than later, hopefully with some dignity and finds happiness and love (in friends or a partner)