I'll be the first one to point out the obvious flaw here.

his reasoning is that he "cant afford to be distracted by things that don't contribute to his income growth"

Paying a man to sleep with his wife literally does the literal opposite of contributing to his income growth.

You know I never even saw that Emma. I was focused on a few other points. The comments section said that he was a comedian and it was a joke but it didn’t sound like a joke to me. I thought it’s a very strange comment to make publicly. I was wondering what he had to gain.