# WebtoonLib — Private Scandal #26

## Series
- title: Private Scandal
- slug: private-scandal-official-24a870

## Chapter
- number: 26
- release_date: 2025-03-12

### Summary
This chapter shifts the narrative focus from Iliyan's victimhood to his own flawed behavior, as he deeply hurts the universally liked character, Chris, with insensitive comments about family. While readers largely understand that Iliyan's actions are a projection of his own trauma and a result of his low emotional intelligence, they are still disappointed and angry, demanding he apologize for his cruelty. The chapter also solidifies James Taylor's role as the primary antagonist, confirming he is the one orchestrating the paparazzi harassment and has obtained a recording of Iliyan, which readers fear he will use for his perverse gratification. Concurrently, reader opinion on his wife, Helen, has become a central point of debate. A significant portion of the audience now views her as a powerful and pragmatic businesswoman who is trying to clean up her husband's obsessive mess and may even be "indirectly helping" Iliyan. However, others maintain that she is a willing enabler, arguing that being the lesser of two evils does not absolve her of complicity in the abuse. The overarching sentiment is one of frustration with Iliyan's self-destructive actions, intense condemnation for James, and a complex, divided analysis of Helen's true motivations.
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## Spoiler
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### Safe teaser
This chapter shifts the narrative focus from Iliyan's victimhood to his own flawed behavior, as he deeply hurts the universally liked character, Chris, with insensitive comments about family.

### Spoiler summary
This chapter shifts the narrative focus from Iliyan's victimhood to his own flawed behavior, as he deeply hurts the universally liked character, Chris, with insensitive comments about family. While readers largely understand that Iliyan's actions are a projection of his own trauma and a result of his low emotional intelligence, they are still disappointed and angry, demanding he apologize for his cruelty. The chapter also solidifies James Taylor's role as the primary antagonist, confirming he is the one orchestrating the paparazzi harassment and has obtained a recording of Iliyan, which readers fear he will use for his perverse gratification. Concurrently, reader opinion on his wife, Helen, has become a central point of debate. A significant portion of the audience now views her as a powerful and pragmatic businesswoman who is trying to clean up her husband's obsessive mess and may even be "indirectly helping" Iliyan. However, others maintain that she is a willing enabler, arguing that being the lesser of two evils does not absolve her of complicity in the abuse. The overarching sentiment is one of frustration with Iliyan's self-destructive actions, intense condemnation for James, and a complex, divided analysis of Helen's true motivations.

## Status
- data_status: partial
- summary_status: generated
- transcript: Hardsub chapter — image-only

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Private Scandal #26](/series/private-scandal-official-24a870/chapter-26)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/private-scandal-official-24a870

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