Toothbrush exposes husband’s affair

Updated June 5, 2025, 7:34 a.m. | By East Coast Breakfast / Skyye Ndlovu

Forget texts… a smart toothbrush just outed a cheating husband.

When most people catch a whiff of infidelity, it usually kicks off with that thing… you know the one… the subtle vibe shift.

Suddenly your partner’s working “late,” taking up tennis classes they’ve never mentioned, or dressing like they’re auditioning for a reality dating show.

Then the gut feeling kicks in. The one that whispers, “Something stinks here… and it’s not the garbage you forgot to take out.”

One private investigator says it wasn’t dodgy DMs or lipstick-stained collars that cracked this case. It was dental hygiene.

A toothbrush snitched.

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Paul Jones, a veteran private investigator over at ARF Investigators, shared one of his wildest cases.

A client had a feeling her husband was up to no good. Not because he was acting dramatically different, but because of those tiny changes.

Coming home a bit later and taking suspicious pride in his appearance. You know the drill.

However, the real red flag was a smart toothbrush app.

Turns out, the family had installed this electric toothbrush app to help their kids brush properly.

Innocent enough, right? Wrong.

This app tracked everyone’s brushing times, and soon, the wife noticed something weird.

Her husband was brushing his teeth at odd hours.

Like, how is your toothbrush moving at 10:48 am when you’re supposed to be at work at 9 amAt first, it seemed like nothing. A late Friday morning brush? Maybe he was working from home.

Maybe he had a dentist appointment. Maybe he was auditioning for a Colgate commercial.

Sadly, the pattern didn’t lie. Every Friday, same weird time.

After a little digging, it was revealed the man hadn’t actually worked a Friday in three months.

Instead, he was playing house with a colleague. Every Friday. While the wife and kids were out.

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Paul says: “It’s timestamped, it’s emotionless, and it’s painfully honest. When your smart toothbrush says you brushed at 10:48 am, and you were supposedly leading a board meeting at 9 am? That’s a tough one to explain, my guy.”

Ouch. Unlucky…

While snooping through phones isn’t ideal, sometimes it’s the unassuming little gadgets (like your toothbrush or Alexa) that end up exposing the plot twist.

As Paul puts it: “The tiniest digital clues can unravel the biggest lies. Even something as innocent as a toothbrush might just be your most loyal snitch.”

Although, one does wonder if he was really brushing his teeth with that “electric toothbrush…”