How? You referenced #metoo, which is a movement in which people that have sufferent sexual attacks in various forms "come out" publicly. I can easily see how the gp comment interpreted that that way.

The context of that conversation is about whether one's private life should affect how we take one's work. #metoo is an excellent reference in that case.

They may have read it uncharitably (saying you're equating rape to age gap) but talking about the age gap between his current spouse and then metoo in the next breath conjures up the idea that that's what you mean.

It's not like some people find age gaps in sexual and romantic relations uncouth, so it's not hard to make the jump as that's what you meant.

> The context of that conversation is about whether one's private life should affect how we take one's work. #metoo is an excellent reference in that case.

No, it's not; sexual assault and harassment are part of working life and/or public offenses, not “private life”.

Sexual assault and harassment can also happen in a marriage, as it is a question of whether some person acts according to the consent or refusal of other(s). Still, divorce and a second marriage is neither sexual assault nor sexual harassment; and age difference among partners alone---as long as all the parties' ages are within legal consensual limits---is not a proof of sexual agression or illegality of the relation, so, nothing to do with #metoo here, regardless of it being priavate or public.

Edit: Not contesting you, btw; just correcting a misinformation.