Acceptance is not something that will keep a woman from protecting her pride-or burning to the ground the jerk who makes her a fool in public-check out some of the interviews Barrett gave in later years-she would have done it to save face and for the $$$. the only reason it never happened was because horndog Gene died early. Scandal was a big deal back then-the more salacious the better to make money by publishing it-I read the scandal mags then, just like all the other girls and women...
Actually that’s what acceptance is. On later years Majel realized she shouldn’t accept it, and stopped. And good for her. Acceptance isn’t necessarily permanent. But at the time casting Nichel had nothing to with protecting anything and everything to do with trying to make the cast more diverse. Same reason he cast Takei. Gene didn’t die that early, he was 70. And in the 60s a powerful successful man cheating was not salacious, it was a given. Especially in Hollywood. The casting couch was already assumed. Nope sorry, your dog ain’t hunting.