He wanted to get back with his wife.
But Ms Sonya Gore, 40, was not prepared take him back right away. So she set Mr Ivan Lewis a challenge that was also a punishment.
She asked him to post a photo of himself on Facebook with a note that read: "I cheated on my wife!!! (and she was ugly!!!)".
She said she would try to get back with him only if he got 10,000 likes, the Mail Online reported.
The photo was uploaded last week and it has so far attracted more than 8,000 "likes".
But Ms Gore said she is "not making the decision (to reconcile) solely on that".
The couple reportedly separated just 10 months after marrying in February 2010 because of Mr Lewis' serial cheating.
But he recently asked Ms Gore on Facebook if she would "marry him again", prompting her to propose the apology.
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