For her part, Kahlo was furious when she learned that Rivera had an affair with her younger sister, Cristina.
Biseksualna Kahlo je imela afere tako z moškimi kot z ženskami, med drugimi sta bila Isamu Noguchi in Josephine Baker; Rivera je za njene odnose z ženskami vedel in jih je toleriral, bil pa je nanjo ljubosumen, kadar je šlo za moške.