Pfft the writers already hinted that he doesn't mind when he told Emma(iirc) rather nonchalantly that Jon Hamm is her hall pass in the Hellfire gala...
My guess is Hickman set it up that way to have schism between those who had their heads screwed on right and those who didn't. He probably didn't see...
Initially I doubted he wanted PF involved, but I guess I was wrong, with the reveals of this issue. This is definitely contrived to create a fissure...