This is how people with an intention to divide a solid relationship and to cast doubt at each other work: They do not ask the person they have problem with, they ask those around them - their friends, family, anyone close to them.
The Pharisees to Jesus' disciples, regarding their Master's decision:
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
Matthew 9:11 NKJV