I was looking at some screencaps about the episode and one caught my attention. The Dirt Digger headline is "Does Supes Fly Lois" sure but the sub-title's what really struck me. It says "Is Super spelled 'orgy'?" suggesting that there's some swinging going on (and potentially threesome). Me-thinks Alt-Clark wouldn't be able to help too much in that case (or at least, they'd still have the tabloids going after them in a major way.)

CLARK: No. I'm just worried I'm a jinx.
JONATHAN: A jinx?
CLARK: Yeah. Let's face it, ever since she's known me, Lois's been kidnapped, frozen, pushed off buildings, almost stabbed, poisoned, buried alive and who knows what else, and it's all because of me.
-"Contact" (You're not her jinx, you're her blessing.)