Coldplay Concert Scandal Was the Funniest Thing to Happen This Week

[malaise]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/coldplay-concert-affair-scandal-tiktok-video-couple-kisscam-1236319986/

Turns out all the world needed to heal the cultural divide — temporarily, at least — was a Coldplay concert in Boston, a jumbotron and an embarrassing moment for a tech CEO and his top human resources executive.

Memes, jokes and movie and TV clips ranging from The Office, The Sopranos and Succession to Terrence Malick’s Knight of Cups are being deployed from all corners of the internet to poke fun at a scandal involving Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and the company’s chief people officer, Kristin Cabot. The pair got caught in a tight embrace by a jumbotron during a kiss-cam segment at Coldplay’s concert earlier this week, and after seeing their image beamed out to the sold-out crowd of 65,000, they ducked for cover
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Because rules and norms are only for us peons.
This delish caught yah is a metaphor for the billionaires and Donvict ‘s administration

[EYESORE 9001]

1. Funniest thing I heard regarding this debacle

Coldplay hasn’t made a single in 20 years, but they made two new singles tonight

[malaise]

2. Too good. 😂😂

:More
https://kisselpaso.com/top-5-coldplay-affair-memes/

[Renew Deal]

3. It had a bit of everything

Romance, scandal, fake statements, misidentification of a friend/coworker that still hasn’t been corrected, memes,

It’s crazy how these people went from basically unknown to very famous in hours. This is especially true for the wife of the CEO who had YouTube videos with her name saying “power move” in less than 24 hours.

It’s unfortunate but very entertaining.

[malaise]

4. Looks like this was the proverbial straw that broke the wife's back

This is a modern day metaphor for the “no real ules for the wealthy at play” versus the rest of us - our turn to laugh.

[Renew Deal]

11. Broke people cheat all the time

But the CEO angle definitely added fuel. And the head of HR?

[malaise]

13. Agree

😀

[SocialDemocrat61]

5. ...

[PCIntern]

6. Now THAT is FUNNY!!!

[malaise]

10. These Coldplay concerts are getting out of hand 😀

Link to tweet

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. It's amazing that it's made it into the news, and then stayed there

This is a company that didn't have a Wikipedia entry until 2 days ago (and is now being discussed for deletion, on the grounds that "CEO had an affair with head of HR" is not a true indication of importance). It has around 350 employees. So that might be notable in a small town, but it's not like this is something important like, say, a hospital. I'm not sure a CEO of a 350-employee company is actually a "billionaire". And "we saw our work colleagues conducting their affair" isn't that amazing in a 350-member workplace.

People say "but it happened at a Coldplay concert". Yeah, but they're a bit of a "legacy" act these days. "Mylo Xyloto" is their last album of which I've definitely heard, and that came out in 2011 (maybe 2015's "A Head Full of Dreams??).

I think this shows that people are desperate for a bit of old-fashioned gossip, below the level where PR teams can fashion it, and where there are no consequences for the readers.

[malaise]

8. Interesting take

Still a CEO and head of HR caught in public by the cameras is hilarious on several levels.

[Ken Dayenu]

9. My initial thought was

My initial thought was that they were human beings and deserved a little privacy and compassion, but they are a billionaire and a hypocritical HR director. Let'm rip.

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12. I don't think he's a billionaire

But I could be wrong.

[Ken Dayenu]

14. My bad

I swore I saw somewhere he was a billionaire, but I just checked again and he is not.

[Renew Deal]

15. There has been a lot of incorrect information

I wouldn't even call it misinformation. It's just people saying things.

The HR lady is currently married: Apparently untrue. She's divorced
The second woman in the video worked at the company: Company denies it
CEO issued a statement: False. It was fabricated

And there's more

[Ken Dayenu]

18. Thank you for correcting me

I'd hate contributing to misinformation.

[Swede]

16. Karma

[Silent Type]

17. If they hadn't reacted, it would have blown over and no one would have seen it. But it was a great "oh, chit" moment

caught on camera and spread across the world.

[Xavier Breath]

19. No one is safe from the prying eye of the Kiss-Cam, it seems.

[malaise]

20. Freaking hilarious

😂😂😂

[Xavier Breath]

21. I know, right? When he pops up at the end...

[Torchlight]

22. It got some giggles from us.

Statler & Waldorf may be taking it a little too seriously, but over here in the cheap seats, we probably laughed at it more than we should have.