If you’ve been on social media at all in the last few days, you’ve seen the couple whose affair was outed at a Coldplay concert.
They were standing, with him behind her with his arms draped over her, when they showed up on the kiss cam. She immediately turned, and he ducked down, as Coldplay frontman Chris Martin remarked that they were either shy or having an affair.
Turns out it was the affair!
People have already identified him as the CEO of a company. She’s the head of HR. They’re both married, to other people.
The guy has had to put out a statement. The whole world is commenting.
I think it’s that greedy CEOs have been getting lots of hate recently, and HR is in general known for being cruel and callous against employees, so this is, in many people’s minds, the ideal thing to cheer for.
I guess I should have watched my own video all the way through. It says she is recently divorced.
But he is married, and now publicly going through the fallout of this.
I just find it so interesting how fixated the social media sphere can get on some issue; I think the appeal is that it gives people a sense of superiority (at least I’m not that guy). Reminds me of old Jerry Springer episodes.
I wonder if the guy told his wife he was going to this concert by himself or if he said he was stuck at work late.
Also, bold of both of them to assume that there wasn’t going to be anyone else at the concert that might recognize them. I guess they weren’t snuggling the whole time but still, people will pick up on that couple vibe even if they had some excuse ready about their significant others being unable to make it.
There was a fake statement (by an account named Patrick Enis, think about that one for a moment) but I don’t think he has. But his company announced an investigation.
How I wish for the days of yore when the married CEO and head of HR having an affair was just a normal part of the workplace. Why did woke and #MeToo have to ruin everything?!
This is very likely the first time that that privilged prick isn’t able to buy himself out of something. He is not the founder of that company. He was hired as CEO a couple of years ago and hired the HR Chief a bit later. People who worked under him at his previous company are coming out and saying what an asshole he is.
I had to leave some Facebook groups because it’s just fucking non-stop this bullshit.
I don’t understand, why in the fuck does the Internet care? Some asshole billionaire got caught cheating on his wife? Big deal. OK, it was somewhat dramatic fashion, but I’m sure this is not the first time something like this has happened. Like I don’t know who this guy is, I have never heard of his company, I hear that he’s an asshole, but he’ll still be a rich asshole after all this blows over, even if his wife takes half his money, and he’ll still have no problem finding someone to take to Coldplay concerts. There will be no real repercussions and the world will churn on as normal. Seriously, why do we care? The schadenfredue is so weak in this one. I’d be more embarassed to be caught at a Coldplay concert.
Then whatever his wealth level is. OK, somewhere in the $20 million - $70 million range. Which makes it even weirder that this has taken off as much as it has. He’ll still be an asshole millioinaire after all this blows over, then.
People probably care because they see themselves in that story - infidelity is hardly rare and that kind of public vindication is unusual. Plus people hate corporate executives.
