# Couple caught cheating at Coldplay concert and social media loses its mind **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 18, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-caught-cheating-at-coldplay-concert-and-social-media-loses-its-mind/1021060 "2025-07-18T20:11:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-caught-cheating-at-coldplay-concert-and-social-media-loses-its-mind/1021060/241 "2025-07-24T00:55:13Z")
Oh good, I wasn’t the only one who got hopelessly confused as to who was who in that mess. I was starting to worry about a possible cognitive issue. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-caught-cheating-at-coldplay-concert-and-social-media-loses-its-mind/1021060/242 "2025-07-24T01:07:13Z")
Somehow I missed all that, maybe because my ADHD brain scrambled it all anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-caught-cheating-at-coldplay-concert-and-social-media-loses-its-mind/1021060/243 "2025-07-24T02:18:27Z")
> [@LouMa](#): > > I had no intention whatsoever of portraying the US or American companies in a bad light And yet you entered the thread with this comment: > [@LouMa](#): > > Hmm, when I look at the story from a perspective outside the US, I get the impression that a typical American double standard of puritanism is at play here. Sounds like an assertion of moral superiority to me. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-caught-cheating-at-coldplay-concert-and-social-media-loses-its-mind/1021060/244 "2025-07-24T03:11:47Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > It used to be that way in the USA, also, at least for women It’s not always a **used to be**. ---
**Author:** ![LouMa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/louma/32/19472_2.png) [@LouMa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouMa)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-caught-cheating-at-coldplay-concert-and-social-media-loses-its-mind/1021060/245 "2025-07-24T05:01:56Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Sounds like an assertion of moral superiority to me. Does the observation that there is puritanism and double standards in the US strike you as moral superiority? By whom? Puritanism is a fact. Double standards are not hard to find (e.g., see the US government). You seem not to like this observation. But moral superiority does not come into play here. At least not from my side. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-caught-cheating-at-coldplay-concert-and-social-media-loses-its-mind/1021060/246 "2025-07-24T05:43:36Z")
The Puritans came from Europe. ---
**Author:** ![LouMa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/louma/32/19472_2.png) [@LouMa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouMa)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-caught-cheating-at-coldplay-concert-and-social-media-loses-its-mind/1021060/247 "2025-07-24T07:06:45Z")
reply to Beckdawrek Yes, true. There aren’t any left. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-caught-cheating-at-coldplay-concert-and-social-media-loses-its-mind/1021060/248 "2025-07-24T07:53:52Z")
Not exactly sure, ain’t gonna look, cause don’t give a real shit, I think there’s probably no Puritans left here either. Regardless whatever you’ve heard. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-caught-cheating-at-coldplay-concert-and-social-media-loses-its-mind/1021060/249 "2025-07-24T11:36:00Z")
Weirdly, the direct spiritual descendants of the puritans are the [Congregationalists](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregationalism). They are currently a very liberal American Church. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-caught-cheating-at-coldplay-concert-and-social-media-loses-its-mind/1021060/250 "2025-07-24T13:02:41Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > It’s not always a **used to be**. Unfortunately true. But there didn’t use to be a public discussion of how it ought not to be; or any even theoretical process for redress. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-caught-cheating-at-coldplay-concert-and-social-media-loses-its-mind/1021060/251 "2025-07-24T16:16:43Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > to “coldplay” someone means you’re cheating on them I like it, let’s make this a new slang term for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-caught-cheating-at-coldplay-concert-and-social-media-loses-its-mind/1021060/252 "2025-07-24T16:27:11Z")
Nah, I think to Coldplay somebody is to _expose_ them for being an adulterer. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-caught-cheating-at-coldplay-concert-and-social-media-loses-its-mind/1021060/253 "2025-07-24T16:32:03Z")
Maybe to Coldplay is to make a joke and then learn that the thing you joked about is in fact true. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-caught-cheating-at-coldplay-concert-and-social-media-loses-its-mind/1021060/254 "2025-07-24T22:54:14Z")
The other shoe has finally dropped > **[Kristin Cabot resigns from Astronomer after viral Coldplay clip](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/female-exec-captured-viral-coldplay-221139870.html)** > > The clip, which went viral, showed a man and woman swaying to the music before quickly ducking and hiding from the camera. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-caught-cheating-at-coldplay-concert-and-social-media-loses-its-mind/1021060/255 "2025-07-24T23:05:07Z")
Has anyone floated the conspiracy theory that this was all orchestrated by the company, on the “no publicity is bad publicity” theory? I mean, there are probably about 10,000 times as many people who know the name Astronomer now than there were a couple of weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-caught-cheating-at-coldplay-concert-and-social-media-loses-its-mind/1021060/256 "2025-07-24T23:13:39Z")
I wonder what kinds of payouts they got. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-caught-cheating-at-coldplay-concert-and-social-media-loses-its-mind/1021060/257 "2025-07-24T23:48:28Z")
TMZ had other footage of them from the back making out. Cabot was recently married to a generationally wealthy (Boston Brahmin Cabot) who owned high end liquor company and was in Asia on business when the incident happened. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-caught-cheating-at-coldplay-concert-and-social-media-loses-its-mind/1021060/258 "2025-07-25T00:13:10Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > Nah, I think to Coldplay somebody is to _expose_ them for being an adulterer. After they made it incredibly easy for themselves by being in a public place together. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-caught-cheating-at-coldplay-concert-and-social-media-loses-its-mind/1021060/259 "2025-07-25T00:33:21Z")
It’s a small damn world. I ran into someone I knew while on a romantic excursion in Paris 25 years ago. Fortunately it was with my wife. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-caught-cheating-at-coldplay-concert-and-social-media-loses-its-mind/1021060/260 "2025-07-25T00:41:24Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > Nah, I think to Coldplay somebody is to _expose_ them for being an adulterer. It was Martin of Coldplay who said they were either shy or having an affair, so I think that’s right. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-caught-cheating-at-coldplay-concert-and-social-media-loses-its-mind/1021060.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-caught-cheating-at-coldplay-concert-and-social-media-loses-its-mind/1021060.md?page=14)