Coldplay Inadvertently Exposes an Affair

Martin inadvertently exposed an extramarital affair 

If you're having an affair with someone, don't go to a Coldplay concert, as one couple was found out in Foxborough, Massachusetts the other day.

Frontman Chris Martin wanted to perform to a few select fans, and after singing a happy birthday song to one person, the camera swung to a couple, the man standing behind his date, his arms around her chest area.

Byron and Cabot reaction as camera was on them

But they were not married to each other.

When they realised all the attention was on them, she flew out of his arms, covered her face and turned around, while he sunk as low as he could out of the camera's range.

"Wow, what? Either they're having an affair or they're just really shy. I'm not quite sure what to do," Martin said to the crowd.

The video was posted on TikTok and immediately went viral with over 77 million views.

Meanwhile people online went to work to identify the couple as Andy Byron, the married chief executive of a tech company called Astronomer, and Kristin Cabot, the firm's chief people officer, or head of HR. 

Needless to say there were a lot of questions around the company's water cooler in the office the next morning.

The incident is now nicknamed "Coldplaygate"

While the identities of Byron and Cabot were confirmed by Astronomer's spokeswoman, Byron was placed on leave. The company said in a statement it would launch an investigation into the incident.

People wondered if Byron's wife would be launching a divorce suit.

The pair became the fodder of many morning talkshow conversations, when they had suffered more than enough humiliation.

The moral of the story is, don't go to a concert to carry on your affair, unless you want the whole world to know about it.