Chris Martin calls out couple!

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14914293/Chris-Martin-couple-camera-affair-Coldplay-concert-Boston.html

Cringe!

But what if the relationship was completely consensual?

I do feel a bit bad for them, I would be mortified if it were me. Imagine having photos of you voluntarily attending a Coldplay gig going viral, how very embarrassing!

Nothing? You tell his wife and children that!

The amount of attention it is generating is really odd.

It doesn't matter. She is head of HR. At least a relationship has to be declared so that everyone is aware and any conflicts of interest are in the open.

Just seeing all the articles about this pair…the video with Chris Martin’s comments are just

Seriously if they’d just smiled & waved the camera would have moved on…instead they drew a hell of a lot of attention on themselves…from the rest of the world!

Seriously?

They’re at a concert in public and Chris Martin literally tells everyone shortly before that the camera is coming round!

Yes! And for the bloke, nearly anything would have been better than to dive down on to the floor leaving his mistress standing there! Talk about chivalry being dead!

Yes it would have got back to his poor wife if they had smiled and waved but it wouldn’t have subjected her to this current viral onslaught!

Whether it’s consensual or not, it was an abuse of his power. He gets to decide who keeps their job, who gets a pay rise, who gets how much stock in the company.
If it makes you feel any better, he is an extremely well known bully and has a modus operandi at every company he works for. He doubles or triples the number of sales staff, puts them under extra ordinary pressure…12 hour days, performance improvement plans etc etc…typically this results in quick but unsustainable growth. Stock goes up - he cashes out making 10s of million…then lays off the staff. If they haven’t been bullied out already. He did it at Fuze, he did it at Lacework. He’s done it everywhere he goes. It honestly wouldn’t surprise me if the reason this has got so much traction is that there are literally 1000s of people he has pissed off over the last two decades

The woman is also married (probably not for much longer), to Andrew Cabot, the CEO of a drinks company called Privateer Rum. They just bought a $2.2m house together in February. She has one daughter from her previous marriage and he has a son.

Maybe this will lead to fewer team bonding activities outside work?

I kind of get the attention this is getting. It's a billion dollar data company that specializes in AI and a lot of people hate AI. It's also another rich married CEO down through his own hubris groping his coworker gf in public.

Orcas, freak storms, subs, now Chris Martin joins the list of the 2% nemeses.

Many firms have a clause where you must disclose certain relationships especially in reporting lines.

As a CEO having a relationship with another member of staff (consensual or not) you are opening yourself up to being blackmailed if a member of staff or competitor finds out.

Those having an affair may collude against other members of staff - promotions, hiring and firing. Which means others are not treated fairly.

You are showing your company/ shareholders that you lack morals, integrity and have poor judgement. If you can cheat and lie to your loved ones who else will you lie to?

When you split up (maybe on bad terms) there may be a fractured business relationship.

I would have to disclose this type of relationship at work.

I know I am in a minority here but I find this public shaming really nasty, and why are you outing the womans husband on the internet?
Yes having affairs is not great behaviour but its not illegal, we dont actually stone or brandish adulterers anymore, or put them in the stocks. We all read enough statistics to know that a sizable proportion of the pearl clutchers have had affairs themselves. This couple made poor decisions and behaved badly to their partners (assuming they were not in open marriages) but really its nobody else business and they don't deserve to have their lives ruined in some bizzare game of thrones style public pile on.
Personally I'm judging anybody who is joining in with this. It reminds me of the ridiculous Strictly fiasco where the couple had to actually come on TV to publicly apologise to the population of the UK for having a consensual kiss. Worth remembering that he had suicidal thoughts following this.

Cheating is emotional abuse.
Exactly what sort of abuse do you seem "not serious?"
It's not a "we just can't be together" situation. That's when couples mutually agree it's not working and part ways considerately and ethically, not when one betrays and humiliates the other.

Ugh. Predictably odious bastard.

Exactly. This 'couple' deserve everything they are getting. I just feel sorry for their spouse(s) and families.

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Brilliant post.

If you cheat you do it knowing you could be found out. He was arrogant and stupid. And now he has had to resign from his job.

I kept seeing this everywhere then eventually clicked.

I think it's kind of interesting - using the camera and then it goes all over social media - modern times.

Obviously Chris Martin just said wrong thing at right time...or right thing at wrong time.

No real sympathy for them.

The only thing I would say is that I think (knowing social media), comments could get quite nasty / personal about them.

I'm not remotely saying they deserve sympathy, but they are both possibly someone's parents, so not nice for any children involved.

And you can't be gleeful about it, because no one has won in this situation, an affair is like letting off a bomb.

Wish the other spouses well though.

I don't see it as abuse. I see it as a horrible thing that immediately is grounds for divorce but I don't think it's abuse.

I just don't think someone should have their assets cleaned out for being unfaithful. The marriage should end. The martial/joint assets should be split but I don't think the ex-wife "should take all his stuff".

He has now formally resigned from his CEO post: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx20z3ykd9ro

The man in that embrace has apparently resigned. He has two sons who are late teens.

The whole fiasco must be incredibly tough on the family. Not excusing him at all. But for this to be so public for his wife and children must be painful. If he has no job then it could be potential loss in home. Sad that this has happened for his wife and children.

You may not see it that way, but lots of other people do, which makes it justifiable, by your own reasoning, to try to clean the cheater out. Not that they ever really succeed anyway. The family courts don't care about justice for a wronged spouse. They just divide the assets as the law dictates they should be divided.

What about the young goon laughing and gesturing like a crazed thing behind them? He seemed delighted that it had happened. Wonder who he is.