The Coldplay kisscam CEO's the kind of smarmy, Viagra-taking corporate pig women fear. I was cuckolded by one - I know the squalid truth: LIZ JONES
He has a career involving frequent travel, five-star hotel stays and corporate events where teams are built and marriages shattered. You can smell him a mile off: Dior Sauvage probably. A Breitling watch on a hirsute, tanned arm. Dark, pressed denim. Deck shoes, because he believes he deserves a yacht. Salt-and-pepper hair and a patrician air. He doubtless snaps at waiters - that is, unless they're pretty and young.
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