Coldplay's Chris Martin Doubles-Down on Kiss Cam After Astronomer Disaster: ‘Life Throws You Lemons and You've Got to Make Lemonade'
For those in need of a refresher: during a show at Gillette Stadium in Boston on July 16, a married tech CEO and his company's lead HR staffer were caught on camera in a loving embrace during the nightly Kiss Cam bit, only to quickly duck out of frame once they realized that their affair had been exposed for all the stadium (and soon, the world). Martin joked at the time that perhaps they were having an affair, which, as it turns out, they seemingly were, which led to a tsunami of memes, the company's CEO stepping down and the singer's ex, actress Gwyneth Paltrow, joining Astronomer as a 'temporary spokesperson' as part of a PR spin on the scandal.
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Well, in Hull on Monday Martin finally broke his silence on the incident, telling the crowd, 'We are so happy to be here. Many of you have written signs. So, I'll take some time to try and read some signs. Then we'll see what happens,' according to the NME. 'First of all [that sign reads:] 'three times in three months'… You were at that Boston gig! Well, OK, thank you for coming again after that debacle.'
Bringing good cheer to a moment that blew up into an international scandal, Martin added, 'We've been doing this a long time, and it is only recently that it became a… yeah. Life throws you lemons and you've got to make lemonade. So, we are going to keep doing it because we are going to meet some of you.'
Braving the fates, Martin continued the bit, shouting out a 'sexy guy' in a pink tank top who proudly turned to the camera as the singer crooned, 'Hello, my beautiful brother/ Thank you for dressing in that pink thing/ Before today I didn't think I was gay/ Now I've got to do some serious thinkin'.'
The band will be back at Craven Park tonight (Aug. 19) before moving on to a tour-closing, 10-show run at Wembley Stadium that will cap off the history-making three-year Music of the Spheres tour.
Check out Martin's comments below.
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