Coldplay ‘Affair’ Couple Reacts: From ‘Top 5 Whitest Things in History’ to ‘Real Black Mirror Sh*t’

A Coldplay show in Boston is at the center of what is no doubt one of 2025’s most viral stories.

Footage from the show, as previously reported, shows two mid-canoodling fans captured in a moment of would-be joy thanks to a timely fan cam. Naturally, the clip has been picked apart on social media, leading to a slew of articles just like this one.

The most prominent ensuing theory, of course, centers on matters of purported infidelity. To be clear, however, the identities of the two individuals seen in the viral Coldplay clip had not been independently verified as of this writing. By Thursday afternoon, at least one tabloid was claiming that the two were co-workers.

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin jokingly acknowledged the possibility of an alleged “affair” when providing some on-the-mic commentary Wednesday night, pointing to two possible explanations for the pair’s awkward separation from each other upon realization of their big on-camera moment.

“Oh, look at these two,” he’s heard telling the crowd in the clip. “Alright, come on. You’re okay. Oh, what? Either they’re having an affair, or they’re just very shy.”

For obvious reasons, we’re not going to get too deep into the specifics of any of that. We are, however, going to share an assortment of hilarious, or at least hilarity-adjacent, reactions to the widely shared footage. Ingeniously, even Together‘s increasingly shrewd PR team got in on the action.

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