Love was in the air at Friday’s Coldplay concert, and lead singer Chris Martin made sure it wasn’t the illicit kind.
Martin and his band unexpectedly became the center of a social media controversy last month when Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and Kristin Cabot, the company’s head of HR, were caught in an embrace on a “kiss cam” during a Coldplay show in Massachusetts.
Byron and Cabot are both married to other people, and the immediate backlash led to them both having to step down from their jobs. It also led to a debate about the need for “kiss cams” at shows.
On Friday night at Wembley Stadium in London, a couple was back on the Jumbotron for a public proposal, with Martin cracking jokes as he helped the process along.
cute proposal at today’s jumbotron. not chris martin doing background checks now 😂@coldplayxtra #coldplaywembley pic.twitter.com/lcw9RaEIvC
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“Okay, now listen. My brother, I need you to nod as I do some basic security checks, okay?” the 48-year-old singer said after seeing the man’s “I want to propose” sign.
“Is this person your partner? Yes? No one else’s partner?” Martin asked.
After the man nodded yes, Martin jokingly asked if the two were somehow related or were “AI” and not real people.
Time to get down on one knee
Once Martin was satisfied that all was copacetic, he continued helping the man pop the question.
“My beautiful brother, here is some advice for free. As we all look on and see you go down, I advise you to get down on one knee,” he said.
After the woman answered yes in an emotional moment, Martin addressed them again as the crowd cheered.
“Congratulations, my brother and my sister,” Martin said. “What a beautiful girl. What a wonderful guy. On a day like this, I encourage you to kiss. I hope you’re happy until the day that you die.”
The ‘kiss cam’ is here to stay
If there were any doubts about Coldplay continuing to use a “kiss cam” to put unsuspecting couples on the spot at their shows, Martin erased it during a concert shortly after the infamous Boston outing of Byron and Cabot.
“You were at that Boston gig. Well, okay, thank you for coming again after that debacle,” Martin said in response to a fan’s sign indicating they had been at three Coldplay shows in three months.
“We’ve been doing [the kiss cam] 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.”
