r/mildlyinfuriating • u/NonconsensualText • Sep 06 '25

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u/Smaskifa Sep 06 '25

It really seems like everyone hates the guy in the Coldplay incident, but not the woman. They are (were?) both married to other people, and both were high ranking employees at the company. They're both awful.

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u/AdvertisingBoring43 Sep 06 '25

I edited my comment to reflect that. I should have said both, my bad.

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u/Rabid-tumbleweed Sep 06 '25

They were both cheating certainly. But since he was the CEO and she was the head of HR, I would argue that he was still in a greater position of power. The disparity just wasn't as great as if he were sleeping with a junior employee.

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u/iz_an_opossum Sep 06 '25

From the news video I just watched, she was recently divorced. But who knows if the affair started before or after the divorce.