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Sydney Morning Herald
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Who hasn't cheated? I have. So why do we mock the Coldplaygate couple?
Hands up, anyone who has never cheated in their life. At cards, on someone, whatever. Not many. Yeah, that checks out. Because we're human. Born to stuff up. My hand is down. I've been a cheater. The guilt I carried is gone, replaced by regret and gratitude that I learned a lot about the world and myself. And that I could absorb those lessons in private. It takes time to admit you did something shithouse. To work out what got you there, and no, the answer is rarely too many cocktails. That's probably just the tipping point. You need to go deep, be super honest. Which is why the global infamy of Jumbotrongate – the Astronomer colleagues Andy Byron and Kristin Cabot caught hugging on the big screen at a Coldplay concert – has made me reflect. Sure, and be briefly obsessed. I'm not nearly that good a person that I can't relish a gotcha moment. But what's still bugging me a week later isn't the alleged cheating or that a corporate guy is held to a higher standard of values than the US president. Loading It's the fake statement attributed to Byron's wife Megan that went viral. It channelled Xena: Warrior Princess crossed with Delta Goodrem energy. Along with a baffling reference to silk gloves, it declared, 'I am not spiralling. I am ascending.' Said nobody ever after learning their spouse took a side piece to hear Yellow live. Still, it was shared everywhere by people with big followings and platforms.
The Age
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Age
Who hasn't cheated? I have. So why do we mock the Coldplaygate couple?
Hands up, anyone who has never cheated in their life. At cards, on someone, whatever. Not many. Yeah, that checks out. Because we're human. Born to stuff up. My hand is down. I've been a cheater. The guilt I carried is gone, replaced by regret and gratitude that I learned a lot about the world and myself. And that I could absorb those lessons in private. It takes time to admit you did something shithouse. To work out what got you there, and no, the answer is rarely too many cocktails. That's probably just the tipping point. You need to go deep, be super honest. Which is why the global infamy of Jumbotrongate – the Astronomer colleagues Andy Byron and Kristin Cabot caught hugging on the big screen at a Coldplay concert – has made me reflect. Sure, and be briefly obsessed. I'm not nearly that good a person that I can't relish a gotcha moment. But what's still bugging me a week later isn't the alleged cheating or that a corporate guy is held to a higher standard of values than the US president. Loading It's the fake statement attributed to Byron's wife Megan that went viral. It channelled Xena: Warrior Princess crossed with Delta Goodrem energy. Along with a baffling reference to silk gloves, it declared, 'I am not spiralling. I am ascending.' Said nobody ever after learning their spouse took a side piece to hear Yellow live. Still, it was shared everywhere by people with big followings and platforms.
