{"id":31213,"date":"2025-07-19T15:36:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T15:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=31213"},"modified":"2025-07-19T15:36:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T15:36:41","slug":"video-astronomer-ceo-hr-chiefs-affair-sparks-viral-coldplay-canoodlers-video-game-as-scandal-explodes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=31213","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Astronomer CEO &#038; HR Chief\u2019s Affair Sparks Viral \u2018Coldplay Canoodlers\u2019 Video Game as Scandal Explodes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-wrap entry-wrap-single\">\n<div class=\"entry-custom-content\"><\/div>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title entry-title-single\">VIDEO: Astronomer CEO &amp; HR Chief\u2019s Affair Sparks Viral \u2018Coldplay Canoodlers\u2019 Video Game as Scandal Explodes<\/h1>\n<div class=\"entry-content entry-content-single\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Coldplay-Canoodlers-1024x563.jpg\" alt=\"Split image of Coldplay Canoodlers screenshot and Andy Byron holding Kristin Cabot\" width=\"1024\" height=\"563\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Coldplay Canoodlers &amp; Andy Byron with Kristin Cabot (Photos via X)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Life comes at you fast, something Andy Byron and Kristin Cabot found out after they ended up on Coldplay\u2019s kiss cam this week. A day later, they were the stars of a new video game titled \u2018Coldplay Canoodlers.\u2019<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-sm-content-width\" data-content-name=\"mai-video-player\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"has-md-margin-bottom\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The indie game was created by a developer named Jonathan Mann just 24 hours after the jumbotron clip seen around the world.<\/p>\n<p>The novel title requires users to play as the camera operator and spot the cheating couple among pixel-art attendees. Every find earns 10 points and prompts audio from the original video, including everything Chris Martin said after accidentally outing Astronomer CEO and his HR boss.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-where-to-find-coldplay-canoodlers\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where To Find \u2018Coldplay Canoodlers\u2019<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Astronomer-CEO-1024x563.jpg\" alt=\"Photos from Astronomer CEO's councert outing\" width=\"1024\" height=\"563\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Astronomer CEO at concert (Photos via Twitter\/X)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The game is browser-based and is not available through platforms such as Steam or app stores. You can play it directly through a link shared by the dev on his X account <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/songadaymann\/status\/1946248955576066339\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@songadaymann<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">i vibe coded a little game called Coldplay Canoodlers<\/p>\n<p>you&#8217;re the camera operator and you have to find the CEO and HR lady canoodling<\/p>\n<p>10 points every time you find them<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc47link <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aA6e1R5aGJ\">pic.twitter.com\/aA6e1R5aGJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 17 years of song a day (@songadaymann) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/songadaymann\/status\/1946248955576066339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<section class=\"wp-block-group check-this-out has-xs-padding-top has-sm-padding-bottom\" data-content-name=\"Trending News Incontent\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex has-xl-margin-bottom\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mai-list-content\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-secondary-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-secondary-background-color has-background is-style-wide\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>As to whether \u2018Coldplay Canoodlers\u2019 becomes as big a hit as the moment itself is left to be seen, but it\u2019s already gotten good traction as leaderboards and fan scores have been coming hot over X and TikTok. The tweet above also had close to 4 million views at the time of writing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" data-content-name=\"Google News Follow Us\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mai-link-exclude has-alt-background-color has-background has-light-background has-xs-padding-top has-xs-padding-bottom has-sm-padding-left has-sm-padding-right has-xl-margin-top has-xl-margin-bottom\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"follow-us-wrapper has-black-color has-text-color has-sm-font-size\"><strong>Click on \u2018Follow Us\u2019 and get notified of the most viral General stories via Google!<\/strong> <span class=\"follow-us\"><a class=\"follow-us__link\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMLHdqwswrujDAw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-content-piece=\"Follow Us\"><span class=\"follow-us__text\">Follow Us<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This is the era we live in. You don\u2019t just get to be a meme now; you can also star in a video game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><!-- footer-ad-0 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"adslot d250 m50\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VIDEO: Astronomer CEO &amp; HR Chief\u2019s Affair Sparks Viral \u2018Coldplay Canoodlers\u2019 Video Game as Scandal Explodes Coldplay Canoodlers &amp; Andy Byron with Kristin Cabot (Photos via X) Life comes at &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31213"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31215,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31213\/revisions\/31215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}