Vanessa Feltz has suggested that the viral Coldplay kiss cam incident involving two high-flying executives could have a silver lining by promoting fidelity and deterring infidelity. Andy Byron and Kristin Cabot, who are both married to other people, were caught on the big screen at a Coldplay concert, with the video being viewed 50 million times.
In her column, Feltz said the couple's shocked faces provided "short sharp proof that actions have consequences." She noted that most onlookers would have been thinking of the spouses' agony, adding that Byron's wife had removed her married name from Facebook before deleting her social media accounts entirely.
Feltz, who said she has experienced infidelity herself, argued that the incident has shifted the "loss-gain ratio" of extramarital affairs. She wrote that picturing divorce proceedings, dividing assets, and the distress of children is "hardly a turn-on". The columnist hopes the "cataclysmic effect" of seeing the couple caught will "preserve marriages and put a brake on bed-hopping for years to come."
In the same column, Feltz also commented on Keir Starmer's move to give 16-year-olds the vote, recalling her own teenage priorities in 1978, and referenced archaeological findings that Neanderthals brought wild boar to gatherings, saying even they thought it bad manners to arrive empty-handed.
