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WATCH: Phanatic Recreates Viral Coldplay Concert Moment At Phillies Game
The Phillie Phanatic jumped in on the mockery of now former tech CEO Andy Byron this weekend when the Phillies took on the Angels.
PHILADELPHIA — The Phillie Phanatic is full of antics, and this weekend he joined the dogpile of people making fun of the tech CEO who was captured on a big screen with his apparent lover at a Coldplay concert.
During Saturday's game against the Los Angeles Angels (Phillies won 9-5), the team rolled out its "Kiss Cam" feature, highlighting couples in Citizens Bank Park, urging them to smooch.
The camera eventually cut to a box area, where the Phanatic was with, apparently, his girlfriend Phiona.
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The two mimicked the reactions that have been viewed millions of times of former Astronomer CEO Andy Bryon and the company's Chief People Officer Kristin Cabot at the Boston Coldplay concert last week.
"Either they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy," Coldplay frontman Chris Martin said after seeing the scandalous lovers' reactions to being broadcast on a huge screen.
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Astronomer Sunday announced Byron resigned from the company after he and Cabot were identified as the embarrassed couple. Before the resignation, Byron was placed on leave amid an internal investigation into the incident, CNBC reported.
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