Coldplay singer Chris Martin makes 'couple' joke shortly after viral incident

(NEXSTAR) – Coldplay’s Chris Martin wasn’t about to make the same assumption twice.

A clip from a Coldplay concert in Massachusetts recently went viral after Martin, the band’s lead singer, saw two concertgoers on the stadium’s jumbotron and initially assumed he was looking at a couple enjoying the show. But after they hastily hid their faces from view, Martin joked to the crowd that “either they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy.”

The incident soon led to speculation that the couple was indeed hiding a secret.