A funny moment at a Coldplay concert, where Chris Martin joked about an apparent office affair, has gone viral, sparking real conversations about workplace romance rules in the US and how companies handle them.

What was meant to be a fun and heartwarming moment at Coldplay’s concert at Gillette Stadium in Boston on July 16 turned into an unexpectedly awkward and controversial incident one that even left frontman Chris Martin visibly shocked.

Before Coldplay wrapped its four-night stand at Toronto’s newly christened Rogers Stadium, Chris Martin wanted to go on the record that he wasn’t insulting the venue when he called it a “weird stadium in the middle of nowhere.”

Well, something of the sort occurred at the Coldplay concert at Gillette Stadium Wednesday night and “awkward” doesn’t begin to describe the moment.