<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Several fast food chain execs have jumped into the fray, mocking the viral video of McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski awkwardly promoting the new Big Arch burger.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pete Suerken, president of Wendy’s, shared a </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/wendys-international_peteknows-activity-7434960151893200896-gMPz"><span style="font-weight: 400;">video</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on Wednesday featuring him trying one of the restaurant’s iconic Baconator burgers. Suerken stepped up to the grill and slapped down the patties, flipped them over, and reiterated the fast food chain’s motto that their burgers were “fresh, never frozen.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He also trolled a popular McDonald’s complaint about the soft serve machines always being broken. Suerken portioned out a Frosty and said, “Is this set up today? Oh, wait, our machines are always working.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The exec sat down to enjoy a Baconator with a Frosty and some fries. He recorded himself taking a large bite and saying, “This is exactly what a good hamburger should be.” Next, Suerken dipped his fries in his Frosty.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It wasn’t just Wendy’s getting in on the joke. Burger King posted a </span><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@burgerking/video/7612805160967884063?lang=en"><span style="font-weight: 400;">video</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to its official TikTok page on Monday, showing company president Tom Curtis taking a big bite of the chain&#8217;s famous Whopper burger.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Only one thing missing — a napkin,” he said after chowing down. Burger King wrote in the caption, “Thought we’d replay this.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The controversy is going worldwide. The North Vancouver–based company A&amp;W Canada also released a video of popular company spokesperson Allen Lulu dressed in an outfit similar to what Kempczinski wore in the original McDonald’s video. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lulu did a parody of the original, holding up an A&amp;W Teen Burger and jokingly calling it a “burger product” and remarking on the “unique bread some would call a bun” and “lettuce, which is green.” He also noted the “pickles,” which he described as making the burger “taste pickly.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He also took a huge bite of the burger before inviting Kempczinski to join him for lunch. “Just you, me, and a couple of Teen Burgers,” he says in the clip.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The original McDonald’s video was posted to Kempczinski’s Instagram last month, but </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-mcdonalds-ceo-struggles-through-new-big-arch-burger-goes-viral"><span style="font-weight: 400;">went viral </span></a>only <span style="font-weight: 400;">recently. In it, the fast food CEO uses awkward language to describe the new menu offering, calling it a “product” repeatedly before taking a nibble he described as a “big bite.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Viewers said it appeared Kempczinski was inauthentic and didn’t really care for the food at all. “What’s the opposite of genuine and authentic?” one popular Instagram comment said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“This man does not like that ‘product,’” another person agreed.</span></p>


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Wendy’s, Burger King Pile On After McDonald’s CEO’s Big Arch Taste Test Fail

BURGER WARS: Wendy's, Burger King Roast McDonald's CEO's Big Arch Taste Test Fail

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski has gone viral on social media after a video of him tasting the new Big Arch burger started circulating online.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Viewers made comments about the fast food chain exec’s awkward demeanor and wording, saying it was clear that he hated the “product” and didn’t really want to eat it.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I love this product, it is so good. I’m going to do a tasting right now, but I’m going to eat this for my lunch, just so you know,” Kempczinski says in the video, which was shared to drum up interest in the new addition to the McDonald’s menu.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He explained how the burger has “two quarter-pound patties, a delicious Big Arch sauce, and of course, some lettuce, along with crispy onions and pickles.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kempczinski awkwardly approached the burger, noting that he “didn’t even know how to attack it,” before taking a hesitant bite, which he described as being bigger than it actually was.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Mmm, that is so good, that’s a big bite for a Big Arch,” the CEO said, showing the camera the tiny nibble he took out of the massive burger.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Social media commenters didn’t hold back with their mockery.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“What’s the opposite of genuine and authentic?” one popular Instagram comment said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“That was the smallest first bite I’ve ever seen,” another person agreed.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“This man does not like that ‘product,’” another person wrote.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Watching the McDonald&#8217;s CEO tentatively nibble on the Big Arch like it&#8217;s a radioactive artifact from the dollar menu, calling it &#8216;product&#8217; instead of food, is the most unintentionally hilarious endorsement fail since New Coke,” one X commenter </span><a href="https://x.com/RoyalMelanite/status/2028020316644249747"><span style="font-weight: 400;">added</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The video was posted to Kempczinski’s Instagram last month, but didn’t go viral until now, just days before the Big Arch is set to debut on McDonald’s menus nationwide on Tuesday, March 3. This fact led to some fans wondering if the awkward video and its promotion is nothing more than a way to get attention for the new fast food menu offering.</span></p>


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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kristin Cabot, the HR professional who went viral after being caught on camera in a loving embrace with the CEO of her company, is now cashing in on her fifteen minutes of fame.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 53-year-old mother of two is listed as a keynote speaker at PRWeek’s 2026 Crisis Comms Conference in Washington, D.C., in April, with tickets priced between $750 and $875. Cabot will participate in a thirty-minute talk called “Taking Back the Narrative” alongside public relations CEO Dini von Mueffling.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“This is the fourth year that we&#8217;ve run the crisis comms conference, and it&#8217;s been a sell-out every year because every day there is another brand, individual, or company that gets itself in crisis situations. I fully expect it to sell out again this year—not necessarily because of Kristin. It&#8217;s just, it&#8217;s such a hot topic,” Steve Barrett, VP and editorial director of PRWeek, <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/kristin-cabot-coldplay-scandal-keynote-speaker-crisis-conference-11468683">told</a> Newsweek.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Conference organizers told the outlet that Cabot was not being compensated for her appearance.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The internet has been obsessed with the alleged Astronomer affair scandal since it was made public following viral images from a Coldplay show last July.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A video showed company CEO Andrew Byron, then married, and Cabot embracing one another at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, when the kiss cam landed on them. The couple reacted immediately, with Byron letting go of Cabot and stepping out of frame. Cabot had a similar reaction, immediately hiding her face and turning away from the camera.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Coldplay frontman Chris Martin called out their reaction, saying, “Either they’re having an affair or they’re very shy.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The video was posted online and became part of the national conversation, inspiring references, spoofs, and commentary that lasted for months.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Byron had served as CEO of Astronomer since 2023, while Cabot had been a human resources executive with the company for less than one year. Both resigned from their positions following the scandal.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cabot went on the interview circuit in December, expressing shock over the level of public outrage surrounding her alleged infidelity. She said it was her first time kissing her former boss and claimed their relationship was never sexual. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The New Hampshire native also revealed that her then-husband, Andrew Cabot, was at the infamous concert. He said in a statement that the couple was estranged at the time of the incident.</span></p>


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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kristin Cabot, the woman who went viral over the summer after being caught in an intimate moment with her boss Andrew Byron on the kiss cam at a Coldplay concert, has some harsh words for Gwyneth Paltrow.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The former HR exec gave multiple interviews this week and went over some details about the event and aftermath. Cabot was shocked at the level of public outrage over her alleged infidelity, and seemed especially offended that Paltrow joined in the fray.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;I was such a fan of her company [Goop], which seemed to be about uplifting women,” Cabot told The Times U.K. “And then she did this. I thought, ‘How dare she after the beating she got for all the conscious uncoupling stuff.’ What a hypocrite.”</span></p>
<p>Cabot said she got rid of all her Goop products as a form of protest.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The former Astronomer employee was referring to Paltrow’s relationship with her ex-husband, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, and how she referenced their separation using unique terminology.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cabot also made other revelations during the interviews, including insisting that it was her first time ever kissing her former boss and claiming that their relationship was never sexual. The New Hampshire native also revealed that her then-husband, Andrew Cabot, was at the infamous concert. He said in a statement that the couple was estranged at the time of the incident.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Both Cabot and Byron left their positions at the tech company in the wake of the scandal.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Paltrow </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/astronomer-hires-gwyneth-paltrow-to-be-temporary-spokesperson-after-kiss-cam-drama"><span style="font-weight: 400;">put out a commercial</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for the company just days after the kiss cam drama blew up on social media. “I’ve been hired on a very temporary basis to speak on behalf of the 300-plus employees at Astronomer,” the &#8220;Avengers: Endgame&#8221; actress said in the video.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We’ve been thrilled so many people have a newfound interest in data workflow automation,” she went on, poking fun at how the company had gone viral overnight.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Astronomer became a household name after Cabot, the former Chief People Officer for the company, was spotted embracing the CEO. After getting caught on the kiss cam, the two quickly stepped away from each other and out of frame after realizing they were being broadcast to the entire stadium at the July 16 Coldplay show in Foxborough, Massachusetts.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That moment became a pop culture sensation and led to multiple spoofs on social media and at professional sporting events.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cabot claims she’s been stalked, harassed, doxxed, and has received death threats after the scandal. &#8220;My kids were afraid that I was going to die and they were going to die,&#8221; she <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/style/coldplay-concert-couple-kiss-cam-woman.html">told</a> The New York Times.</span></p>


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<p><span style="font-weight: 400">A Taylor Swift fan who accused the singer of selling a necklace with allegedly blatant Nazi symbolism has gone viral with her claims.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Also, the item has disappeared from Swift’s </span><a href="https://store.taylorswift.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400">merchandise site</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400">, though it’s unclear if this was due to the accusations or because it sold out. Reps for Swift did not immediately return a request for comment on the controversy.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">User sampire1513, whose profile describes her as “the friend that’s too woke” and “happily gay married,” posted a video detailing all the symbolism she saw on the necklace being sold on Swift’s merchandise website. The jewelry piece was meant to go along with the song “Opalite” from the singer’s newest “The Life of a Showgirl” album.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">The video has gone viral on multiple social media platforms, earning 5.4 million views on TikTok and a ton of supportive comments.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">The TikTok creator opened by mentioning the reception to the song “Opalite,” which she said has “racial undertones.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">“I am in the business of  listening to black women. I think they would know what a microaggression sounds like against them way better than I ever could,” sampire1513 began.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">She said after seeing the necklace, she has decided that the song “Opalite” is “completely intentionally racial. And I am sick.”</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">The fact this have 400k likes proves our society is DOOMED <a href="https://t.co/LM0U06mfQy">pic.twitter.com/LM0U06mfQy</a></p>
<p>— Leo (@Swiftsbeatle13) <a href="https://twitter.com/Swiftsbeatle13/status/1978575424427847890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 15, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">The TikTok creator goes on to describe how the necklace has lightning bolts, but insists that the way these lightning bolts are designed is meant to represent something specific while acknowledging that the lyrics say, “dancing through the lightning strikes.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">“They are specifically SS lightning bolts,” sampire1513 continues. “Okay? It is not ambiguous. That is exactly what it is.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">She goes on with the conspiracy accusations.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400">“And then, if you&#8217;ll look, there are eight of them,” the TikTok user says. “Why does that matter? Because H is the eighth letter in the alphabet. Many Nazi, neo Nazi circles, gangs, will put an 88, meaning [Heil] Hitler, they&#8217;ll put it in their bios, they&#8217;ll tattoo it on their bodies, they&#8217;ll put it on their motorcycles, their leather jackets … I&#8217;m not reaching … the 88 thing is extremely common.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Sampire1513 goes on to claim that the cross on the necklace is a “f***ing iron cross,” a German military medal.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">The social media creator said after seeing the necklace, there are only two options.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">“Number one, Swift&#8217;s team and Swift herself, they put this out, and they genuinely just didn&#8217;t know what they were doing. And it&#8217;s a complete happenstance that it resembles any commonly used Nazi dog whistles,” she said, noting that for this to happen, there would have to be no one on the team who is Jewish or who went through “cultural sensitivity training.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">“&#8230;Option number two, which is, she knows exactly what this is, and that’s what she decided to put out. What the f***,” the user said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Sampire1513 demanded that Swift put out a statement condemning Nazism and hatred. “I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;m reaching at all,” she said in conclusion of the necklace’s alleged symbolism. “I think it&#8217;s clear as f***ing day.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">The user set her TikTok account to private Thursday as the video continued gaining traction online. X users called her out for the allegations.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">“That’s some unhinged stuff right there. As someone who studied the 3rd Reich for many years at university &#8211; no, they don’t look like SS lighting bolts, those look like the last 2 letters in KISS. That looks NOTHING like the Iron Cross,” one commenter </span><a href="https://x.com/Davidwebrooks/status/1978750769584087290"><span style="font-weight: 400">wrote</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">“If you see a [lightning] bolt and think nazi i think there&#8217;s only one person obsessed with nazis and it aint taylor swift,” another person </span><a href="https://x.com/Swiftsbeatle13/status/1978575424427847890"><span style="font-weight: 400">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400">.</span></p>


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Taylor Swift Fan Accuses Singer Of Selling Nazi-Themed Necklace In Viral TikTok

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kristin Cabot, the woman caught on camera in a romantic pose with a man who was not her husband at a Coldplay concert in July, has filed for divorce from her spouse.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The former Astronomer employee also left her position as Chief People Officer following the national attention given to the story. Now NBC News is </span><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/woman-seen-coldplay-kiss-cam-astronomer-ceo-files-divorce-husband-rcna229570"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reporting</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that Cabot filed a petition for divorce on August 13 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in a process that’s ongoing.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The documents say that a hearing is scheduled in the family division of New Hampshire&#8217;s 10th Circuit Court on November 26.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The internet has been obsessed with the alleged Astronomer affair scandal since it was made public following the July 16th Coldplay show.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A viral video shows Byron, who is also married, and Cabot embracing one another at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, when the kiss cam landed on them. The couple reacted immediately, with Byron letting go of Cabot and stepping out of frame. Cabot had a similar reaction as she immediately hid her face and turned away from the camera.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Coldplay frontman Chris Martin called out their reaction. “Oh, look at these two,” the singer can be heard saying. “Either they’re having an affair or they’re very shy.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The popularity of the video spurred many fake reactions, including a faux statement attributed to Byron and images of a fake social media post attributed to Coldplay saying, “Starting with our next show, we’re introducing camera-free audience sections for people and their sidepieces.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Byron has served as CEO of Astronomer since 2023, while Cabot had been with the company for less than one year.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Byron’s wife, Megan Kerrigan Byron, removed her last name from her Facebook account before deactivating it entirely just after the incident happened. Byron was on LinkedIn, but removed his profile in the wake of the scandal.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Astronomer CEO resigned from his position, and the company attempted to do </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/astronomer-hires-gwyneth-paltrow-to-be-temporary-spokesperson-after-kiss-cam-drama"><span style="font-weight: 400;">damage control</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by hiring Coldplay frontman’s ex-wife, actress Gwyneth Paltrow, as their “very temporary spokesperson.”</span></p>


Woman In Viral Kiss Cam Moment At Coldplay Concert Files For Divorce

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<p>A father who found himself at the center of a viral home run ball dispute says he’s “still in disbelief” after what was supposed to be a special father-son moment at a Phillies game turned into a nationwide backlash.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Drew Feltwell, who grew up in New Jersey but now lives in Florida, raced over to grab a home run ball hit by Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Harrison Bader at Friday’s game hosted by the Miami Marlins. But after he gave the ball to his son, Lincoln, an irate woman dubbed “Phillies Karen” stormed over and demanded he give it to her. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Eventually, Feltwell gave in and handed the ball to the woman. This sparked outrage online and led to a campaign to dox and shame her for her actions. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">A Phillies fan retrieves a home run ball for his son and this woman is furious she did not get the ball <a href="https://t.co/kDMMJrw2R5">pic.twitter.com/kDMMJrw2R5</a></p>
<p>— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) <a href="https://twitter.com/JomboyMedia/status/1964136365253083609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Feltwell family has been treated to many gifts in the wake of the baseball controversy, including a meeting with Bader, who gave Lincoln <a href="https://x.com/Phillies/status/1964152246779662478">a signed baseball bat</a>. A rep from the Marlins also gave Lincoln a bag of merchandise, and entrepreneur Marcus Lemonis </span><a href="https://x.com/marcuslemonis/status/1964181482672459822"><span style="font-weight: 400;">wrote</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on X that he’d be buying the family World Series tickets and an RV.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Going home with a signed bat from Bader <a href="https://t.co/pCaXHSjLgL">pic.twitter.com/pCaXHSjLgL</a></p>
<p>— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) <a href="https://twitter.com/Phillies/status/1964152246779662478?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Feltwell </span><a href="https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/sports/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/phillies-young-fan-harrison-bader-viral-home-run-ball-dispute/4264863/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">told</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> NBC10 Philadelphia that they were celebrating Lincoln’s 10th birthday. “We’re just trying to make this week about him,” he said. “I felt like super dad putting that ball in his glove and giving him a hug.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The father said the woman began screaming at him, saying, “That’s my ball!”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Still in disbelief that she walked down there like that,” he told the outlet. “Just trying to set an example of how to de-escalate a situation in front of my son, I guess.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He said he later apologized to Lincoln about his decision to hand over the baseball.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I wish I had the ball for my son to put in his room next to the bat, but if I had the ball, I probably wouldn’t have gotten the bat, so it worked out fine,” Feltwell added, saying the woman was booed out of the stadium shortly after the confrontation took place.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I hope that ball means a lot to her,” he said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There’s been some back and forth online over how the situation was handled, who was in the right, and whether the backlash went too far. Several people were misidentified as the woman who demanded the baseball.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A woman named Cheryl Richardson-Wagner insists she wasn’t Phillies Karen. “OK everyone … I’m not the crazy Philly Mom (but I sure would love to be as thin as she is and move as fast) …. And I’m a Red Sox fan,” she shared on Facebook.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After one rumor took hold that the Phillies fan was a Hammonton School District employee, the district also issued a statement. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The woman identified on social media as ‘Phillies Karen’ is not, and has never been an employee of the Hammonton Public Schools located in Hammonton, New Jersey,” the district said. “Anyone who works for our school district, attended as a student or lives in our community would obviously have caught the ball bare-handed in the first place, avoiding this entire situation!”</span></p>


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‘Still in Disbelief’: Dad Caught In Viral Home Run Ball Drama Speaks Out

Dad From Viral Home Run Baseball Argument Speaks Out, 'Still In Disbelief'

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Multiple California-based healthcare workers lost their jobs after they were seen in a TikTok video mocking patients in medical exam rooms.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The incident occurred at Sutter Health’s Pesetas Urgent Care facility in Santa Barbara. The video went viral over Labor Day weekend and has since been taken down. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the clip shared by the handle @angieuncut, a group of workers asks via caption, “Are patients allowed to leave you guys gifts?” The following images show exam chair papers stained with bodily fluids left by patients, along with the responses, “Yes!” and “We love them so much.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“All shapes and sizes,” another caption reads alongside a photo of a different employee sticking out her tongue while bending over a large stain.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The employees posed around the soiled exam chairs, smiling and giving thumbs-up signs. “Guess the substance,” the original video caption said.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">NEW: Healthcare workers at Sansum Clinic in Santa Barbara, CA, pose next to bodily-fluid-stained exam paper and post it on social media.</p>
<p>The workers were apparently mocking the &#8220;sweet gifts&#8221; that their patients left them.</p>
<p>&#8220;Guess the substance!&#8221; the caption read.</p>
<p>In response to… <a href="https://t.co/WN6UqmUcGe">pic.twitter.com/WN6UqmUcGe</a></p>
<p>— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href="https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1963307752618668142?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 3, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We are deeply concerned about a disrespectful social media post made on a personal account by a former employee, and we are conducting a full review in line with our policies,” a Sutter Health spokesperson told </span><a href="https://ktla.com/news/local-news/santa-barbara-clinic-staff-tiktok-bodily-fluids/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">KTLA</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. The company also stated that the employee who posted the video had not worked at the healthcare facility for two months.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a later statement, Sutter Health confirmed that the individuals involved had been terminated.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Sutter Health has terminated the employees responsible for the inappropriate and insensitive photos posted on social media,” a spokesperson said in a statement, per </span><a href="https://people.com/clinic-workers-fired-for-outright-violation-of-policy-after-posting-photos-mocking-patients-pap-smear-discharge-11803181"><span style="font-weight: 400;">People</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“This unacceptable behavior is an outright violation of our policies, shows a lack of respect for our patients and will not be tolerated,” it said. “Protecting the trust of those we serve is our highest priority and when that trust is violated, we take swift action to address it.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We expect all team members to live our patients-first mission and uphold the highest standards of compassion, professionalism and respect,” the representative went on. “We are using this inappropriate incident to reinforce our comprehensive policies with all our team members across the organization as part of our commitment to providing all patients with high-quality, compassionate care.”</span></p>


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California Clinic Workers Fired After Mocking Patients In Viral TikTok: ‘Unacceptable’

California Clinic Workers Fired After Mocking Patients In Viral Video: 'Unacceptable'

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<p>President Donald Trump had a blunt, dismissive response to a viral video that purported to show someone repeatedly throwing garbage out a White House window, as he pointed out the video was likely AI-generated.</p>
<p>The video was posted by an anti-Trump account and looked like this:</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">What is going on here? <a href="https://t.co/Sy0lRUEXPq">pic.twitter.com/Sy0lRUEXPq</a></p>
<p>— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) <a href="https://twitter.com/patriottakes/status/1962502310476603655?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 1, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>“There is a video that is circulating online now of the White House where a window is open to the residence upstairs, and somebody is throwing a big bag out the window. Have you seen this?” Fox News reporter Peter Doocy asked at a White House press conference on Tuesday.</p>
<p>“No, that&#8217;s probably AI-generated,” Trump answered. “Actually, you can&#8217;t open the windows. You know why? They&#8217;re all heavily armored and bulletproof.”</p>
<p>“So that&#8217;s a fake, a fake video?” Doocy queried.</p>
<p>“It&#8217;s got to be because I know every window up there,” Trump answered. The last place I&#8217;d be doing it is that because there&#8217;s cameras all over the place, right? Including yours. &#8230; In fact, my wife was complaining about it the other day. She said, ‘Love to have a little fresh air come in.’ But you can&#8217;t. They&#8217;re bulletproof. Number one, they&#8217;re sealed. And number two, each window weighs about 600 pounds. You have to be pretty strong to open them up.”</p>
<p>“It&#8217;s the kind of thing they do.&#8221; Trump continued. “And one of the problems we have with AI, it&#8217;s both good and bad. If something happens really bad, just blame AI. But also, they create things, you know, it works both ways. If something happens that&#8217;s really bad, maybe I&#8217;ll have to just blame AI. But there&#8217;s truth to it because I see so many phony things. I  saw something (AI-generated video) as I was growing up from the time I was a baby till now. I said, &#8216;Who did that?&#8217; It was AI-generated. So, it&#8217;s a little bit scary to be honest with you.”</p>
<p>“But those windows are all very heavily sealed,” he concluded.</p>
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‘Armed And Bulletproof’: Trump Debunks Viral Video Showing Items Being Thrown Out White House Window

Trump Debunks Viral Video Showing Items Being Thrown Out White House Window

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<p>After a video of him snatching a hat from a child at the U.S. Open went viral and ignited widespread outrage, Polish businessman Piotr Szczerek publicly apologized for his actions.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Szczerek, head of the paving company Drogbruk, shared his regrets on the company’s official Instagram page and stated that all other comments attributed to him and his wife were fake. The exec explained that he didn’t mean to take the hat from the little boy, saying he thought it was meant for him.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The footage captures tennis star Kamil Majchrzak holding out the hat toward the child until Szczerek abruptly intercepted, grabbed the hat, and tucked it into his wife’s tote bag. In the video, he appears to ignore the child’s protestations.</span></p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" title="Hat-snatching CEO Piotr Szczerek Breaks Silence After US Open Backlash" width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WLB1BIDstPk?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I would like to unequivocally apologize to the boy who was harmed, his family, as well as all the fans and the player himself,” Szczerek <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DODrR8ZCMsI/?hl=en">wrote on Instagram</a>, via a translation. “I made a serious mistake.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“In the emotions, in the crowd’s joy after the victory, I was convinced that the tennis player was handing the cap in my direction — for my sons, who had earlier asked for autographs,” the CEO went on. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Today, I know that I did something that looked like deliberately taking a souvenir from a child. That was never my intention, but it doesn’t change the fact that I hurt the boy and disappointed the fans. The cap has since been given to the boy, and apologies made to the family. I hope that at least in part I have repaired the harm I caused,” he added. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It is a painful but necessary lesson in humility,” Szczerek wrote.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Since the incident, Majchrzak located the boy, who was identified as Brock, and posed for photos with him. “Hello World, Together with Brock we wish you a great day!” the tennis pro wrote in an Instagram caption shared on Saturday.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He showed a photo of himself giving more gifts to Brock in another Story. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Szczerek has been targeted online since the incident, with angry individuals bombarding his company with negative reviews and publicly criticizing him for his actions. </span></p>


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Polish CEO Apologizes After Viral US Open Hat-Snatching Incident

Polish CEO Apologizes After Viral US Open Hat Snatching Incident

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chris Martin’s ex-wife Gwyneth Paltrow was hired by the tech company Astronomer as a “very temporary” spokesperson in the wake of a huge PR incident for the company.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The A-list actress appeared in a short video loosely alluding to the viral moment but mostly just promoting the company as the world continues to obsess over the moment their former CEO, Andy Byron, was caught in an embrace with a woman who was not his wife during a Coldplay concert.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The video was shared to the company’s social media accounts and was captioned, “Thank you for your interest in Astronomer.”</span></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thank you for your interest in Astronomer. <a href="https://t.co/WtxEegbAMY">pic.twitter.com/WtxEegbAMY</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Astronomer (@astronomerio) <a href="https://twitter.com/astronomerio/status/1948890827566317712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Hi, I’m Gwyneth Paltrow,” the “Avengers: Endgame” alum began as she smiled for the camera. “I’ve been hired on a very temporary basis to speak on behalf of the 300-plus employees at Astronomer.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After her introduction, Paltrow explained that she would be answering the most common questions the company has received over the last two weeks, starting with, “OMG! What the actual f***?”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Yes, Astronomer is the best place to run Apache Airflow, unifying the experience of running data, ML and AI pipelines at scale,” Paltrow said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;We&#8217;ve been thrilled that so many people have a newfound interest in data workflow automation,&#8221; she went on. “As for the other questions we’ve received …” she said, before the next question appeared on screen.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It said, “How is your social media team holding &#8230;”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Yes, there is still room available at our Beyond Analytics event in September!” Paltrow said before the question finished, before further promoting the company. &#8220;We will now be returning to what we do best — delivering game-changing results for our customers. Thank you for your interest in Astronomer.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The video, posted on Friday evening, has over 30 million views on X as of Saturday.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Astronomer has become a household name ever since the viral video clip of Byron embracing a woman identified by many as Kristin Cabot, the Chief People Officer for the company. After being spotted on the kiss cam, the two quickly stepped away from each other and out of frame after realizing they were being broadcast to the entire stadium at the July 16 Coldplay show in Foxborough, Massachusetts.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the aftermath, Byron resigned as CEO and Astronomer is attempting to pivot the moment into good publicity for themselves.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Commenters on social media noted the tactic of using Martin’s ex-wife to do damage control on the company’s image. Many even speculated on whether the whole kiss cam viral moment was a publicity stunt, based on the outcome.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“You hired the Coldplay singer’s ex-wife. Extraordinary,” one commenter </span><a href="https://x.com/RobertMSterling/status/1948911701279343035"><span style="font-weight: 400;">wrote</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Damn, this is a masterclass in PR and crisis control,” another </span><a href="https://x.com/tayoainafilms/status/1949009918154911885"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Wait was this one big Psyop to know where the best place to run Apache Airflow is?” a third </span><a href="https://x.com/ErikGroset/status/1948924105077784932"><span style="font-weight: 400;">added</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>


Astronomer Hires Gwyneth Paltrow To Be ‘Temporary Spokesperson’ After Kiss Cam Drama

Astronomer Hires Gwyneth Paltrow To Be 'Temporary Spokesperson' After Kiss Cam Drama

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Celebrities, journalists, ordinary Joes, and </span><a href="https://www.si.com/mlb/phillie-phanatic-parody-viral-coldplay-kiss-cam-moment"><span style="font-weight: 400;">even sports mascots</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> are making jokes about the viral kiss cam gone wrong at a Coldplay concert last week. That includes three major country stars who all referenced the viral moment that’s been captivating social media ever since. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The drama occurred during a show in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on Wednesday night. That’s when Andy Byron, CEO of the tech company Astronomer, was caught embracing the company’s Chief People Officer, Kristin Cabot, who dramatically turned away from the camera once they realized they’d been seen.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Coldplay frontman Chris Martin reacted to the couple’s suspicious behavior, saying, “Uh oh, what? Either they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Country star Morgan Wallen </span><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@tcmyth/video/7528690496730942751"><span style="font-weight: 400;">joked</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> about the viral clip during a concert on Friday in Glendale, Arizona. The “Last Night” singer said from the stage, “Anybody in here with their side chick or whatever, I think you’re safe here,” as the crowd went wild.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I don’t condone cheating… anymore,” Wallen added.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Singer Jason Aldean also used the kiss cam scandal as a way to promote his own show, </span><a href="https://tasteofcountry.com/jason-aldean-jokes-coldplay-kiss-cam-scandal/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">writing</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in his Instagram Stories, “Bring your girl to the Aldean show before her CEO does. Just saying.” The post included the infamous image of Byron and Cabot embracing just before they realize they’re caught.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Luke Bryan also joked about the incident during his July 17 concert in Greenville, South Carolina. “Who’s with their secretary tonight?” the singer </span><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@cwtolson/video/7528453806326025486"><span style="font-weight: 400;">asked</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> the crowd. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Hey, it’s got to be somebody way up there,” he said, indicating some seats in the distance. “Oh, yeah! There they are,” Bryan said. “Do not get caught tonight!”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Coldplay kiss cam moment has dominated the news cycle since late last week, with social media users obsessing over the details and making a plethora of memes about it. Since the news broke, Byron has stepped down from his role as CEO at Astronomer. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The company released a lengthy </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/moving-forward-astronomer-pete-dejoy-zygze/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">statement</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on Monday that did not clarify any details about the incident, but a previous LinkedIn post confirmed that they were launching an investigation into the conduct of their employees.</span></p>


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