"The Board of Directors has initiated a formal investigation into this matter and we will have additional details to share very shortly," the company said in a statement on X.

During the band's July 16 concert at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, frontman Chris Martin commented on concertgoers shown on the jumbotron at the show.

Not only did the moment become a meme, it became fodder for a joke for ESPN SportsCenter AM anchors Gary Striewski and Randy Scott on Friday morning.