Snapchat CEOs tasteless Coachella photos kissing supermodel wife Miranda Kerr despite jobs bloodbath

He’s the CEO of the picture messaging giant Snapchat.So Evan Spiegel should know a thing or two about optics — but this weekend that appeared to go out the window.The billionaire, who also co-founded the app, was seen partying hard with his supermodel wife Miranda Kerr — while his company, headquartered in Santa Monica, plotted to lay off 1,000 workers.The pair posted loved-up shots of them kissing and enjoying the tunes at Coachella on Friday just days before the jobs bloodbath.Spiegel wore a baseball cap, sunglasses and a bandanna as he planted a kiss on Kerr’s forehead while they stood in a crowd, per the photos shared to social media.The 42-year-old former Victoria’s Secret Angel posted a collage of photos and videos on Instagram of her watching artists like Sabrina Carpenter.“A day in the desert,” she captioned the post.Meanwhile, Spiegel’s employees are feeling deserted after it was revealed the company plans to slash around 1,000 jobs and rely more on artificial intelligence to run the platform.Spiegel’s decision to party as his company lays off employees drew some backlash, including suggestions that it could radicalize workers.“This picture just launched 1,000 [Zohran Mamdanis],” Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy wrote about Spiegel’s Coachella photo on X.

“Reminds me of Gaz celebrating with Rick Ross the day BI hit piece came out,” he added in another post.The proposed Snapchat layoffs boosted the company’s stock 7% on the initial news, though the stock fell slightly during Thursday morning trading.California's top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.

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Never miss a story Spiegel, 34, previously apologized for the layoffs, saying he was “deeply sorry,” for the cuts, which amount to 16% of the company’s workforce.“While these changes are neces...