A US tech company says its chief executive has quit after he was apparently caught on a big screen at a Coldplay concert embracing a female co-worker, in a clip that went viral.
The clip showed a man and a woman hugging on a jumbo screen at the arena in Foxborough, Massachusetts, before they abruptly ducked and hid from the camera.
The pair were identified in US media as Mr Byron, a married chief executive of Astronomer, and Kristin Cabot, the firm’s chief people officer.
Who is this referencing?
That’s James Hetfield of Metallica embracing Dave Mustaine formerly of Metallica and frontman for Megadeth
Is that them mocking it or is it an old pic?
Given their history, I am going to say the image is not real.
Really important news guys
it’s nice to have fun once in awhile
Big mistake. You always play it cool. If the police catch you getting your dick sucked, just play it cool. They won’t suspect a thing.
Just say it wasn’t you
But I saw you in the bathroom.
Wasn’t me
🎶I even caught you on camera!🎶
You can’t use past tense when they’re looking right at you.
America’s reaction to this is more pathetic than the cheating.
Inb4 his ex wife files for alimony+child support, and he tries to claim no income.
That’s not how it generally works. If you quit, the court will impute an income and you will owe based on that.
That’s exactly why I said “tries”.
Don’t forget about how he blames the Democrats for getting ‘canceled’ and gets a speaking role at the next Republican Convention.
my understanding is the wife already changed her last name on facebook, so divorce filing is pretty much a given. He is definitely claiming no salary income, but she’s gonna grab him by the assets
What an insane comment and by-product of the modern day.
Don’t these C-level guys usually get a golden parachute? He “tendered his resignation”, but probably still got some severance. Board could force him out but probably triggers some other vesting/equity clause. So having him “resign” but give him golden parachute.
This also isn’t some huge company. Closer to a startup still. Might not have that kind of benefits yet
Golden parachutes usually don’t involve inter-company affairs. He’s going to be lucky if the board doesn’t sue him for defamation of the company name essentially.
Per Axios report [1], Andy Byron appears to have negotiated some sort of exit package.
The company officially issued a statement Friday more than 24 hours after the story exploded, due in part to Byron’s slow resignation and exit package negotiations, another source told Axios.
These fuckers always get their 🧀 no matter what happens. Better to pay them off rather than stall it in court and risk attracting more attention.
[1] https://www.axios.com/2025/07/18/coldplay-kiss-cam-astronomer
Intra
He’s now at the “find out” phase of things lol
Does Coldplay cover any Queen songs? “We will, we will, doxx you!”
I think they just endlessly and relentlessly cover the one Coldplay song.
It’s shitty of them, especially him. But, at least he has the decency and shame left to step down after this.
Why “especially him?” And why is he the only one of them who needs to resign from their job? Why is it only the men who get heat for having affairs like this? You think she didn’t know he was married? Why this societal bias?
Holy sexist knee jerk reaction, Batman.
Yeah, pointing out the sexism of others is so sexist. Mainstay defense of sexists.
Why “especially him?”
Maybe because of the power imbalance? Wasn’t he her superior?
Why is it only the men who get heat for having affairs like this?
What strange world do you live in? Usually women are treated much worse after such incidents.
You think she didn’t know he was married?
And in such case, why is HIS marriage her responsibility?
Maybe because of the power imbalance? Wasn’t he her superior?
I don’t see that being pertinent here. You think she was pressured into sleeping with her boss? I’d take that bet.
What strange world do you live in? Usually women are treated much worse after such incidents.
LOL, no, they’re not. You’re the one in a strange world, apparently.
And in such case, why is HIS marriage her responsibility?
Oh, I see. You don’t think the unattached person in an affair has any responsibility for wrecking a home, even though they know they’re doing it. What a strange sense of morality you have.
I think you just like letting women off the hook because you’re sexist.
There may have been an imbalance, but seems the nature of the relationship was pretty mutual, not coerced.
I think I’m this specific scenario, the guy has been flamed pretty hard
FYI, they were both married people with their respective marriages.
It’s such a shame. They should not kill themselves, like Epstein.
Let’s not say he has decency. His other option was probably to be fired.
It’s like nuance here is fucking dead and people only understand absolutes, jesus christ.
Let me put it this way: had he not resigned, he would be an even bigger piece of shit.
Your link is weird. This one works:
Seems like if they hadn’t reacted to their images on the screen, this whole thing would have gone unnoticed.
This would have been over in fifteen minutes if it hadn’t been hard pushed to distract from Epstein.
Just look at the fucking Internet! Actual news media!
OH YEAH GIVE US THE GOSS ON THESE FUCKING RANDOS LITERALLY NOBODY KNEW THE NAMES OF TWO DAYS AGO!
I’ve seen this response a ton and I think that’s exactly correct, but I can’t imagine the anxiety in the hours, day and weeks after. Just waiting and wondering if anyone recognised you, if anyone had a recording/proof. Then after a few months under the radar I might not be a complete train wreck.
But then what if Coldplay puts out a Netflix special or something, then I’d have to wait and wait until it came out and then watch it and see if that moment makes it into the recording… And if it does? Now I’m just waiting for some random friend of a friend to watch it and go “hang on…”
I think I’d rather this timeline, if I was that idot.
Probably why I’d never cheat on my partner, especially at a huge public gathering, when the person I’m cheating with is an employee and I’m the fucking CEO and could lose my job over it.
Thankfully this man will certainly continue to fail up, and as soon as this news quiets down he’ll get hired by some other goon just like him to some other lucrative job where you just have to be an asshole a few times a week and otherwise the money will roll right in.
Lmao. I’d seen the photo floating around, but didn’t know the story behind it
Me too. Just realizing everything now.
They really Coldplayed their families
…meanwhile. Elon Musk out here handing out vials of cum at parties. What a cool guy.
Hey, yeah, Epstein! I know about that guy! I read about EPSTEIN in the papers and shit!
That’s who we were talking about right?
Nah, but he needs to resign for similar reasons as OP’s subject POS.
Maybe we need to reign in the upper class a bit.
That hand placement…
Am I dirty in my head, or is he actually holding her from the boobs?
I find the most erotic part of a woman is the boobies
I get being embarrassed but resignation seems like an overreaction. Coldplay isn’t that bad.
Hey other tech CEOs, when you take your mistress to a concert where there’s a crowd camera, have a chat ahead of time about how to play it cool. Bet nobody would have noticed if they’d just smiled and been boring for a second until the operator moved on. That’ll be $50,000 please.
