Andy Byron, CEO of the technology company Astronomer, and Kristin Cabot, the company's chief in Human Resources, were highlighted during a Coldplay concert on Thursday. Both had looks of horror on their faces at being caught as he tried to duck behind a balcony railing and she turned away from the camera.
“They’re either having an affair, or they’re just really shy,” said Chris Martin, lead singer of Coldplay.
The video of this moment has been circulating on TikTok and has since become the center of multiple memes. Many people have recreated the viral moment, including the Philadelphia’s Phillies mascot, and some Major League Baseball games have now adopted a "Coldplay Cam."
When asked about her part in the expose, the concert goer who posted the video-gone-viral quipped, "play stupid games, win stupid prizes."
Alex McFarland of Exploring the Word on AFR says the pair has become the butt of jokes, but it was no laughing matter to Byron's wife.
“The real wife, Megan Kerrigan Byron, was at home. They said that within moments there were 4,500 comments on her Facebook page. They said within hours she took her married name off of her social media platforms, and at least in the heat of the moment, reverted to her maiden name,” McFarland states.
McFarland continues to say that the company has just gone vertical and suddenly is worth nearly $2 billion.
“And yet while prosperity certainly found Andy Byron, apparently character did not. The incentive to live truthfully, morally, uprightly, should be not that cameras are watching but that Almighty God is watching,” says McFarland.
Andy Byron has since resigned from his position as CEO after the company's board of directors announced that they were launching a formal investigation and were placing him on administrative leave.
