Andy Byron's Wife Megan Kerrigan Byron Was Deluged With Facebook Comments
According to Newsweek, Byron is married to Megan Kerrigan Byron.
His wife, who also goes by the name Meg Kerrigan, found her Facebook page deluged on the morning of July 17 with comments from strangers upset about a kiss cam video that went viral at the Coldplay concert. And it went very viral, being viewed many millions of times.
Kerrigan Byron's Facebook page was filled with photos showing her with her husband and kids in seemingly tranquil family scenes.
The page has now been deleted. Men's Journal reviewed it before it was taken down, and verified that she was not limiting comments to the page. Some observers have noted that she did not use the last name Byron on the page; it was under the name Meg Kerrigan before it was deleted.
Other comment writers chastised people for writing about the Coldplay video on Kerrigan Byron's page.
City public records in Massachusetts show that Astronomer CEO Andy Byron owns a more than $1.178 million four-bedroom home in Massachusetts through a trust with Megan Byron. Real estate records show it is now valued at more than $1.4 million. Both Byron and his wife are 50, public records showed.
Andy Byron's personal net worth is not known; the company he leads, Astronomer, was "valued at over $1.3 billion since 2022," according to Live Mint.
Men's Journal is withholding the name of the community where they live, but it's not far from the Boston area and Foxborough, where Coldplay held a concert that propelled Byron into the middle of a social media controversy.The Coldplay video shows a man and a woman in an embrace on the jumbotron. When they see they have been spotted, they duck for cover.
It has not been verified that the man and woman are Byron and Kristin Cabot, a member of his company, Astronomer's, leadership team, as many people on social media are alleging. However, both have become the focal point of an Internet firestorm. Men's Journal has reached out to Astronomer seeking comment.
"Astronomer is committed to the values and culture that have guided us since our founding. Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability," the company wrote in a July 18 statement posted to X and LinkedIn.
The company also wrote that the Board of Directors has initiated an investigation.
Newsweek noted that it's not known "whether Byron's wife also attended the concert," as well, but her Facebook photos indicate that she is not the woman in the video.
Distractify published one of the family photos.
"Oh, look at these two," Coldplay's frontman Chris Martin said once the man and woman were shown on the jumbotron.
"All right, come on, you're OK," Martin speculated. "Either they're having an affair or they're just very shy." That, of course, has not been proven, and neither Byron nor Cabot has even confirmed they are the people in the video. But that didn't stop the power of social media controversy from being unleashed on his wife's Facebook account.
Megan Kerrigan Byron's Instagram page was also deleted, although it's not clear when.Andy Byron's Wife Megan Kerrigan Byron Was Deluged With Facebook Comments first appeared on Men's Journal on Jul 17, 2025
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