The timeline on Coldplay-gate as Kristin Cabot resigns
It's an age-old story: married boy meets married girl, married boy and married girl go to a romantic concert where they're immediately filmed on a kiss cam, and instead of playing it off immediately try to go into hiding, which can have many people read between the lines.
But just how did we get here? @instaagraace trouble in paradise?? 👀 #coldplay #boston #coldplayconcert #kisscam #fyp ♬ original sound – grace
Coldplay were continuing their tour in Gillette Stadium at Foxborough, Massachusetts, when they started a kiss cam to the delight of the audience.
When the camera panned to a very loved-up couple, frontman Chris Martin remarked: 'Aw, look at these two' — and instead of brushing it off and kissing for the camera in order to minimise the virality of such a moment, the woman in the video covered her face while the man ducked out of the camera shot.
Chris tried to play it off, before joking to the crowd: 'Either they're having an affair or are just very shy.' Alas, the video gained millions of views overnight on TikTok. The pair were quick to hide their identities, but the damage was done, gaining over 100million views on TikTok. Pic: Instaagraace via TikTok
The pair were then identified as Andy Byron, CEO of the company Astronomer, and the Chief People Officer Kristin Cabot; with the pair being placed on leave by the company (after a fake statement pretending to be Mr Byron did the rounds on Twitter).
While the company were hopefully waiting for the mess to blow over, it wasn't going to happen, and instead went even more viral, with people not even needing to be online to see the awkward video.
While Andy Byron was the CEO of Astronomer, on our shores, there was an Andy Byron who had some explaining to do.
The Dubliner, who owns Stylo Motion Design, went viral on LinkedIn after having to clarify that he wasn't the man with the same name at the Coldplay concert, writing: 'No, this isn't me. I wouldn't be caught dead at a Coldplay concert… I'm the Andy Byron who makes videos for big screens, not the one who gets caught on them.
'If you want to make video content that goes viral for the right reasons, let's connect.'
Following the controversy and the fact that his name and face were now everywhere, Mr Byron announced in an official statement that he was stepping down as CEO of Astronomer.
'As stated previously, Astronomer is committed to the values and culture that have guided us since our founding,' the company said. 'Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability, and recently, that standard was not met.
'The board will begin a search for our next chief executive as co-founder and chief product officer Pete DeJoy continues to serve as interim CEO.'
Astronomer have since confirmed in a statement that Kristin Cabot has resigned as Chief People Officer at the company.
The company told the BBC that Ms Cabot is no longer working for them, with interim CEO Pete DeJoy saying that the company have 'received a level of media attention that few companies – let alone startups in our small corner of the data and AI world – ever encounter.'
He added that the company became a 'household name' overnight in the wake of the controversy, but said that they would continue their path forward and 'commitment to something great.'
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