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.
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.
I HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT EPSTEIN ALTOGETHER! WHO EVEN IS HE!
I’ve never seen more synthetic engagement with a topic in years. It’s insanity how this bullshit got so pressed on the public, did you see Reddit? They flooded this random drama on every single sub, if you didn’t catch how obviously it was coordinated then you need to take a double espresso and bash your head against the wall a few times to wake up.
Why did this story distract you so easily
People can remember two things, and lots of people like drama. This is a short laugh at a CEO getting a very small amount of comeuppance. It’s not going to make us forget how terrible Trump is or that the government is actively covering up for pedophiles.
We need small breaks of laughter to keep sane sometimes.
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.
Inb4 his ex wife files for alimony+child support, and he tries to claim no income.
Don’t forget about how he blames the Democrats for getting ‘canceled’ and gets a speaking role at the next Republican Convention.
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”.
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
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.
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.
Intra
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
This also isn’t some huge company. Closer to a startup still. Might not have that kind of benefits yet
What an insane comment and by-product of the modern day.
It’s shitty of them, especially him. But, at least he has the decency and shame left to step down after this.
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.
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?
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?
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.
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.
Holy sexist knee jerk reaction, Batman.
Yeah, pointing out the sexism of others is so sexist. Mainstay defense of sexists.
It’s such a shame. They should not kill themselves, like Epstein.
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.
Kristin Cabot, the firm’s chief people officer.
That’s not a good look 😬
She took her job “people officer” too literally.
You know what IS a good look? Distracting you from the Epstein files!
Damn that shit suits you!
It was a great look at the “couple”
Well she is working with people. Two of them but one doesn’t know about the other.
*didn’t
Standard HR. Not a profession that’s renowned for moral and ethical integrity.
She’s switching to Public Affairs.
Before this
CEO: Who are they going to complain to? HR?!
Before this: Epstein files connections to Mossad
After this: OMG DID YOU SEE THAT RELATIONSHIP GOSS ON THE COLDPLAY CONCERT OMGOMGOMG
This story is being promoted in the media to distract from trump being a child rapist
sure, but like there can be more than one thing happening.
Exactly. He can rape little girls AND women.
Also he can do all that raping AND also beat his ex wife because she was the one who suggested the doctor that did his hair transplant which then became painful (according to the court case that got paid off).
Furthermore he can do all that raping and beating and paying off of victims AND also bankrupt many casinos!
That dude is a multi tasker if I ever did see one.No, this absolute teen goss bullshit was pushed HARD on the public specifically to distract from the Epstein shit. They saw anything and it went fucking VIRAL.
Get your head out of your fucking asshole, this was pushed, nothing about this ridiculous nonsense would have made a single wave two months ago.
For fuck’s sakes.
Yea it’s just obv promoted. Like what even is that company
Never underestimate how much of the media and society love to see schadenfreude. It’s basically escapism from the daily onslaught of terrible news all the time.
Lmao. I’d seen the photo floating around, but didn’t know the story behind it
Me too. Just realizing everything now.
I think we as a society need to get over compulsory monogamy. It clearly doesn’t work for everybody. Why must two consenting adults refrain from expressing mutual love for one another?
Don’t get me wrong, cheating is unethical and monogamy is still valid for those who want it. But the idea that monogamy is the most pure form of love is a social construct that has no basis in reality.
Regardless, it’s still at the very least a grey area to get involved with a subordinate, and I think a majority would find that unethical regardless.
If you don’t want to be monogamous don’t get married. It’s an easy solution.
Why would marriage be an issue? It’s convenient for purposes of healthcare coverage, hospital visitation rights, guarantees that without a will stating otherwise your spouse makes all decisions regarding the disposal of your corpse, and they automatically inherit any wealth you have, and if you have military benefits in many cases marriage is required to transfer those, or have them automatically transfer on death.
I’m not monogamous, neither is my spouse, but we are married because of all the above reasons. Marriage isn’t about love and monogamy it’s about financial and death planning
You’re right to call out that marriage != monogamy. The comment should have been:
If you don’t want to be monogamous don’t get
marriedinto a monogamous relationship. It’s an easy solution.Except all those advantage of officially marriage cannot be enjoyed by people who actually want the polygamous marriage as the system does not recognize that.
That’s frankly a poor take.
On one hand, you’re arguing that the social and legal benefits of marriage should be exclusive to monogamous couples. Why should marriage require monogamy? It may imply monogamy by tradition but up until recently those same traditions excluded same-sex couples and we’ve moved on from that requirement by now.
Alternatively, there exist those who are married but practice some form of non-monogamy, e.g. swingers, porn stars, polyamorous couples, separated couples. Does practicing non-monogamy invalidate their marriage? You could argue that it traditionally would, but again, we’ve already moved on from traditional marriage. In reality, the only thing that invalidates a marriage is divorce or death. Monogamy is not a requirement.
On the other hand, you seem to be implying that committed romantic relationships outside of marriage aren’t widely and by default of social expectation (i.e. compulsory) monogamous. I’m certain you would be hard pressed to find anybody who would tell you otherwise.
Or have ab open marriage, or habr a marriage where you swing
Good point.
The idea is that no one is stopping you from being poly. If that’s the type of relationship you want, then have fun with that. The problem in this case is when he wants to see other people and his wife believes they’re in a monogamous relationship.
no one is stopping you from being poly
While that’s technically true, it’s a lot more nuanced than that.
Our society instills monogamous values in its media and traditions. The sentiment around polyamory is that it’s weird, naive, frivolous and immature at best. The very suggestion of polyamory outside of friendly circles is often met with negative vitriol, as evidenced by the amount of down votes I’m getting in this thread.
I recognize now that I have always leaned towards polyamory and that’s been an awakening that’s taken nearly a decade over the last third of my life. I never cheated but I went through deep emotional pain and have caused emotional pain to others trying to figure that out in a world that was telling me monogamy was what I needed to strive for if I wanted a meaningful relationship. Even now, I’m voluntarily in a monogamous relationship because I deeply value my partner, though I can’t help but wish society hadn’t scared me into rejecting that part of myself for the better part of my life.
The problem in this case is when he wants to see other people and his wife believes they’re in a monogamous relationship.
I never argued against that. Cheating in any relationship is deceptive and immoral. My qualms are with the fact that our society is biased against non-monogamy and due to that many people don’t realize it’s an option and instead resort to ways of getting their needs met that cause emotional harm and turmoil.
I don’t think western governments allow polygamous marriages. Or do you mean only dating and never having legal rights?
I was mostly just talking about OP’s “compulsory monogamy”, which is obviously nonsense. No one is forcing you to be monogamous. If you don’t want monogamy, don’t do it, assuming your partner is okay with it.
Having some kind of polygamous marriage arrangement as a legal agreement is a different issue that should be worked out.
“compulsory monogamy”, which is obviously nonsense
Compulsory heterosexuality has been the standard of our society for centuries up until very recently. It was common for closeted gay men to marry women in order to fit into society and then have secret affairs with other men on the side to satisfy their homosexuality. That’s changed over the last few decades but even now it still happens. Would you have told a gay man from 50 years ago that compulsory heterosexuality is nonsense? That nobody is forcing them to fall in love with and marry a woman? Despite the fact that every social normality and structure was oriented towards heterosexuality and fiercely rejected homosexuality to the point where homosexual people closeted themselves out of fear for their own lives.
I’m not saying non-monogamous people have it as bad as homosexual people did in the previous era. But you can’t deny that our society strongly encourages monogamy and strongly discourages non-monogamy through social norms and structures. Similar to homosexuality in the previous era, there are little to no widely available resources for non-monogamous people to help them understand that part of themselves and the vast majority of them don’t consider it to be an option due to the stigmatization of non-monogamous relationships; in other words, compulsory.
You do know that -gamy means marriage right? We aren’t talking about polyamory, we are talking about polygamy.
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
Does Coldplay cover any Queen songs? “We will, we will, doxx you!”
I think they just endlessly and relentlessly cover the one Coldplay song.
…meanwhile. Elon Musk out here handing out vials of cum at parties. What a cool guy.
Maybe we need to reign in the upper class a bit.
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.
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.
