Astronomer CEO Andy Bryon was placed on leave, a company spokesperson told PEOPLE. Earlier this week, a couple was caught on camera together during a Coldplay concert, prompting singer Chris Martin to joke about them having an "affair.

Clips from shows like ‘Succession,’ ‘The Sopranos,’ ‘The Simpsons’ and ‘Knight of Cups’ are being deployed to poke fun at the viral moment from the band's Boston show.

Astronomer announced a formal investigation into CEO Andy Byron and human resource officer Kristin Cabot after the coworkers' purported affair was accidentally hard launched by Coldplay frontman Chris Martin at a concert.

Apart from congratulations to other-Andy (and a hearty how dare for the unearned burn on Coldplay), this is an example of how deflection and humor might come in handy. The immediate deletion is the double-click equivalent of Byron's physical drop to the ground. Conspicuous! An admission by omission!

The Coldplay concert kiss cam incident is the most viral moment of 2025. It’s also a video game now, sort of. Coldplay Canoodlers was thought up by Jonathan Mann, best known as the guy who has uploaded a new song to YouTube every day for over a decade (Remember “GTA: This Is Why We vVdeo Gaming?

Coldplay's concert at Gillette Stadium on Wednesday took an unexpected turn when a couple caught on the jumbotron sparked debate online.

Almost instantly, the clip went viral, racking up over 30 million views. The internet was transfixed and delighted in the schadenfreude: the wealthy, married chief executive of a tech firm being caught out canoodling with a colleague, the head of HR no less, in the most criminally uncool of contexts: a Coldplay concert.