{"id":3115,"date":"2025-07-18T12:36:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T12:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/3115\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T12:36:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T12:36:05","slug":"andy-byron-fan-who-filmed-the-astronomer-ceo-says-stupid-games-get-stupid-prizes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/3115\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Byron: Fan who filmed the Astronomer CEO says \u2018stupid games get stupid prizes\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The camera woman who filmed the CEO of a billion-dollar company getting snug with his head of HR has spoken out over the mega-viral moment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The video has amassed nearly 50 million views in the past day, with a massive fall out following in which internet detectives figured out that the pair are married &#8211; but not to each other.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Grace Springer was just a fan filming a funny moment at the Coldplay concert in Boston when she decided to upload the comedic clip to TikTok &#8211; with no idea of what would later unfold.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The New Jersey local said she felt bad for what she had done, but the pair will have to deal with the consequences of their actions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cI had no idea who the couple was. Just thought I caught an interesting reaction to the kiss cam and decided to post it,\u201d she told The US Sun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cA part of me feels bad for turning these people\u2019s lives upside down, but, play stupid games\u2026 win stupid prizes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cI hope their partners can heal from this and get a second chance at the happiness they deserve with their future still in front of them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cI hope, for them, my video was a blessing in disguise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to view this content, please adjust your Cookie Settings.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about how we use cookies, please see our <a class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sevenwestmedia.com.au\/cookies-guide\">Cookie Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">A big fan of the British band, Grace could have never imagined the gravity of what she had done when posting the video.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cIt was definitely a hot topic, but no one knew who they were,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cWhen I posted late last night before bed it was picking up traction with a couple thousand views.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cI woke up to seven million. Now over 30 million. Overwhelmed to say the least.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The camera woman who filmed the CEO of a billion-dollar company getting snug with his head of HR&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[64,63,134,128,285],"class_list":["post-3115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}