{"id":5363,"date":"2025-07-19T08:11:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T08:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/5363\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T08:11:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T08:11:08","slug":"astronomer-says-its-ceo-has-been-placed-on-leave-after-viral-coldplay-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/5363\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronomer says its CEO has been placed on leave after viral Coldplay video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>      CNN<br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmd97jalh008g26qi4v23abaq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Astronomer, the tech company that found itself launched into the public eye after its CEO Andy Byron was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/07\/17\/entertainment\/chris-martin-concert-kiss-cam\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">spotted on a Jumbotron video at a Coldplay concert<\/a> earlier this week embracing an employee, announced that Byron has been placed on leave.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmd9l8rx800003b6n7nana074@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Astronomer\u2019s cofounder and chief product officer Pete DeJoy is now serving as interim CEO, the company said in a statement Friday night.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmd9lcm9b00033b6nnlqrutev@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The New York-based company earlier Friday issued a statement about the matter via <a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fposts%2Fastronomer_astronomer-is-committed-to-the-values-and-activity-7352044359338373121-Fwe5&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cmegan.thomas%40cnn.com%7C75779dd6d92f4ac68ff708ddc6315614%7C0eb48825e8714459bc72d0ecd68f1f39%7C0%7C0%7C638884637520811023%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Gxa%2FR6AVshbPmq1ED%2FxAvnPC0g%2BA9WAVjcPuWyHBAjo%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">LinkedIn.<\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmd97r296000x3b6ngt6w71ld@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cOur leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability,\u201d the statement said in part, adding that the company\u2019s board of directors \u201chas initiated a formal investigation into this matter and we will have additional details to share very shortly.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmd97r296000y3b6nxo7herne@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The statement also addressed incorrect information circulating on the internet in the day following the video\u2019s release, including a misidentification of a third person seen in the clip, and a parody X account that falsely claimed to have a statement from the CEO.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmd97jc0600003b6nxsd64dp5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Byron was spotted on a Jumbotron screen at a Coldplay concert at Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts on Wednesday, embracing Kristin Cabot, the company\u2019s chief people officer, who oversees the organization\u2019s human resources.\n    <\/p>\n<p>       <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/coldplaycouple0.jpg\" alt=\"coldplaycouple0.jpg\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\"\/><\/p>\n<p>See awkward moment at Coldplay concert on &#8216;kiss cam&#8217;\n                <\/p>\n<p>See awkward moment at Coldplay concert on &#8216;kiss cam&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>00:18     <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmd97vwk700123b6n8nmk7it6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Coldplay was performing \u201cThe Jumbotron Song\u201d when the camera turned to a man and woman cuddling as they watched the stage. The two quickly separated and attempted to hide their faces, with the man ducking down, when they noticed they were on a giant screen at the venue.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmd97qysh000v3b6n6jib9arz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWhoa, look at these two,\u201d Coldplay frontman Chris Martin quipped. \u201cEither they\u2019re having an affair or they\u2019re just very shy.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmd97ws5800183b6ng7b5vqai@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN has reached out to a representative for Coldplay for comment.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmd97whiq00153b6n0dwh5ots@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The video quickly went viral and internet sleuths were the first to identify Byron and Cabot. Social media has been so invested that there are now a slew of memes and comedic videos poking fun at the incident.\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 Astronomer, the tech company that found itself launched into the public eye after its CEO Andy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5364,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[64,63,128,285],"class_list":["post-5363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5363","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=5363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}