{"id":14714,"date":"2025-07-22T06:01:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T06:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/14714\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T06:01:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T06:01:07","slug":"astronomer-ceo-resignation-coldplay-jumbotron-affair-joke-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/14714\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronomer CEO Resignation, Coldplay Jumbotron Affair Joke Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"

What did Coldplay\u2019s Chris Martin say that caused a viral scandal for former Astronomer CEO Andy Byron?<\/p>\n

Performing at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., on July 15, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin zeroed in on two people<\/a> who seemingly sprang out of each other\u2019s arms once they saw that they were on the jumbotron.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way we\u2019re going to do that is using our cameras,\u201d Martin told the crowd beforehand. \u201cSo, if you look at the screens, we\u2019re going to come looking and see who\u2019s out there to say hello to.\u201d First stop, a young man who was thrilled by an impromptu happy birthday tribute from Martin.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, look at these two,\u201d the singer said as the camera stopped next on the cozy-looking pair. But then the man ducked and the woman, her hands in front of her face, turned her back to the camera.<\/p>\n

\u201cEither they\u2019re having an affair or they\u2019re just really shy,\u201d Martin quipped. \u201cI\u2019m not quite sure what to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the woman then left her seat, disappearing past the people behind her, the singer added, \u201cOh s–t! I hope we didn’t do something bad.\u201d<\/p>\n

The moment was captured for posterity on video by concertgoer Grace Springer<\/a> and, by the end of the night, internet sleuths had identified the squirrelly pair as Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and Astronomer Chief People Officer Kristin Cabot. Furthermore, as quickly deduced by TikTokers, X users, et al., Byron and Cabot are both married to other people.<\/p>\n

Just moments afterward, Martin asked another pair who showed up on the screen, \u201cOK, listen, are you two a couple? Are you two a legitimate couple?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What did Coldplay\u2019s Chris Martin say that caused a viral scandal for former Astronomer CEO Andy Byron? Performing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14715,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75],"class_list":{"0":"post-14714","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}