- A clip of a “kiss cam” footage from a Coldplay concert in Boston recently went viral.
- The video showed Astronomer’s HR head, Kristin Cabot, and then-CEO, Andy Byron, holding each other.
- The incident has now lead to the resignation of both executives and an internal investigation.
Astronomer’s head of people, Kristin Cabot, resigned on Thursday, a week after she went viral in a video that showed her and the company’s then-CEO, Andy Byron, embracing during a Coldplay concert “kiss cam.”
The company confirmed the resignation to Business Insider.
Byron, the former CEO, resigned last week after the board launched a formal investigation into the incident.
The “kiss cam” fiasco occurred on July 16 during a Coldplay concert at Gillette Stadium in Boston.
As Coldplay singer Chris Martin sang and worked the crowd, the stadium’s Jumbotron projected a video feed of a man holding a woman in his arms.
The visceral reaction of the woman, covering her face, and the man ducking — coupled with Martin’s commentary — had all the makings of a viral video.
“Uh oh, what? Either they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy,” the Coldplay singer said.
It took less than a day for internet sleuths to learn the identities of the people in the video.
The footage, which spread like wildfire on the internet, turned into a timely message about privacy in the age of smartphones, social media, and 24/7 surveillance.
Byron and Cabot have not commented on the viral clip since then.
