Oh, to be held in the arms of a lover at a Coldplay concert. It sounds incredibly romantic, to feel their body next to yours as Chris Martin is belting “Viva La Vida.” That feeling can quickly dissipate, it turns out, especially if you are (allegedly) not supposed to be with said lover and you get caught by the cameras. Oops.
Apparently, there is a section of Coldplay shows where some lucky concertgoers are shown on the jumbotron and Martin improvises a song or some commentary about them. During this segment at Wednesday night’s concert in Boston, the camera found a middle-age man and woman looking very in love, his arms wrapped around her. As soon as they clocked that they were on-camera, he released his arms and she covered her face.
Coldplay's Chris Martin accidentally exposes astronomer CEO Andy Byron having an affair with his HR chief Kristin Cabot. pic.twitter.com/GMa2g0EiK3
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“Oh, look at these two,” Martin cooed before the pair freaked out. “What? Either they’re having an affair, or they’re just very shy.”
Well, it turns out Martin might have guessed right. Internet sleuths were quick to track down the identity of the couple and how they know each other, and if you go deep enough on Reddit, I’m sure someone’s already published their Social Security numbers. According to the New York Post, the man is Andy Byron, CEO of data-infrastructure start-up Astronomer. The internet has determined that the woman appears to be Kristin Cabot, Astronomer’s chief people officer (a.k.a. the head of HR). Based on headshots on the Astronomer website, it does seem accurate.
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According to Newsweek, Byron’s wife had her Facebook flooded with supportive messages after the video blew up (it currently has over 20 million views on TikTok alone). The investigative journalists at Pop Base shared that, in the 12 hours since this whole thing went down, she has apparently removed “Byron” from her Facebook display name.
Sending my love and condolences to any jilted parties, of course, but you have to admit that a Coldplay concert is maybe the funniest place to get outed as a cheater. That is supposed to be a safe space for belting “The Scientist” so off-key that it becomes experimental, not for carrying out extramarital affairs. Keep that to dimly lit bars and hotel rooms paid for in cash! And if you simply must see Coldplay live with someone you don’t want to be seen with, at least play it cool when you’re on the jumbotron.
