Crisis management expert Molly McPherson analyzes Astronomer's PR response after CEO Andy Byron and HR head were called out by Chris Martin during Coldplay concert.

Andy Byron, the CEO of software company Astronomer, has stepped down from his position following a viral cheating incident at a Coldplay concert, RadarOnline.com can report.

CEO Andy Byron and HR head Kristin Cabot went viral after they were caught embracing on a kiss cam at a Coldplay concert

Molly McPherson, a reputation and crisis strategist, accurately predicted Astronomer's next moves on TikTok after a recent PR crisis involving it's CEO, Andy Byron, at a Coldplay concert. (Credit: Tik

Almost instantly, the clip went viral, racking up over 30 million views. The internet was transfixed and delighted in the schadenfreude: the wealthy, married chief executive of a tech firm being caught out canoodling with a colleague, the head of HR no less, in the most criminally uncool of contexts: a Coldplay concert.

Well, something of the sort occurred at the Coldplay concert at Gillette Stadium Wednesday night and “awkward” doesn’t begin to describe the moment.

Here at Jezebel, we are anti-people cheating on their spouses, but we are pro-artists accidentally exposing people who are cheating on their spouses—which makes the following story a tricky tightrope, but here we go!