A psychologist has explained why the couple caught up in the viral Coldplay concert scandal may have 'wanted to be caught'

The Coldplay kiss cam scandal highlights the decline of concert etiquette, where viral moments overshadow the cathartic experience of live music.

In July 2025, following a viral incident at a Coldplay concert involving Andy Byron, then the CEO of tech company Astronomer ( archived ), an alleged video statement made by his wife, Megan Kerrigan Byron, began circulating widely on social media.

We shouldn’t know the intimate details of the Coldplay CEO scandal – and it’s terrifying that we do - LET’S UNPACK THAT: As Andy Byron resigns from his role at Astronomer following the viral video that saw him embracing a colleague,

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.

What’s wrong with a Motel 6? Who could you not run into at a Coldplay concert?” the “Real Housewives of New York City” alum rhetorically asked.

The two executives caught on that infamous Coldplay kisscam were first identified on a private TikTok account within an hour. Other internet sleuths were independently using face recognition technology to identify the pair.

One user posted on X, "Genuinely enjoying every single thing about the cheating ceo and chief people officer at the coldplay concert I loveeeee when terrible people get exposed for their tomfoolery in grand ways.

As Andy Byron resigns from his role at Astronomer following the viral video that saw him embracing a colleague, Olivia Petter asks what the aftermath tells us about doxxing in the TikTok age

After two audience members fueled cheating allegations with a … memorable appearance on the Jumbotron during a Coldplay show at Boston’s Gillette Stadium on July 16, online sleuths clocked in and discovered the pair appear to be co-workers at software company Astronomer.