
A US tech company placed its chief executive officer on leave after an embrace caught on a big screen at a Coldplay concert — rumoured to involve two of the firm’s employees went viral, multiple news outlets reported on Saturday. In the clip, which initially appeared on a giant screen at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough Massachusetts, two people are seen with their arms wrapped around each other. When their faces appear for thousands to see, the man and woman abruptly duck and hide from the camera. Reports that both are executives at the company Astronomer and rumours of an affair sparked by lead singer Chris Martin’s comment then spread online, BBC News reported on Saturday. On Friday, the company confirmed that its CEO Andy Byron had been placed on leave. Screengrab of Astronomer’s post on LinkedIn According to the BBC, Byron has been with Astronomer since July 2023. He himself has not confirmed himself as being the man seen in the video. The woman was identified online as the company’s chief people officer, ...