The official investigation of the tech company comes days after being caught up in camera at a cold play concert. We have not confirmed that the CEO or other employees are participating in the event.
Romantic moments become awkward at recent Cold Play concerts
At a recent Coldplay concert, lead singer Chris Martin quickly went viral, unintentionally shining the spotlight of nasty moments in the crowd.
The New York tech company has placed its CEO on vacation during an internal investigation in a viral video on social media showing a couple caught up in a Jumbotron in a hug at a Cold Play concert.
The astronomer issued two statements on social media platform X on July 18th. CEO Andy Byron has been on vacation and said the company is conducting an investigation. The company’s statements also featured on the LinkedIn page did not provide specific reasons for taking those actions.
“Astronomers are committed to the values and culture that have guided us since our founding. Our leaders are expected to set standards in both behavior and accountability,” one of the statements said.
One company’s statement referenced the videos and stories associated with it by pointing out the misinformation. The company said the woman named on social media in connection with the video was “not attending the event, and no other employees were involved in the video.” The company also made a note of a fake statement claiming it came from the CEO – “Andy Byron has not issued a statement, otherwise it reports everything is wrong.”
The video shows a man and a woman quickly letting go of each other when a “kiss cam” appears on a giant screen at a concert in Foxborough, Massachusetts. “Um, what? They’re either cheating or very shy,” joked Coldplay singer Chris Martin.
Over 76.5 million people have watched a video of the July 16 incident at Gillette Stadium.
Astronomers said they will share details in the coming days. Pete DeJoy, co-founder of the company, said, “I’m serving as interim CEO given Andy Byron was on leave,” according to a company statement.
Large media accounts such as Pop Crave and Pop Base have spread the incident to millions of followers of X, while social media posts report that the astronomer CEO is the man in the video. USA Today has not confirmed the identities of the male and female in the video and has reached out to the company for comment.
Contributed by: Alyssa Goldberg
