An American technology company put its executive director on a license after a hug captured on a large screen at a Coldplay concert, it is rumored to involve two of the firm’s employees, they became viral, multiple media reported on Saturday.
In the clip, which initially appeared on a giant screen at the Gillette stadium in Foxborough Massachusetts, two people with their arms wrapped with each other are seen.
When their faces appear for thousands to see, the man and the woman abruptly bend down and hide from the camera.
Reports that both are executives of the company’s astronomer and rumors of an adventure caused by the comment of the main singer Chris Martin and then spread online, BBC news reported on Saturday.
On Friday, the company confirmed that its CEO Andy Byron had been put on permission.
According to him BBCByron has been with Astronomer since July 2023. He himself has not been confirmed as the man seen in the video.
The woman was identified online as the company’s people director, Kristin Cabot, who has been with astronomer since November 2024. She has not confirmed that she was in the video either, BBC aggregate.
The station also said that she has not been able to confirm the identities of any of the two people in the video.
The couple’s video was balanced with music, then quickly trying to hide exploded on the Internet after the concert on Wednesday night.
After seeing the couple hide, Martin de Coldplay told the crowd: “Or they are having an adventure or are simply very shy.”
The company officially issued a statement on Friday more than 24 hours after the story exploded, due in part to the slow negotiations of renunciation and exit packages of Byron, Axios He informed to cite a company source.
The initial video published on Tiktok received millions of views. Then it was shared on the platforms, it became memes and made fun of television programs.
Two days after the Internet flooded with the talk about the incident, Astronomer presented a statement announcing an investigation into the matter, without specifying the video.
He pointed out that the CEO now suspended had not published a personal statement, and that the reports that said that otherwise were incorrect. False statements supposedly by Byron became viral on Thursday on social networks.
The company also said there were no other employees in the video.
“The astronomer is committed to the values and culture that they have guided us from our foundation,” said the statement. “Our leaders are expected to establish the standard both in behavior and responsibility.”
The co -founder and product director Pete Dejy has been appointed interim CEO, the BBC aggregate.
American news outlet CNN He informed that Coldplay was playing “The Jumbotron Song” when the camera turned to a man and a woman hugging while watching the stage.
The departure added that he contacted a Coldplay representative to comment.
The video quickly went viral and Internet detectives were the first to identify Byron and Cabot. Social networks have been so inverted that there are now a series of memes and comic videos that make fun of the incident, CNN saying.
