Morgan Wallen made a playful remark about audience members attending with ‘side chicks’ during his recent performance, shortly after a notable incident involving a CEO who was seen getting close with a female colleague on a kiss cam at a Coldplay concert.

Andrew Byron, CEO of the billion-dollar AI company Astronomer, was displayed on the large screen at Boston’s Gillette Stadium with his arm around Kristin Cabot, the firm’s HR chief, during Coldplay’s performance that Tuesday night.

They quickly hid their faces, with Byron ducking out of view and Cabot turning away from the camera. However, their response captured the attention of Coldplay’s lead singer Chris Martin, who quipped, ‘Either they’re having an affair, or they’re just very shy.’

The clip went instantly viral and Byron was placed on leave this Friday before the company announced his resignation on Saturday. 

Public records suggest both Byron, 50, and Cabot, 56, are married – but that they live at different addresses to each of their spouses’ registered abodes.

As the awkward moment exploded across the internet, Wallen, 32, appeared to make a sly reference to it at his own Friday night show in Glendale, Arizona.

‘Anybody in here with their side chick or whatever, I think you’re safe here,’ he said in fan footage posted to TikTok, before quipping: ‘I don’t condone cheating…anymore.’

The next morning, Astronomer issued a statement announcing that Byron had resigned from the billion-dollar company.

‘As stated previously, Astronomer is committed to the values and culture that have guided us since our founding. Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability, and recently, that standard was not met,’ the statement said. 

‘Andy Byron has tendered his resignation, and the Board of Directors has accepted.’

Cofounder and Chief Product Officer Pete DeJoy will stay on as interim CEO.

‘While awareness of our company may have changed overnight, our product and our work for our customers have not. We’re continuing to do what we do best: helping our customers with their toughest data and AI problems.’ 

Byron and Cabot were caught red-faced as the kiss-cam at a Coldplay concert in Boston panned to the CEO with his arms wrapped his subordinate on Tuesday.

The pair immediately ducked and turned from the cameras after realizing their faces were on the big screen. 

Astronomer acknowledge the awkward situation in the statement announcing Byron’s resignation.

‘Before this week, we were known as a pioneer in the DataOps space, helping data teams power everything from modern analytics to production AI,’ the statement read.

‘While awareness of our company may have changed over night our product and our work for our customers have not’. 

The couple have gained infamy since the moment went viral. 

At the time Coldplay front man Chris Martin, cracked a joke which stirred rumors over the couple’s awkward reaction. 

‘Oh look at these two! Oh what? Either they’re having an affair, or they’re just very shy,’ Martin said to the crowd. 

Public records suggest both Byron and Cabot are married – but that they live at different addresses to those listed as their spouses. 

Speculation of the suspected affair became the talk of the internet, and Daily Mail confirmed that Cabot is in fact currently married to another CEO. 

Massachusetts property documents dated in January confirmed that Cabot is currently married to Andrew Cabot, the chief executive of Privateer Rum, a Massachusetts-based booze maker.

 It is unclear exactly when the pair tied the knot, but the documents confirm that Cabot, whose maiden name is Stanek, was married at the time of selling a $1.8m property in Watertown, Mass, earlier this year.

Privateer Rum’s website lists Andrew Cabot as its CEO and COO of the company, and public documents show that he has been married at least twice before, in 1993 and 2014.

He shares two children with his first wife Maud, who shared a picture of her ex-husband with Cabot looking loved up at his daughters 25th birthday party on social media in April of last year.

Cabot even posed with his son Henry, 30, in the snaps, and was seen wearing a wedding ring at the event – which was missing during her cozy Coldplay date with Byron. 

Byron is also married, with his wife Megan Byron, removing his last name from her social media accounts shortly after the exchange with Chris Martin went viral.

It comes after AI-tech start-up Astronomer said they have launched a formal investigation into the moment of intimacy.

‘Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability,’ they said in a statement.

‘The Board of Directors has initiated a formal investigation into this matter and we will have additional details to share very shortly.’

 When Cabot joined the firm as HR boss in November 2024, Byron heaped praise on her, saying she would be a ‘perfect fit’ at his company.

 ‘Kristin’s exceptional leadership and deep expertise in talent management, employee engagement, and scaling people strategies will be critical as we continue our rapid trajectory,’ he said in a press release at the time.

‘She is a proven leader at multiple growth-stage companies and her passion for fostering diverse, collaborative workplaces makes her a perfect fit for Astronomer.’

Byron’s firm is valued at over $1 billion, with the company experiencing rapid growth since he became CEO in 2023.