{"id":181556,"date":"2025-07-18T23:01:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T23:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/18\/andy-byron-placed-on-leave-in-wake-of-viral-cheating-scandal\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T23:01:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T23:01:57","slug":"andy-byron-placed-on-leave-in-wake-of-viral-cheating-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/18\/andy-byron-placed-on-leave-in-wake-of-viral-cheating-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Byron Placed on Leave in Wake of Viral Cheating Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Good news for Andy Byron:<\/p>\n<p>The embattled Astronomer CEO will have a whole lot of time in the near future to attend as many concerts as he wants to!<\/p>\n<p>In a decision made just days after Byron and Chief People Officer Kristin Cabot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/07\/astronomer-ceo-and-hr-chief-allegedly-caught-in-affair-by-coldplay-kiss-cam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">were caught canoodling<\/a> while watching Coldplay perform in Massachusetts, the aforementioned company has placed <em>both<\/em> executives on leave.<\/p>\n<p>Astronomer has done so along with making a statement of its own. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/andy_byron_1752766425909_1752766440463.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-530420 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/andy_byron_1752766425909_1752766440463.avif 600w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/andy_byron_1752766425909_1752766440463-300x169.avif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/andy_byron_1752766425909_1752766440463.avif\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (LinkedIn)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAstronomer is committed to the values and culture that have guided us since our founding,\u201d the message on X read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability. The Board of Directors has initiated a formal investigation into this matter and we will have additional details to share very shortly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During Coldplay\u2019s concert in Boston this week, a camera swung around and caught Byron cuddling his HR boss, Kristin Cabot. <\/p>\n<p>As the big screen focused on them, Byron quickly hid behind a barrier while Cabot covered her face with her hands. It was amazing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEither they\u2019re having an affair or they\u2019re very shy!\u201d said lead singer Chris Martin as the crowd laughed loudly\u2026 and videos of the awkward moment spread quickly online.<\/p>\n<p>The footage has grown into a huge internet topic because Byron is married with two kids, while Cabot leads the company\u2019s human resources team. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"846\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-18-at-6.56.11%E2%80%AFPM-846x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-530421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-18-at-6.56.11%E2%80%AFPM-846x1024.png 846w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-18-at-6.56.11%E2%80%AFPM-248x300.png 248w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-18-at-6.56.11%E2%80%AFPM-768x929.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-18-at-6.56.11%E2%80%AFPM-794x960.png 794w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-18-at-6.56.11%E2%80%AFPM-893x1080.png 893w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-18-at-6.56.11%E2%80%AFPM.png 958w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"846\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-18-at-6.56.11%E2%80%AFPM-846x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-530421 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-18-at-6.56.11%E2%80%AFPM-846x1024.png 846w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-18-at-6.56.11%E2%80%AFPM-248x300.png 248w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-18-at-6.56.11%E2%80%AFPM-768x929.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-18-at-6.56.11%E2%80%AFPM-794x960.png 794w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-18-at-6.56.11%E2%80%AFPM-893x1080.png 893w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-18-at-6.56.11%E2%80%AFPM.png 958w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-18-at-6.56.11%E2%80%AFPM.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Twitter)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the past 24 hours, more than 22,000 news articles were written about Astronomer and roughly 9,000 were written about Byron, according to Muck Rack data.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Board of Directors has initiated a formal investigation into this matter and we will have additional details to share very shortly,\u201d concluded Astronomer today.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of what certainly appears to be a cheating scandal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/07\/andy-byron-wife-of-coldplay-ceo-changes-last-name-on-facebook-as-fallout-from-alleged-affair-continues-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Byron\u2019s wife changed her last name<\/a> on Facebook and then deleted her account.<\/p>\n<p>Astronomer is the company behind Astro, \u201cthe industry-leading data orchestration and observability platform powered by Apache Airflow,\u201d per its company website.<\/p>\n<p>It was estimated to be worth between $1.2 and $1.3 billion after its Series D funding round in May 2025.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/07\/andy-byron-astronomer-ceo-placed-on-leave-in-wake-of-viral-cheating-scandal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes Good news for Andy Byron: The embattled Astronomer CEO will have a whole lot of time in the near future to attend as many concerts as he wants to! In a decision made just days after Byron and Chief People Officer Kristin Cabot were caught canoodling while watching Coldplay perform in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":181557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-181556","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}