The Coldplay fan who accidentally exposed a tech tycoon\u2019s apparent affair with his head-of-HR mistress had a blunt message for the canoodling pair: \u201cPlay stupid games\u2026 win stupid prizes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grace Springer, 28, filmed the now-viral moment Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and his chief human resources officer, Kristin Cabot, were busted on a \u201ckiss cam\u201d embracing at the band\u2019s Boston concert Wednesday night\u00a0\u2014 a clip now seen close to 50 million times.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had no idea who the couple was,\u201d the Coldplay megafan\u00a0told the US Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n Springer \u201cjust thought I caught an interesting reaction to the kiss cam and decided to post it\u201d \u2014 with no idea how mega-viral it would soon go.<\/p>\n Andy Byron and Kristin Cabot at the Coldplay concert. Grace Springer via Storyful<\/p>\n \u201cA part of me feels bad for turning these people\u2019s lives upside down, but, play stupid games\u2026 win stupid prizes.\u201d<\/p>\n The awkward video showed Byron and Cabot scrambling to hide their faces after the jumbotron suddenly panned to them during the concert.<\/p>\n \u201cF\u2013king hell, it\u2019s me,\u201d\u00a0Byron appeared to say in the video, while his HR chief appeared to mouth, \u201cThis is awkward.\u201d<\/p>\n Here is the latest on the CEO caught cheating on a Coldplay concert jumbotron<\/p>\n As Cabot flung her hands over her face and Byron ducked down out of view, frontman Chris Martin quipped, \u201cEither they\u2019re having an affair or they\u2019re just very shy.\u201d<\/p>\n The \u201cFix You\u201d crooner later added,\u00a0\u201cI hope we didn\u2019t do something bad\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n As Springer\u2019s clip exploded on social media,\u00a0online sleuths quickly identified that\u00a0Byron appeared to be married to Megan Kerrigan Byron, while Cabot had recently divorced her husband, Kenneth Thornby.<\/p>\n \u201cI hope their partners can heal from this and get a second chance at the happiness they deserve with their future still in front of them,\u201d Springer said.<\/p>\n Grace Springer (right) pictured at the Coldplay gig before she caught the awkward moment of Andy Byron with Kristin Cabot on the kiss cam. @instaagraace\/Instagram<\/p>\n \u201cI hope, for them, my video was a blessing in disguise.\u201d<\/p>\n It wasn\u2019t immediately clear how, or if, the apparent scandal could play out professionally. \u00a0<\/p>\n Cabot, who was only appointed to her position at the firm in November, previously boasted on LinkedIn that she leads \u201cby example and win trust with employees of all levels, from CEOs to managers to\u00a0assistants\u201d and she was \u201cenergized\u201d by her conversations with Byron.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Byron gushed that Cabot was\u00a0\u201ca proven leader.\u201d<\/p>\n Andy Byron (3rd from left) and Kristin Cabot (far right) in an undated photograph. Bain Capital Ventures<\/p>\n \u201cKristin\u2019s exceptional leadership and deep expertise in talent management, employee engagement, and scaling people strategies will be critical as we continue our rapid trajectory,\u201d Byron wrote in a memo to staff when she joined the company.<\/p>\n \u201cShe is a proven leader at multiple growth-stage companies\u00a0and\u00a0her passion for fostering diverse, collaborative workplaces makes her a perfect fit for Astronomer.\u201d<\/p>\n Neither Byron nor Cabot, who both\u00a0have families of their own<\/a>,\u00a0have\u00a0spoken out yet about the sordid saga.<\/p>\n Every morning, the NY POSTcast offers a deep dive into the headlines with the Post\u2019s signature mix of politics, business, pop culture, true crime and everything in between. Subscribe here!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Still, legal experts said the scandal would be complicated given Cabot\u2019s standing as the head of HR\u00a0\u2014\u00a0the department that\u00a0would\u00a0typically\u00a0handle\u00a0and\u00a0oversee\u00a0romantic relationships in the workplace.<\/p>\n