Irish airline Ryanair reacted to Coldplay live performance’s ‘kiss cam,’ which not too long ago unveiled an alleged affair between Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and the corporate’s Chief Public Officer, Kristin Cabot. The duo was seemingly caught on digital camera in the course of the British rock band’s Boston live performance on July 16, 2025.
The airline took to X on July 17, 2025, to put up a video of the incident, stating:
“Ryanair🤝Coldplay. splitting up {couples}”
Ryanair’s comparability to the British rock band is a jab at passenger complaints, claiming that the airline prices {couples} further to sit down subsequent to one another. Based on the airline’s seating coverage, folks have the choice to pay and reserve a seat or be assigned a seat randomly.
One of many FAQ’s on Ryanair’s official web site questions if one can sit beside their journey companions regardless of selecting to not pay for reserving a seat, and the airline’s response to the identical is:
“We suggest that you simply reserve your seat when reserving or when checking in to ensure a seat beside your journey companions. In case you select to not reserve a seat, then a seat might be randomly allotted to you freed from cost when checking in, however it’s unlikely it will likely be beside your journey companions.”
For the unversed, Andy and Kristin have been featured on the kiss cam on the live performance in Boston, and as quickly because the digital camera panned to them, they apparently hid their faces. Earlier than doing that, they appeared to have their arms tightly wrapped round one another, as seen within the viral TikTok movies.
Coldplay’s lead singer and frontman, Chris Martin, who normally sings a line or two about whoever will get featured on the jumbotron, witnessed the incident and stated:
“Both they’re having an affair or they’re simply very shy.”
Extra particulars about Astronomer’s Andy Byron and Kristin Cabot’s Coldplay scandal explored
One in all Coldplay’s most viral live performance attendees, Andy Byron and Kristin Cabot, are staff on the AI and information firm, Astronomer, reportedly valued at $1.2 billion. Based on The NewYork Put up’s July 17, 2025, report, Kristin was employed within the firm in November 2024, and Byron was fast to reward her ‘distinctive management” expertise and 20 years of HR expertise.
In one in all her LinkedIn posts, Kristin wrote that her interactions with Andy Byron earlier than her hiring “energized” her in regards to the alternatives at Astronomer. Moreover, she talked about having gained “belief with staff of all ranges, from CEOs to managers to assistants.”
Whereas they gave the impression to be a pair to Coldplay’s Chris Martin, Andy Byron is reportedly married to Megan Kerrigan Byron, and Kristin Cabot was not too long ago divorced from Kenneth Thornby. Following the video of her husband and Kristin going viral, Andy Byron’s spouse seemingly deleted her social media web page, which included household photographs. She additionally deleted the surname from her account earlier than deactivating it.
Shortly after Andy and Kristin’s video on the Coldplay live performance went viral, an announcement alleging that it was from Andy Byron began making the rounds on the web. On July 17, 2025, an X account @PeterEnisCBS posted Byron’s alleged assertion whereby he acknowledged his mistake.
The assertion learn, “what ought to have been a personal second grew to become public with out my consent.” It ended with one of many strains from Coldplay’s tune Repair You. Nevertheless, in accordance with TMZ‘s report dated July 17, 2025, Astronomer instructed the publication that the now-viral remark is “not an actual assertion.”
Not one of the events concerned within the Coldplay jumbotron incident in Boston have commented on what went down. Nevertheless, the web is filled with memes and promoting parodies on the occasion like Ryanair’s.
Edited by DEEPALI
