In a viral moment that will live in infamy, a Kiss Cam moment broadcast at a Coldplay concert exposed an apparent cheating tech tycoon and his head of HR mistress. As the band’s frontman, Chris Martin, immediately mused that they must be having an affair. The couple’s reaction had guilt written all over it as they rushed to hide their faces and duck for cover during the concert at Gillette Stadium near Boston on Wednesday night. They were quickly identified by online sleuths as Andy Byron, the CEO of Astronomer, and Kristen Kat, who is the chief human resources officer at the company. Astronomer is an AI and data company valued at about $1.2 billion. When Kat was hired in November last year, Byron gushed about her 20 years of HR experience and exceptional leadership skills, telling staff that she was a proven leader. Meanwhile, Kat wrote on LinkedIn that her conversations with Byron before her hiring had energized her about the opportunities at the company. She also boasted that she wins trust with employees of all levels, from CEOs to managers to assistants. Whoops. Allegedly, Kat became more than just Byron’s work wife, something his actual wife, Megan Carrian Byron, is now having to watch play out for all the world to see. After the Kiss Cam clip went viral and her Facebook page was bombarded with comments about the scandal, Megan quickly deleted her account. Page Six observed that her page, which contained family photos, was no longer accessible as of Thursday morning. Even more ominous, shortly before ticking it down, she deleted her last name from her profile. As for Kat, she recently divorced from her husband, Kenneth Thornby. According to Massachusetts court records, the couple filed for divorce in 2018, and the split was finalized in 2022. It’s unclear if she has since remarried. The former couple had at least one child for whom Thornby paid a lumpsum child support payment to Kitt. So what does this humiliating exposure mean for Byron and Kitt’s careers? Employment lawyer William Cafaro told the Post Thursday night, “It’s horrible because she is the head of HR. She’s involved in an extrammarital affair with the CEO. Basically, how much worse of an HR faux paw could you commit?” While many were quick to point out that Kat needs a lesson from her own HR handbook, there doesn’t seem to be too many employees publicly shedding tears for Byron. The incident sparked chatter among his former colleagues with many claiming that Byron got his rightful comeuppance. According to a source who used to report directly to Byron. The source claimed that in text groups and chains, former employees are laughing their ass off and enjoying the hell out of what happened and him getting exposed, adding that Byron was allegedly a toxic boss. A resurfaced report from The Information, a tech and business outlet, claims that people at Byron’s previous company even quit because of how poorly he treated them. Multiple former employees said Mr. Byron would lash out against employees who disagreed with him, including threatening to fire them, reads the expose, in which a former employee claimed, “You couldn’t challenge him.” With Byron heading the company, any action against him, including possible removal if he violated company policies in his supposed relationship with Kat, would be left up to the five other members on the board of directors. Kat’s fate, though, may already be sealed. I would say she’s just about certain to be removed from her position because how can you have someone in HR who is having an affair with the CEO imposing or making disciplinary decisions over any other employees? That’s ludicrous, Kafaro told the post. As for the Coldplay fan who accidentally exposed the alleged affair by filming and posting the viral clip, Grace Springer told the son her blunt response. “A part of me feels bad for turning these people’s lives upside down, but play stupid games, win stupid prizes,” she said.