“Play stupid games… win stupid prizes,” said Grace Springer—the woman who exposed a married man getting handsy with his company employee at a Coldplay concert.
It seemed as though the office romance was meant to be a secret. But the hush-hush fling has now been broadcast to the entire world, and it’s all thanks to a video shared by 28-year-old Grace.
Crew members behind the concert also said lead singer Chris Martin wouldn’t be “thrilled” about the lovebirds being exposed during their show.
The video of a married man having an office romance with another woman was exposed during a Coldplay concert
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Grace attended the Coldplay gig on July 16 at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts.
She was among a crowd of 50,000 viewers, who watched a segment where the “kiss cam” panned across the audience, while the band frontman interacted with the crowd.
Grace said she had no idea the video would blow up when she posted it online
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At one point, the “kiss cam” focused on Andy Byron, who was caught canoodling a woman like no one was watching.
But unfortunately for him, a stadium full of people were watching.
“Whoa, look at these two,” the band’s frontman Chris Martin said. “Alright, come on. You’re OK.”
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The lovebirds quickly scrambled around to hide their faces from the camera. But the damage had already been done.
“Either they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy. I’m not quite sure what to do,” said the Fix You singer, unassumingly breaking the internet.
“I had no idea who the couple was … A part of me feels bad for turning these people’s lives upside down,” Grace said
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The awkward spectacle was captured by Grace, who traveled with her friends from New Jersey to Massachusetts to catch the band play live.
“I had no idea who the couple was. Just thought I caught an interesting reaction to the kiss cam and decided to post it,” she told the US Sun.
“A part of me feels bad for turning these people’s lives upside down, but, play stupid games… win stupid prizes,” she added.
After the video went viral, social media users began scouring the internet and discovered Andy Byron’s identity.
The tech tycoon is a married man with a wife and two kids in Massachusetts.
The woman he was cozying up to was Kristin Cabot.
Andy serves as the CEO of Astronomer, a New York-based software firm, while Kristin works as the chief human resources officer for the AI and data-based company—valued at $1.2 billion.
The man in the video was identified as Andy Byron, who has a wife and two kids in Massachusetts
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Megan Kerrigan Byron, who is currently married to Andy, had a strong reaction to the entire fiasco.
She initially deleted her surname from her Facebook account as people started bombarding her profiles. Later, she deactivated her Facebook account and deleted her Instagram.
Reports revealed that Kristin has been divorced from ex-husband Kenneth Thornby since 2022. It is unclear whether she went on to remarry.
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“I 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,” Grace told the outlet.
She said the viral moment became a “hot topic” among her friends after the concert. But she didn’t expect her video to gain so much traction.
“When I posted late last night before bed it was picking up traction with a couple thousand views,” she said. “I woke up to seven million. Now over 30 million. Overwhelmed to say the least.”
Her video racked up more than 46 million views by Friday morning.
Crew members revealed that the viral moment was completely unplanned
Employees who work behind-the-scenes for the Coldplay tour revealed that the viral moment was not planned at all.
“At a concert tour like this one, the cameraman/woman at this particular part of the show are just scanning the crowd and picking up random people,” a production insider told the outlet.
“There is a touring video editor backstage or at front of house who would select via a switcher which camera to use at any moment during the concert,” they continued. “This situation would have been totally random.”
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Another crew member revealed that Yellow crooner Chris Martin has conducted the same interactive segment with his audience at other shows as well.
“It’s a shtick Chris does every show, picking out audience members etc,” they said.
The crew member admitted that Andy and Kristin’s reaction made the spectacle all the more awkward to watch.
“Their reaction made it much worse – very cringey. Not sure what they were thinking,” they said. “Maybe they tried doing the math and thought the chances are super low at two to 50,000 that they would be seen on the big screen.
“Knowing Chris, I’m sure he’s not thrilled having this much attention over families being turned upside down etc,” they added.
