"Cofounder and Chief Product Officer Pete DeJoy is currently serving as interim CEO given Andy Byron has been placed on leave," a statement from the company read. The decision came after Byron was spotted hugging a woman, later identified as Kristin Cabot.

Andy Byron, former Astronomer CEO, resigned after a 'kiss cam' incident at a Coldplay concert sparked controversy regarding his relationship with the company's HR chief. Astronomer's board of directors has accepted Byron's resignation and initiated a search for a new CEO,

All eyes have been on the tech company this week, after footage from a concert appeared to show its then-CEO embracing the head of human resources.

In a nod to the Coldplay canooldling scandal, CEO Andy Byron's replacement "liked" a cheeky LinkedIn post written by a former Astronomer executive.

Nickelodeon Victorious star, Liz Gillies, has poked fun and enacted laughs on social media, after re-enacting the viral Coldplay scandal on an off-Broadway show

Byron is married to Meg Kerrigan Byron, who subsequently deleted her Facebook page. Cabot has been married to Andrew Cabot, the CEO of Privateer Rum, although the current state of that marriage is not clear. It's the moment that launched a thousand memes, give or take a few.

Following Andy Byron's resignation as Astronomer CEO due to a controversy at a Coldplay concert, Pete DeJoy, the co-founder and chief product officer, has been appointed as the interim CEO. This decision comes amidst an internal investigation involving Byron and HR head Kristin Cabot.