With the Internet sharing multiple troll posts and ragebaits, an unexpected side story has surfaced online. A man named Alex Cohen claimed on X that Astronomer fired him for a rather bizarre reason because he allegedly purchased the Coldplay tickets that unintentionally led to Byron and Cabot’s affair being exposed to the world on the Kiss Cam.
But is this story even true? Let’s check out.
What happened at the Coldplay concert?
During Coldplay’s concert at Gillette Stadium, the Kiss Cam caught Andy Byron, CEO of Astronomer, in an intimate embrace with Kristin Cabot, the company’s Chief People Officer. As the crowd laughed, Chris Martin joked, “Oh look at these two… either they’re having an affair or they’re very shy.”
Astronomer CEO caught cheating with his HR chief during a Coldplay concert in Boston.Both are married with kids.Andy Byron cheated on his wife, Megan Kerrigan Byron.Kristin Cabot cheated on her husband, Kenneth C Thornby.
Pieces of shit.pic.twitter.com/lWYupcO5iD
— Amiri King (@AmiriKing) July 17, 2025
The clip went viral instantly across TikTok, Reddit, and X. While many made jokes, others sympathised with Byron’s wife and criticised the duo for being reckless in public. Neither Byron nor Cabot has publicly commented on the incident yet.
What the man claimed and what’s the truth
Amid the buzz, Alex Cohen shared a post on X claiming he was fired by Astronomer for buying the Coldplay tickets that led to the affair getting exposed. He said, “Turns out our CEO and Head of HR were having an affair and got caught at the Coldplay concert that I bought the company tickets to. They blamed me for getting caught and fired me on the spot.”
I was fired from Astronomer today. I ran our company’s events team. Turns out our CEO and Head of HR were having an affair and got caught at the Coldplay concert that I bought the company tickets to. They blamed me for getting caught and fired me on the spot.
Taking some…
— Alex Cohen (@anothercohen) July 17, 2025
But soon, people pointed out that Alex Cohen is actually the co-founder of hellopatient, a healthcare company. His LinkedIn shows he has been leading the company for over a year. There’s no mention of Astronomer in his work history. So, his post was fake, just made to get attention towards his start-up company from a trending topic.
X users search Alex Cohen’s LinkedIn profile to discover the truth
Multiple users posted screenshots of Alex Cohen’s LinkedIn profile where it was discovered that he never works for Astronomer. Once the truth was out, people replied to Cohen’s post, calling him out. One user wrote, “Dying, I was literally drafting a troll post about this and deleted it because I needed to make sure Alex hadn’t done it already.”
dying, I was literally drafting a troll post about this and deleted it because I needed to make sure Alex hadn’t done it already.
best to leave it to the professionals
— Panzer (@panzer) July 17, 2025
Another commented, “Why is your LinkedIn not showing you worked there, and having launched hellopatient more than 8 months ago?”
Why is your linkedin not showing you worked there, and having launched hellopatient more than 8 months ago? pic.twitter.com/s13Ak0YKeT
— Alejandro Cabral (@AleCabralSocial) July 18, 2025
It was clear the post was ragebait, but for a while, it still grabbed attention across social media.
