In a twist that no one saw coming, Chris Martin‘s ex-wife Gwyneth Paltrow became Astronomer’s “temporary spokesperson.” This comes a week after the company’s former CEO, Andy Byron, and then-HR executive,

In the wake of the mega-viral Astronomer scandal in which the CEO Andy Byron resigned after getting caught hugging an HR employee during a Coldplay gig in Boston earlier this month, during the band's gig in Miami Gardens,

July 17, 2025, will be known as ColdplayGate. On that day, a video surfaced of now-former Astronmer CEO Andy Byron and his co-worker Kristin Cabot being caught on the Kiss Cam at a Coldplay concert in Massachusetts.