Overview

• A kiss-cam video from a Boston Coldplay concert showed Astronomer CEO Andy Byron with the company’s HR chief and went viral online.
• Astronomer placed both executives on leave, leading to Byron’s resignation and the installation of interim CEO Pete DeJoy.
• MAGA commentator Jack Posobiec described the backlash as proof of leftist animus against straight white CEOs.
• Posobiec asserted the scandal would have received less media coverage if Byron and his partner were not a white, heterosexual couple.
• The episode has become a flashpoint in partisan debates over corporate reputation and identity-based grievance narratives.