The moment captured an alleged affair, sparking a storm of memes, sleuthing and backlash that drew comments from around the world.

The Jumbotron Moment Heard ‘round the World blew up at such an incendiary level, on a bustling news day, for many reasons. The clumsy, deeply human way that the CEO and his employee seemed to realize they were suddenly visible, and then struggled to teleport out of sight, is almost objectively funny.

An apology statement attributed to Andy Byron is spreading rapidly online after the Astronomer chief executive was identified as the man seen ducking to hide when the jumbotron camera showed him cuddling a woman during a July 2025 Coldplay concert.