A man who shares a name with Astronomer CEO Andy Byron was forced to speak out after footage from a Coldplay gig went viral.
Astronomer CEO Andy Byron was captured on Coldplay's "kiss cam" during a recent concert in Massachusetts, standing behind the company's HR chief Kristin Cabot, with his arms wrapped around her waist as they bobbed to the music together.
As frontman Chris Martin said into the microphone: "Oh, look at these two," Cabot was seen looking shocked and covering her face, while Byron ducked down and disappeared out of shot, never to be seen again.
Cabot then turned her back to the camera as Martin joked: "Alright, come on - you're ok. Ok, what? Either they're having an affair, or they're just very shy."
The footage quickly went viral after it was discovered that Cabot and Byron are both married to other people, however, the nature of their personal relationship remains unconfirmed.
Now, another Andy Byron - who is a video designer at Stylo Motion Design - has been compelled to speak out after people tracked him down on networking site LinkedIn, believing he is the man in the footage.
He updated his LinkedIn bio to read: “NOT THE GUY FROM THE COLDPLAY GIG!!”, before telling his connections: "No, this isn't me. I wouldn't be caught dead at a Coldplay concert."
He went on to add: "I'm the Andy Byron who makes videos for big screens, not the one who gets caught on them. If you want to make video content that goes viral for the right reasons, let's connect," ending his post with a crying-laughing emoji.
Neither the real Byron nor Cabot have yet to release a statement, however, a false statement purporting to be from the CEO began circulating.
Astronomer quickly shut down the rumors with a statement to TMZ confirming that the image that has been shared is "not a real statement".