Actress Davinia Taylor has responded with disbelief after being wrongly identified as the woman seen appearing to getting cosy with her boss on Coldplay’s viral kiss cam clip
Davinia Taylor has spoken out after being wrongly identified as the woman caught on Coldplay’s kiss cam appearing to flirt with her boss.
Addressing the confusion on Instagram, the 47-year-old actress shared her disbelief that a colleague had told her their friends were asking in a group chat, “Is that Davinia having an affair?”
Shutting down the rumours, Davinia firmly responded: “Absolutely not,” before she laid out exactly why the speculation was absurd and completely false.
The former Hollyoaks star, 47, who’s in a relationship with builder Matthew Leyden, pointed out that she didn’t attend the concert, wouldn’t be caught with a tech exec, and emphasised: “I’m very happy with my hands-on builder.”
She also noted that she never wears her hair down, unlike the woman in the clip, and said she was baffled anyone could confuse the two.
To settle the matter, Davinia ran a poll with her followers, revealing that over 20% actually thought she resembled the woman in the viral video.
It comes after Tech tycoon Andy Byron and his Astronomer colleague Kristin Cabot went viral at a Coldplay concert. The clip showed CEO Byron and HR staffer Cabot appear on a “kiss cam” during the band’s show in Boston last week.
The pair had been in an embrace, but once they realised they were on the big screen, they leapt out of each other’s arms, seemingly in a panic. Cabot covered her face with her hands as Byron crouched down to stop his face being in view. He also appeared to say “f****** hell, it’s me.”
Chris Martin had some theories, and speaking into the microphone, he quipped: “Oh, what… either they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy.”
The pair then ran away from their spot, but by this point it was too late, the clip was doing the rounds, and people were determined to find out who they were, and why they were acting strangely. Following the incident, a statement claiming to be from Byron hit out at Coldplay for showing the moment. But his company has since revealed the statement was fake.
Byron is the CEO of a data orchestration platform in New York called Astronomer. According to the LinkedIn page, the AI startup company “empowers data teams to bring mission-critical analytics, Ai, and software to life”.
The woman who he had his arms wrapped around is also employed by Astronomer. Her LinkedIn states that she joined the company nine months ago with her title being Chief People Officer.
Byron has been the CEO of the software development company since July 2023 and Astronomer is reportedly worth more than $1.3billion (£1b). The Economic Times suggest his net worth stands anywhere between $20million (£14.8m) and $70million (£52m).
The CEO has since resigned after he was caught appearing to canoodle with his Head of HR at the Coldplay concert in the US, the company confirmed over the weekend. The tech firm said its boss had tendered his resignation, and the board of directors had accepted it.
The company said in a statement shared on LinkedIn and X: “As stated previously, Astronomer is committed to the values and culture that have guided us since our founding.
“Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability, and recently, that standard was not met. Andy Byron has tendered his resignation, and the Board of Directors has accepted.
“The Board will begin a search for our next Chief Executive as Cofounder and Chief Product Officer Pete DeJoy continues to serve as interim CEO. Before this week, we were known as a pioneer in the DataOps space, helping data teams power everything from modern analytics to production AI.
“While awareness of our company may have changed overnight, our product and our work for our customers have not. We’re continuing to do what we do best: helping our customers with their toughest data and AI problems.”
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