Valuetainment - July 17, 2025


＂You're Firing This Guy＂ - CEO BUSTED After Alleged Affair Caught On Coldplay Kiss Cam


Episode Stats

Length

7 minutes

Words per Minute

190.01076

Word Count

1,471

Sentence Count

179

Misogynist Sentences

4

Hate Speech Sentences

2


Summary

The CEO of Astronomer and his HR head were caught on a kiss cam at a Coldplay concert. What does this have to do with work ethics? And what does it mean for the company and its future?


Transcript

00:00:00.000 Tell me what is the story of the CEO being at a Coldplay concert?
00:00:05.440 What is that all about?
00:00:06.420 Okay, so I sent it to Rob.
00:00:07.840 The guy is Andy Byron, and we fact-checked it.
00:00:12.540 He's the CEO of Astronomer, okay?
00:00:16.520 He's at a Coldplay concert, and with his HR head, Kristen Cabot,
00:00:22.120 and they got caught on the Jumbo Patron.
00:00:24.140 Rob, is the volume up?
00:00:25.160 Because I believe the guy, the singer, what's his name?
00:00:29.860 Chris Mario, who's the guy?
00:00:31.160 Coldplay singer.
00:00:32.180 He says something like, oh, they got caught, or she's really shy.
00:00:36.840 Oh, look at these two.
00:00:38.500 All right, come on.
00:00:39.540 You're okay?
00:00:40.520 Uh-oh, what?
00:00:43.100 Look at her friend.
00:00:43.820 They're having an affair.
00:00:44.840 Oh, that's very shy.
00:00:45.760 Look at the friend, Pat Red.
00:00:50.280 Oh, my.
00:00:51.040 So that's the CEO of the company.
00:00:53.000 He's at a Coldplay concert with the head of his HR.
00:00:57.180 Who is this guy?
00:00:59.000 I don't know who it is.
00:01:00.400 Astronomer.
00:01:01.140 His name is Andy Byron.
00:01:02.600 I looked it up, Rob.
00:01:03.980 Look what astronomer.
00:01:05.980 It's like a tech type.
00:01:07.600 Is that really with his head of HR?
00:01:09.620 That's the head of his HR.
00:01:11.300 Her name is Kristen Cabot.
00:01:13.940 This is what, that's, Grok is saying,
00:01:16.840 orchestrate from Kristen Cabot is the head of it there.
00:01:18.660 Their alleged affair was exposed on a kiss cam at Coldplay concert in Boston,
00:01:22.020 sparking interest due to workplace ethics.
00:01:25.200 That's what Grok is saying.
00:01:26.360 How wild is that?
00:01:28.240 Why are we talking about this story?
00:01:29.800 It just happened before we came in here.
00:01:31.420 But, I mean, you know, those kiss cams, people are like,
00:01:33.160 no, I don't want to kiss my wife.
00:01:34.180 Coldplay had a concert this morning?
00:01:35.360 In Boston.
00:01:36.460 No, I don't think it was this morning.
00:01:37.660 Oh, last night.
00:01:38.940 Yeah.
00:01:39.540 Or a couple days.
00:01:40.620 I don't know when the actual concert was.
00:01:42.240 Vinny, get off X.
00:01:44.380 No, I think it's welcome to the instant news cycle and the internet and the kiss cam all
00:01:53.800 come together.
00:01:55.300 Wow.
00:01:56.420 There you go, folks.
00:01:57.260 If you were wondering, that's the head of HR.
00:02:00.020 I mean.
00:02:01.820 Oh, my God.
00:02:02.560 Who looked up and saw it, covers her face, ducks behind her friend.
00:02:06.120 He ducks to who knows where.
00:02:08.440 And so, it's like.
00:02:09.660 And then you heard the guy say.
00:02:11.740 You hear that?
00:02:12.240 Oh.
00:02:12.360 He goes, other than having an affair, she's really shy.
00:02:15.480 But could you imagine.
00:02:16.260 So, guys, just one question real quick, Matt.
00:02:18.540 What happens Monday morning at work?
00:02:21.600 You go to HR.
00:02:23.600 That's what you do.
00:02:24.940 You're going to go straight to HR.
00:02:26.680 Close the door.
00:02:27.320 It starts and ends with HR.
00:02:29.120 Oh, my God.
00:02:30.540 Okay, so I'm going to go to HR.
00:02:31.540 How are we going to handle this?
00:02:32.580 I don't know.
00:02:34.320 But, I mean, seriously, she has to go.
00:02:36.980 Oh, forget about the weekend.
00:02:38.640 I mean, this is.
00:02:39.540 This is horrible.
00:02:40.740 If it's a company with a board, he's fired.
00:02:44.740 Oh, really?
00:02:45.280 If it's a company.
00:02:45.820 Yeah, you're firing this guy.
00:02:47.000 You have to move on.
00:02:47.760 Because it's showing.
00:02:49.120 I don't know how big this astronomer.
00:02:50.420 How big of a.
00:02:51.000 Go to the company, Bob.
00:02:51.560 How big is astronomer.
00:02:52.620 Go to astronomer crunch base.
00:02:54.940 Astronomer crunch base.
00:02:57.400 Is it a big company?
00:02:58.920 Have you ever heard of astronomer, Tom?
00:03:01.900 Astronomer.
00:03:03.020 Growth.
00:03:03.400 I was having a high score of 62.
00:03:05.480 How much money have they raised in the past?
00:03:07.720 Trending.
00:03:08.740 Trending.
00:03:09.140 It's probably trending because people are.
00:03:10.500 High activity, by the way.
00:03:11.920 High activity, baby.
00:03:13.380 It's a software.
00:03:14.260 You're having high activity the way he was talking about.
00:03:16.900 Exactly right.
00:03:17.980 Astronomer.
00:03:18.380 There wasn't any software about to have activity.
00:03:22.820 Astronomer market cap.
00:03:24.660 Are you ready for activity?
00:03:25.820 Give me one more second.
00:03:27.340 However, it has a cheap evaluation.
00:03:28.540 Throw up in my mouth.
00:03:29.220 $739 million.
00:03:30.780 $739 million foreign series.
00:03:32.380 Okay.
00:03:33.000 I mean, if it's a nearly a billion dollar company, you have a board, series defunding.
00:03:38.100 He probably owns a percentage of it.
00:03:40.120 What percentage of the company does Andy, what's his last name?
00:03:45.120 Andy.
00:03:45.920 I'm sorry.
00:03:46.760 Andy Byron.
00:03:47.280 B-Y-R-O-N.
00:03:48.180 B-Y-R-O-N.
00:03:50.500 Yes, sir.
00:03:50.920 Own.
00:03:52.140 So what percentage of the company does he own?
00:03:54.040 Can you find out what percentage he owns?
00:03:56.900 If it's less than...
00:03:58.020 He received a founder-level equity package and possibly get additional shares upon becoming
00:04:07.520 a CEO.
00:04:08.500 Yeah.
00:04:08.740 So he owns a good amount of shares.
00:04:10.080 How much that is?
00:04:10.700 It could be as low as 5% and as high as 25%.
00:04:12.900 Okay.
00:04:14.720 He doesn't own over 51%.
00:04:16.800 He's fired.
00:04:18.220 They do that.
00:04:19.240 They do that.
00:04:19.580 Why is he fired, Bob?
00:04:20.780 This isn't Dana White.
00:04:22.040 This isn't a big name that personality tied to it.
00:04:25.020 This is a, you know, when the scandal happened on New Year's Eve with Dana and his wife.
00:04:30.400 This isn't that.
00:04:31.300 Dana's like, no, we're not doing this.
00:04:33.200 I'm going to run the company.
00:04:34.580 But this guy's probably within 90 days going to be replaced and step down, get a seat on
00:04:40.200 the board, won't be off the board, and then they'll have to bring another person in the
00:04:43.980 interim to get it going, and the HR person has to be fired, or she's probably going to
00:04:48.920 step down and resign because it's embarrassing.
00:04:51.060 Yeah.
00:04:51.620 You're not getting fired because firing her could cause other types of legal issues for
00:05:00.640 the company, but to save face, she's going to resign, and both of them may resign and
00:05:05.040 step down.
00:05:05.560 Wow.
00:05:06.120 Yeah.
00:05:06.660 By the way, just so you know, it happens.
00:05:09.560 Yep.
00:05:10.280 It happens, and Tom and I, one time we were in a meeting 17 years ago, 16 years ago.
00:05:16.380 You remember?
00:05:17.000 You know which one I'm talking about?
00:05:17.920 He has a smirk.
00:05:18.460 He knows what's going to be.
00:05:19.000 Remember Vistage, the one meeting?
00:05:22.160 And it happens.
00:05:23.540 You sit there in a meeting, and it's like, hey, here's what just happened.
00:05:25.820 Here's what's going on.
00:05:26.580 Assistant.
00:05:27.100 Boom.
00:05:27.400 Lawyer.
00:05:27.760 This.
00:05:28.820 The guy, you're about to lose everything.
00:05:30.140 Yep.
00:05:30.400 That house on Mulholland Drive, all that stuff is gone.
00:05:32.420 Yeah.
00:05:32.680 I would just do the George Costanza defense and just be like, is that wrong?
00:05:37.400 Was I not supposed to?
00:05:39.620 Was that?
00:05:40.460 What was the thing?
00:05:41.560 Or do the Charles White one.
00:05:43.380 Yeah.
00:05:43.580 If she comes to me and she tells me, hey, you fucking, you doing?
00:05:49.320 Yeah.
00:05:49.500 Yeah, I am.
00:05:50.500 You know what?
00:05:51.480 I mean.
00:05:51.980 Yeah.
00:05:52.400 This is the funniest podcast I did.
00:05:54.620 Remember about a month ago, I was wearing this hat, and I said, this is officially my top
00:06:00.000 three favorite hat.
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00:06:03.220 The colors here.
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00:06:09.460 Matter of fact, I'm going to just put it on.
00:06:11.660 I love this hat.
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00:06:13.380 Huh?
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00:06:15.420 I absolutely love this hat.
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00:06:28.040 You guys already know what happens with our numbered stuff.
00:06:29.900 If you go on eBay, Rob, and you type in Future Looks Bright, you'll see our material and
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