Coldplay fan behind viral CEO video breaks silence, says she made nothing from it

The woman behind the video that cost a tech CEO his job is finally speaking out, and insists she didn’t profit from the chaos she captured.

Grace Springer, the 28-year-old Coldplay fan who filmed the now-infamous ‘kiss cam’ moment featuring Astronomer CEO Andy Byron, revealed on This Morning that she hasn’t earned a single dollar from the clip. “I’ve actually made no money from the video itself or the views,” she told hosts Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary. “It’s not monetized.”

Springer explained she was recording the moment at Gillette Stadium because she hoped to appear on the big screen herself. But instead, her video showed Byron and a female colleague in a close embrace, only for both to panic and duck out of view once they noticed themselves on the jumbotron. The awkward reaction sparked immediate speculation online, with many concluding the two were having an affair.

The clip went viral within hours. Internet users quickly identified the pair as executives at Astronomer Inc., and just days later, Byron resigned from his CEO role. In a public statement shared on Astronomer’s official LinkedIn page, the company noted, “Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability, and recently, that standard was not met.”

While Springer’s video became one of the most talked-about moments of the week, she said she doesn’t regret posting it: “There were over 50,000 people there… I’m not the only one who caught it. If I hadn’t uploaded it, someone else would have.”

Her TikTok account, meanwhile, has gained thousands of followers since the scandal broke, but for now, the fame is strictly viral, not financial.