A tech company whose boss was filmed hugging a colleague at a Coldplay concert has said a purported statement from him expressing remorse is fake.

On Thursday, a video went viral of Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and his co-worker Kristin Cabot being caught on the kiss cam at the Coldplay concert. The video was all over social media, and the response from Astronomer was to place both Cabot and Byron on leave with a statement from the

After the Jumbotron video at the Coldplay concert became subject of memes on social media for more than a day, the company announced that Byron has been place on leave