Coldplay controversy: Female HR on ‘kiss cam’ viral video resigns

London: The female executive who was caught on camera embracing the CEO of her company at a Coldplay concert in a moment that went viral has resigned, Associated Press reported, citing reports.

Multiple news outlets reported that Kristin Cabot, the executive in charge of human resources at tech company Astronomer, has resigned.

Her departure follows the resignation of CEO Andy Byron, who quit after the company said he was being put on leave pending an investigation.

The episode resulted in endless memes, parody videos, and screenshots of the pair's shocked faces, which filled social media feeds.

Cabot and Byron were caught by surprise when singer Chris Martin asked the cameras to scan the crowd for his “Jumbotron Song” during the concert last week at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

They were shown cuddling and smiling, but when they saw themselves on the big screen, Cabot's jaw dropped, her hands flew to her face, and she spun away from the camera while Byron ducked out of the frame.

“Either they're having an affair or they're just very shy,” Martin joked in a video that spread quickly around the internet.

When the video first spread online, it wasn't immediately clear who they were, but online sleuths rapidly figured out their identities. The company has previously confirmed the identities of the couple in a statement to the AP.Both of their profiles have now been removed from Astronomer's website, and a November press release announcing her hiring has also been deleted.

Astronomer was a previously obscure tech company based in New York. It provides big companies with a platform that helps them organise their data.

Online streams of Coldplay's songs jumped 20 per cent in the days after the video went viral, according to Luminate, an industry data and analytics company.