The Coldplay fan who captured the viral video that everyone has been talking about for the past week has finally revealed herself. Now, people want to know how much money she made from the Astronomer CEO concert video.
Grace Springer is the fan who posted a video of Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and an unidentified woman breaking from their close embrace and hiding from the camera when they were shown on the jumbotron at a Coldplay concert in Massachusetts.
How Much Money Did She Make?
When posting content online, we all know that influencers can make money from the videos we watch. Springer’s video has now been viewed over 120 million times, so people think she can make some good money off the video.
However, that is not the case for Springer.
She appeared on “This Morning” and told hosts Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary: “I’ve actually made no money from the video itself or the views. It’s not monetized.”
Springer wasn’t recording the moment in hopes of going viral. She actually was hoping she would be one of the people featured on the jumbotron, so in case that happened, she was recording the moment along with thousands of other fans at Gillette Stadium that night.
She told the “This Morning” hosts: “I was hoping to see myself on the big screen, and I love to capture moments, so that’s why my phone was out in the first place. In the moment when I filmed it, I didn’t think much of it, but of course, everyone was kind of chattering.”
Springer added that there were over 50,000 people at the show, so it was a hot topic. It was also a hot topic online, as it resulted in over 120 million views for her video.
The Video Aftermath
While Springer never expected the video to lead to allegations that the CEO was having an affair with one of his fellow employees, she did admit that she didn’t regret capturing the controversial moment.
She told Hammond and O’Leary that she sympathizes with Byron’s loved ones and “everyone else who has been hurt in the process.” However, Spring added, “But as I said, there was over 50,000 people and I’m not the only one that caught it on camera, so if it wasn’t me who uploaded it, I’m sure someone else would have.”
How has Byron been navigating all the public attention? Days after his concert outing went viral, Byron resigned from his position at Astronomer, according to CBS News.
In a statement to E! News, the company said: “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.”
Because of Byron’s actions, he turned in his resignation, and the Board accepted it. Chief Product Officer Pete DeJoy is serving as interim CEO while they search for a new Chief Executive as Cofounder.
In a statement on LinkedIn, DeJoy wrote: “The events of the past few days have received a level of media attention that few companies — let alone startups in our small corner of the data and AI world — ever encounter. The spotlight has been unusual and surreal for our team and, while I would never have wished for it to happen like this, Astronomer is now a household name.”
