‘Zoom in’: Australian celebrities Lisa Wilkinson and Hamish Blake spoof viral ‘kiss cam’ drama

A pair of Aussie celebrities have indulged in some fun, mocking the “kiss cam” controversy from America this week.

A pair of Australian celebrities, Lisa Wilkinson and Hamish Blake, have hilariously spoofed the moment an American tech CEO was caught hugging a woman who was not his wife at a Coldplay concert.

Wilkinson and Blake were in the audience for one of the stops on American stand-up comedian Nikki Glaser’s tour of Australia. And all individuals involved apparently decided to have some fun.

During her set, Glaser offered up her own version of the kiss cam that caught out Andy Byron, CEO of the company Astronomer, and Kristin Cabot, the business’s chief people officer.

“Let’s see if we have one more we can find. Can we zoom in?” Glaser asked as the camera focused on Blake and Wilkinson, who were pretending to be intimate.

“Is that ... is that ... is that Hamish and Lisa!? Oooooh, busted! Someone call Zoe right now. What the f***?”

Blake is, of course, married to author and entrepreneur Zoe Foster Blake. Wilkinson is married to the former rugby player Peter FitzSimons.

The clip of Mr Byron and Ms Cabot enjoying Coldplay’s performance together, then ducking for cover upon being shown on the big screen, has gone viral this week.

The scandal ended with Mr Byron resigning from his role at Astronomer.

“As stated previously, Astronomer is committed to the values and culture that have guided us since our founding,” the company said in a statement.

“Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability, and recently, that standard was not met.

“Andy Byron has tendered his resignation, and the Board of Directors has accepted. The board will begin a search for our next Chief Executive.”

Co-founder and Chief Product Officer Pete DeJoy is serving as interim CEO.

Oops.

The pair upon realising they were on camera.

The video of Mr Byron and Ms Cabot quickly went viral after being shared on TikTok.

“Either they’re having an affair, or they’re just very shy,” Coldplay’s lead singer Chris Martin quipped to the crowd.

“Before this week, we were known as a pioneer in the DataOps space, helping data teams power everything from modern analytics to production AI,” Astronomer said.

“While awareness of our company may have changed overnight, our product and our work for our customers have not.

“We’re continuing to do what we do best: helping our customers with their toughest data and AI problems.”

Mr Byron’s job reportedly paid him between $717,000 and a million dollars per year, plus performance-based bonuses.

Originally published as ‘Zoom in’: Australian celebrities Lisa Wilkinson and Hamish Blake spoof viral ‘kiss cam’ drama