The corporate world was stunned last week when a simple kiss-cam moment at a Coldplay concert spiraled into resignations at tech company Astronomer. But new details reveal the story is even more complicated than anyone imagined.
During Coldplay’s Boston concert, cameras caught Kristin Cabot, 52, Astronomer’s HR director, getting cozy with CEO Andy Byron in a VIP box.
When the kiss-cam focused on them, frontman Chris Martin couldn’t resist commenting: “Either they’re having an affair or they’re very shy.”
The clip spread like wildfire across social media, and within days, both executives had resigned from their positions at the data operations company.
Here’s where the story gets interesting. Kristin’s husband Andrew Cabot initially stayed quiet, later revealing through People magazine that the couple had already separated before the concert.
But sources close to the situation now say Andrew wasn’t just sitting at home that night.
“Andrew was actually at the same concert with his girlfriend,” an insider told The Times of London.
“Kristin was in the corporate box with work colleagues, while Andrew was there with the woman who’s now his girlfriend.”
According to sources, the Cabots had been living separately for weeks before the concert, making their split amicable rather than dramatic.
People close to Kristin insist the viral moment has been blown out of proportion.
“She wasn’t trying to hide anything,” one friend explained. “She doesn’t even know why she pulled back when the camera found them.
Yes, she admits getting that close to her boss was inappropriate, but there was no affair. They’re just good friends.”
The media attention was intense. Reporters camped outside the Cabots’ $2.2 million waterfront home in Rye, New Hampshire, forcing Andrew to issue a public statement asking for privacy.
CEO Andy Byron’s wife Megan Kerrigan, 50, had a different reaction. She quickly moved out of their home, removed her wedding ring, and deleted Byron’s name from her social media profiles.
Meanwhile, Astronomer found itself doing damage control with clients after losing two senior executives in the span of a week.
