Coldplay Kiss Cam Woman Kristin Cabot Breaks Her Silence on Viral Scandal With Astronomer CEO Andy Byron
Kristin Cabot is sharing her side of the story for the first time four months after her viral moment with Astronomer CEO Andy Byron at a Coldplay concert.
“I made a bad decision and had a couple of High Noons and danced and acted inappropriately with my boss,” Cabot — who says she was newly separated from husband Andrew Cabot at the time of the concert — told The New York Times on Thursday, December 18. “And it’s not nothing.
Cabot reflected on how her life changed after the scandal. “I took accountability and I gave up my career for that. That’s the price I chose to pay,” she said. “I want my kids to know that you can make mistakes, and you can really screw up. But you don’t have to be threatened to be killed for them.”
Cabot, the head of HR at Tech company Astronomer, and Byron, 50, the CEO who was also newly separated, made waves online for their stunned reaction when they were caught getting cozy on the kiss cam. Byron had his arms wrapped around Cabot until they realized the cameras were on them, prompting him to drop out of sight to hide and Cabot to turn and shield her face.
Kristin Cabot is sharing her side of the story for the first time four months after her viral moment with Astronomer CEO Andy Byron at a Coldplay concert.
“I made a bad decision and had a couple of High Noons and danced and acted inappropriately with my boss,” Cabot — who says she was newly separated from husband Andrew Cabot at the time of the concert — told The New York Times on Thursday, December 18. “And it’s not nothing.”
Cabot reflected on how her life changed after the scandal. “I took accountability and I gave up my career for that. That’s the price I chose to pay,” she said. “I want my kids to know that you can make mistakes, and you can really screw up. But you don’t have to be threatened to be killed for them.”
Cabot, the head of HR at Tech company Astronomer, and Byron, 50, the CEO who was also newly separated, made waves online for their stunned reaction when they were caught getting cozy on the kiss cam. Byron had his arms wrapped around Cabot until they realized the cameras were on them, prompting him to drop out of sight to hide and Cabot to turn and shield her face.
“Whoa, look at these two. All right, come on. You’re OK,” Coldplay frontman Chris Martin said at the time. “Either they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy. I’m not quite sure what to do. I hope we didn’t do something bad.”
