In a moment that captured the world’s attention, Kristin Cabot, a 52-year-old former HR executive, found herself at the center of a viral storm when Coldplay’s kiss-cam spotlighted her in an intimate embrace with her boss, Andy Byron, during a July 2025 concert at Gillette Stadium in Boston. The fleeting jumbotron moment, which prompted a quip from Coldplay’s Chris Martin about an affair or shyness, unraveled Cabot’s professional and personal life, culminating in her filing for divorce from her husband, Andrew Cabot, on August 13, 2025, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Kristin, once the Chief People Officer at tech startup Astronomer, and Byron, the company’s CEO, were both married to others when the kiss-cam exposed their closeness. The video, viewed over 127 million times on TikTok, showed the pair recoiling in embarrassment as Martin’s comment echoed through the stadium. The fallout was swift: both resigned from Astronomer within days, with the company citing a failure to meet standards of conduct and accountability. Kristin’s resignation followed Byron’s, marking a dramatic end to their tenures at the billion-dollar AI firm.
Her marriage to Andrew Cabot, a 60-year-old CEO of Privateer Rum and scion of Boston’s elite Cabot family, was already strained, sources say. Andrew, a Harvard graduate and heir to a $15.4 billion fortune built on industries like carbon black and rum, was on a business trip in Japan during the concert. Upon his return, he reportedly dismissed the scandal, telling his ex-wife Julia, “Her life is nothing to do with me.” Julia, who endured a contentious two-year divorce from Andrew finalized in 2020, called the split “karma,” alleging Andrew’s ego and focus on wealth overshadowed his role as a husband. “He’s not husband material, but she doesn’t seem like wife material either,” Julia told the Daily Mail.
Kristin and Andrew, married since 2023, had recently purchased a $2.2 million fixer-upper home in Rye, New Hampshire, with a $1.6 million mortgage. The property, a four-bedroom New Englander-style house, now hangs in limbo as their divorce proceedings unfold, potentially complicating their shared financial obligations. This marks Kristin’s second divorce, following her 2020 split from Kenneth Thornby, with whom she shares at least one child, and Andrew’s third, after marriages to Maud in 1993 andJulia in 2014.
The scandal has also touched Byron’s personal life. His wife, Megan Kerrigan, dropped his surname from social media and relocated to Maine with their two teenage sons, seeking privacy amid the public scrutiny. Meanwhile, Kristin was spotted without her wedding ring at their Rye home, tending to her garden in solitude, a stark contrast to the vibrant family photos she once shared with Andrew and his children.
As the dust settles, the Coldplay kiss-cam incident has sparked broader conversations about workplace ethics and the consequences of viral moments. For Kristin and Andrew, the divorce filing signals the end of a marriage already teetering on the edge, with Andrew’s storied family legacy and Kristin’s public misstep now intertwined in a saga that has captivated millions.