Kristin Cabot is finally speaking out months after her viral Coldplay kiss cam moment cost her her job and ignited an internet firestorm.
In an interview with New York Times published Thursday, Dec. 18, the former Astronomer HR chief reflected on the night she and then-CEO Andy Byron were caught in an intimate embrace during the band’s Boston concert in July.
Cabot, 53, told the newspaper she was uneasy about whether to go public, but ultimately felt compelled to explain what happened. She insisted that she and Byron were not in a sexual relationship and said they had never kissed before that night.
“I made a bad decision and had a few high dinners and danced and behaved inappropriately with my boss,” she said, adding that “it’s not nothing.”
Cabot said she has accepted the consequences, even though they were devastating. “That’s the price I chose to pay,” she explained, noting that she “gave up [her] career” over the incident. “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 with death for them.”
She told Times she and Byron “clicked, stylistically” when she interviewed for her role in 2024, and later ended over both “going through” separations. When she invited him as her plus-one to the Coldplay concert, she admitted she was “in love” even though it wasn’t meant to be a date.
On a dopamine high from tequila cocktails and dancing, the couple appeared on the jumbotron, prompting Chris Martin to coo, “Wow, look at these two.” As Byron ducked away and Cabot hid his face, Martin joked, “Either they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy.”
“I was so embarrassed and so horrified,” Cabot said. “I’m the head of HR and he’s the CEO. It’s kind of so cliche and so bad.”
Both were placed on leave following a board investigation. Byron resigned the next day and Cabot followed soon after.
