HR Executive In Coldplay Kiss Cam Scandal Resigns
More fallout from the Coldplay Kiss Cam scandal that saw Astronomer CEO, Andy Byron, resign last week. Now comes the news that his co-star cuddler from the viral video has now tendered her resignation. Kristin Cabot served as the head of HR at Astronomer since November 2024.
Cabot and Byron, who is married with children, were shown in an embrace inappropriate for coworkers on a ‘kiss cam’ at a recent Coldplay show in Boston. Their reaction is what prompted the viral video, and Chris Martin’s quip, “Either they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy.” The woman who captured the video shared around said had they not reacted like that, she wouldn’t have thought anything was unusual enough to post.
Interim CEO Pete Dejoy said on LinkedIn: “The events of the past few days have received a level of media attention that few companies — let alone startups in our small corner of the data and AI world — ever encounter,” “The spotlight has been unusual and surreal for our team and, while I would never have wished for it to happen like this, Astronomer is now a household name.”