The Woman From The Coldplay “Kiss Cam” Scandal Speaks Out
“It’s been like a scarlet letter”.
Kristin Cabot is finally speaking out about the scandal that flipped her life upside down this summer. Cabot was at the Coldplay concert in Foxboro, Massachusetts July 16 with her co-workers and friends, and then-CEO Andy Byron. They were infamously caught canoodling and their shocked reaction even caught Chris Martin’s attention who quipped, “either they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy.” That few seconds changed everything for the two.
She tells the New York Times, “I made a bad decision and had a couple of [alcoholic] High Noons and danced and acted inappropriately with my boss,” Cabot said. “And it’s not nothing. I took accountability and I gave up my career for that. That’s the price I chose to pay.”
She was going through an amicable separation at the time with second husband Andrew, but immediately understood how that moment looked bad on a few levels. “My immediate reaction was, ‘Holy s—, Andrew’s here’, ” Cabot told The Times of that night at the concert with Byron. He was also there with a date. “We were in the middle of an incredibly — and amazingly — amicable separation. I was worried I would embarrass him. He’s an amazing guy and does not deserve that.” And she also noted that professionally, it was also very bad. “Then a beat later my mind turns to, ‘Oh God, Andy’s my effing boss,’ this is a bad look. Boston’s not a big town. And while it wasn’t an Astronomer event or anything, there could have been investors or other staff there.” Astronomer did ask her to stay in her role as head of H.R., but she resigned.
The reaction from the public was immediate, her address was doxxed, she was getting 500-600 calls a day and even death threats. Her kids were traumatized and she says even though the story has since cycled out of the news rotation, she lives with it every day. She says her kids are still afraid to be seen with her in public for fear for their lives. She hopes by speaking out, she can gain not forgiveness, but understanding — especially for her children. “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,” she said.