THE Coldplay concert scandal that cost two top execs their jobs has just taken a wild new twist.
Because the husband of shamed HR boss Kristin Cabot was actually at the same infamous gig – with a date of his own.
Kristin, 52, was caught cuddling up to her married CEO Andy Byron in a kiss-cam
tiktok/instaagraaceThe husband of shamed HR boss Kristin Cabot was actually at the same infamous gig – with a date of his own[/caption]
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While Kristin, 52, was caught cuddling up to her married CEO Andy Byron in a kiss-cam blunder seen round the world, her then-hubby Andrew Cabot was in the crowd with another woman.
And that “mystery woman” is now his girlfriend.
Andrew, who was married to Kristin for two years, had already broken his silence to reveal the pair were separated at the time.
But now, insiders have lifted the lid on the full story – and it’s juicier than anyone thought.
“Kristin was in the box with people from work, though it wasn’t a company box, and Andrew was actually there too with a date, with a woman who is now his girlfriend,” a source spilled to The Times of London.
“They had been separated and living apart for several weeks. It was amicable… [Cabot] has felt like she can’t speak out as people in the middle of a divorce can’t say anything public.”
The source also defended Kristin over her disastrous decision to duck when the camera zoomed in on her and Byron snuggling up.
The move didn’t just go viral – it even caught the eye of Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, who joked: “Either they’re having an affair or they’re very shy.”
Byron, seeing his face on the big screen, could only mutter: “F****** hell, it’s me.”
That split-second moment was beamed across the stadium, shared millions of times online – and ultimately cost both their jobs.
But pals insist it wasn’t what it looked like.
“Kristin wasn’t hiding, she doesn’t know why she ducked. She knew it was inappropriate to behave that way with her boss as the head of HR,” the insider said.
“It was not that she was caught cheating, it was not some affair. She fully acknowledges [the hug] was inappropriate, but that was the only inappropriate thing she did.”
According to the source, Kristin and Byron share nothing more than “a great friendship.”
Meanwhile, Andrew was left reeling when the scandal exploded outside the couple’s $2.2million waterfront mansion in Rye, New Hampshire.
He was “blindsided” to find reporters on the doorstep of the home he once shared with Kristin and their two children.
He felt forced to go public, telling People: he and Kristin were already “privately and amicably separated several weeks before the Coldplay concert.”
A spokesperson for Andrew, the CEO of Privateer Rum, added: “Their decision to divorce was already underway prior to that evening.
“Now that the divorce filing is public, Andrew hopes this provides respectful closure to speculation and allows his family the privacy they’ve always valued.”
Byron’s wife, Megan Kerrigan, 50, reacted swiftly – moving out of their marital home, returning her wedding ring, and even dropping “Byron” from her Facebook profile before ditching the account altogether.
And Astronomer, the company at the centre of the storm, scrambled into damage control.
The DataOps firm suspended both Byron and Cabot before they resigned – issuing a desperate statement to reassure clients.
“Before this week, we were known as a pioneer in the DataOps space, helping data teams power everything from modern analytics to production AI,” the company insisted.
“While awareness of our company may have changed overnight our product and our work for our customers have not.”
But thanks to one ill-fated kiss-cam, it’s safe to say Astronomer will be remembered for more than just data from now on.
FacebookMegan Kerrigan Byron, the wife of Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and their family[/caption]
LinkedinByron, seeing his face on the big screen, could only mutter: “F****** hell, it’s me.”[/caption]
FacebookMegan Kerrigan Byron become an unexpected figure of public sympathy after her husband was seen on a kiss cam with another woman during a Coldplay concert in Boston[/caption]