One of the biggest viral moments of 2025 has to be the now-infamous clip of two people caught on a jumbotron at a Coldplay concert, which saw the pair attempt to hide from the stadium's 'kiss cam'.
As the camera turned on the man and woman embracing at the concert at Gillette Stadium in Boston, the man ducked out of sight and the woman seemingly attempted to cover her face.
This prompted Coldplay frontman Chris Martin to joke: "Either they're having an affair or they're just really shy."
The 16-second clip resulted in the resignation of two business executives, Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and the company's chief people officer, Kristin Cabot, after an online witch hunt to track down the pair.
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In one of her first interviews since the July incident, Cabot, 53, has shared how the viral TikTok video has left her 'unemployable' - as well as whether or not that intimate moment on the kiss cam was actually an affair.
Speaking to The Times of London, Cabot said 'everything just flashed before my eyes' as the jumbotron turned on her embrace with boss Byron.
"I could have been struck by lightning, I could have won the lottery, or this could have happened," she reflected after the moment was viewed at least 150 million times on social media.
But five months after the unexpected publicity, Cabot is still feeling the consequences of that moment and is struggling to find work.
"It has been like a scarlet letter; people erased everything I’d accomplished in my life and achieved in my career," she said. "This can’t be the final word."
And yet, according to Cabot, what happened was not even a real affair. The HR executive said she joined Astronomer in November 2024, and was pleased to see that her new boss 'made sure women had a seat at the table,' in a male-dominated industry.
After working closely with CEO Byron in the ensuing months, she shared: "I definitely thought he was a good-looking guy and I had that thought of, ‘If I didn’t work here …’"
But then, around a month before the July 17 concert, her boss revealed that he was amicably separated from his wife.
Cabot was going through a similar situation in her marriage, which the pair were able to bond over.
She told the Times: "To have someone else going through it at the exact same time that you can talk to was an amazing support."
Then, when a friend offered her two tickets to Coldplay, Byron seemed like the perfect candidate for her spare ticket.
On the night of the gig, her 14-year-old daughter apparently told Cabot that her estranged husband Andrew was also in attendance - with another woman.
She said that made her more comfortable about being with Byron, with her feeling 'on top of the world' in the moment before Coldplay's kiss cam turned her life upside down
"We were just dancing, I’d had a few High Noons [vodka seltzers]. Andy was standing behind me and we were dancing and I grabbed him," Cabot shared.
Then, all of a sudden, she was plastered on the jumbotron with her boss and was being ridiculed by Martin for allegedly having an affair. The irony being that Cabot had not even kissed her dancing partner when the whole world started calling her a cheater.
She said: "My immediate reaction was, ‘Holy s**t, Andrew’s here.
"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.
"Then a beat later my mind turns to, ‘Oh God, Andy’s my effing boss’, this is a bad look."
Topics: Coldplay
William Morgan