Husband of employee caught with CEO on Coldplay jumbotron breaks silence with shocking twist
Topics: US News, Viral, Coldplay, Music, Sex and Relationships
Lucy Devine
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Topics: US News, Viral, Coldplay, Music, Sex and Relationships
Kristin Cabot's husband has broken his silence after she was caught on camera with Astronomer CEO Andy Byron.
Back in July, Byron and HR chief Cabot - who were attending a Coldplay concert in Boston - were caught seemingly embracing on the big screen, before immediately jumping apart once they realised they were on camera.
Byron appeared to have his arms around Cabot, the Chief People Officer of Astronomer, who was leaning back into the CEO and holding his hands.
At the time, frontman Chris Martin seemed pretty shocked, telling crowds: “Oh look at these two. Either they are having an affair or they’re just really shy.”
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Due to the unusual reaction, a clip of what happened went viral on TikTok and has since been viewed hundreds of millions of times.
Following the controversial moment, it was revealed that Cabot filed for divorce from her husband, Andrew Cabot, last month.
However, the pair were reportedly separated for several weeks before the concert took place.
A spokeswoman for Andrew told PEOPLE that he and Kristin 'were privately and amicably separated several weeks before the Coldplay concert'.
"Their decision to divorce was already underway prior to that evening," the spokeswoman added.
"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.
"No further public comment will be made."
Following the viral moment, Byron resigned from his role as CEO of Astronomer, with the company sharing a statement: "As stated previously, Astronomer is committed to the values and culture that have guided us since our founding. Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability, and recently, that standard was not met.
"Andy Byron has tendered his resignation, and the Board of Directors has accepted. The Board will begin a search for our next Chief Executive as Cofounder and Chief Product Officer Pete DeJoy continues to serve as interim CEO."
Cabot also resigned from her role. Pete DeJoy - who is acting as CEO in the interim - addressed what had happened in a statement online.
"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," he wrote.
"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."
Neither Cabot nor Bryon has publicly commented on the incident.