Kristin Cabot, the Astronomer HR manager at the center of the Coldplay kiss cam scandal earlier this year, did not find Gwyneth Paltrow’s ironic Astronomer commercial amusing.
During Coldplay’s July 2025 concert in Massachusetts, Kristin was spotted cuddling with her boss, Astronomer CEO Andy Byron. The fallout was swift and intense, with social media users spinning wild narratives, most notably speculation that the two were having an affair.
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Although both Kristin and Andy stepped down from their respective roles within days of the scandal, Astronomer also took steps to control the damage. That included releasing a tongue-in-cheek commercial featuring the Goop founder as a “temporary spokesperson.”
“I was such a fan of her company, which seemed to be about uplifting women,” Kristin told The Times in a new interview. “And then she did this. I thought, ‘How dare she after the beating she got for all the conscious uncoupling stuff.’ What a hypocrite.”
She even threw out all the things she’d bought from Goop in the past.
Gwyneth was previously married to Coldplay frontman Chris Martin for more than a decade.
The former couple famously popularized the term “conscious uncoupling” to describe their amicable split. The phrase was widely mocked at the time, with critics calling it pretentious and unnecessary.