{"id":145634,"date":"2025-09-10T03:41:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T03:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/145634\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T03:41:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T03:41:06","slug":"astronomer-hr-chiefs-husband-speaks-out-after-coldplay-concert-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/145634\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronomer HR Chief’s Husband Speaks Out After Coldplay Concert Incident"},"content":{"rendered":"

The estranged husband of tech company executive Kristin Cabot is speaking out for the first time after his wife was spotted cozying up<\/a> to her boss at a Coldplay concert in July. <\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Andrew Cabot, who is the CEO of Privateer Rum, told People in a Monday statement<\/a> his client had been \u201cprivately and amicably separated\u201d from Kristin Cabot for \u201cseveral weeks\u201d before the controversy erupted. <\/p>\n

\u201cTheir decision to divorce was already underway prior to that evening,\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cNow that the divorce filing is public, Andrew hopes this provides respectful closure to speculation and allows his family the privacy they\u2019ve always valued.\u201d<\/p>\n

They went on to note: \u201cNo further public comment will be made.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kristin Cabot, who served as chief people officer at Astronomer, sparked a media firestorm this summer when she and her company\u2019s CEO, Andy Byron, were seen embracing on a kiss cam<\/a> at Coldplay\u2019s July 16 concert at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. <\/p>\n

The pair\u2019s questionable body language in the video prompted Coldplay frontman Chris Martin to joke: \u201cEither they\u2019re having an affair or they\u2019re just very shy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The footage of Byron and Kristin Cabot went viral online, after which the pair resigned<\/a> from their respective roles<\/a> at Astronomer, a data operations company with offices in New York and San Francisco, among other cities. <\/p>\n

Neither Byron nor Cabot has spoken publicly about the nature of their relationship in the weeks since the incident.<\/p>\n

In a July 25 statement to HuffPost<\/a> acknowledging Byron\u2019s departure, however, Astronomer said it was \u201ccommitted to the values and culture that have guided us since our founding,\u201d adding: \u201cOur leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability, and recently, that standard was not met.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last week, it was confirmed that Kristin Cabot had filed a petition for divorce from Andrew Cabot on Aug. 13 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. According to NBC News<\/a>, the divorce process remains ongoing. <\/p>\n

Returning to the concert stage in Madison, Wisconsin, days after the incident, Martin cheekily gave concertgoers a heads-up<\/a> that they could appear on the massive screen during the show. <\/p>\n

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\u201cSo please, if you haven\u2019t done your makeup, do your makeup now,\u201d he quipped.<\/p>\n

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