The husband of the tech company employee seen embracing her boss on Coldplay’s audience “kiss cam” is speaking out for the first time since his wife went viral in July.
A spokeswoman for Massachusetts entrepreneur Andrew Cabot, 61, told People Magazine on Monday that he and his wife, Kristin Cabot, “were privately and amicably separated several weeks before the Coldplay concert.”
“Their decision to divorce was already underway prior to that evening,” the spokeswoman said in a statement. “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,” she added.
During Coldplay’s performance at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on July 16, the band’s “kiss cam” started displaying couples in the audience.
Kristin Cabot, Astronomer’s chief people officer, was captured in an embrace with her boss, Andy Byron, then the data company’s CEO. When the camera landed on the pair, Cabot immediately covered her face and the man ducked out of the frame.
The moment prompted laughs and intrigue from the audience and led Coldplay’s lead singer, Chris Martin, to poke fun at the awkward moment.
“Oh, look at these two. You’re all right,” he said, according to video from the concert that circulated widely online. “You’re OK. Oh, what? Either they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy.”
The encounter was captured on video and shared on social media, becoming an overnight sensation. Videos of the moment accrued millions of views across on X, Instagram and TikTok, spawned thousands of memes and became fodder for late-night talk show hosts.
Astronomer condemned the encounter, writing that its “leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability, and recently, that standard was not met.” The previously little-known company later hired Martin’s ex-wife, Gwyneth Paltrow, for a satirical advertisement.
Byron, who is reportedly also married, and Cabot resigned from the company days after the scandal went viral. They have not responded to multiple requests for comment.
Cabot filed a petition for divorce on Aug. 13 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, according to court documents. The next hearing in the divorce case is a scheduled for Nov. 26.
Matt Lavietes
Matt Lavietes is a reporter for NBC News.