Back in July 2025, two co-workers from the company Astronomer were caught on the “kiss cam” at a Coldplay concert, but made headlines after they awkwardly tried to hide from the cameras after being spotted together. It was later revealed that the two people were Astronomer’s CEO Andy Byron and Chief People Officer Kristin Cabot. They both resigned from their jobs within days of the scandal.
Now, Kristin is speaking out in an interview for the first time. She’s claiming that they first kissed at that concert.
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“I made a bad decision and had a couple of High Noons and danced and acted inappropriately with my boss. And it’s not nothing,” she told the New York Times. “I took accountability and I gave up my career for that. That’s the price I chose to pay. I want my kids to know that you can make mistakes, and you can really screw up. But you don’t have to be threatened to be killed for them.”
She noted that, while working together, they seemed to click.
“I was so embarrassed and so horrified. I’m the head of H.R. and he’s the C.E.O. It’s, like, so cliché and so bad. We both just sat there with our heads in our hands, like, ‘What just happened?’” she said.
As for her contact with Andy, the man in the video, she said “their contact has been minimal.”
They decided that “speaking with each other was going to make it too hard for everyone to move on and heal.”
Astronomer’s new CEO referenced the viral moment in a statement just days after getting the new job. The company even created an incredible ad to respond to being in the spotlight.