"To recap: Cabot, then the head of HR at tech company Astronomer, was spotted on a jumbotron at the concert at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, cozied up with her boss, Andy Byron, then the CEO of the company. Once Cabot and Byron realized they were on the big screen, the pair could be seen scrambling to separate and hide their faces."
"Their reaction prompted lead singer Chris Martin to quip onstage at the time: "Either they're having an affair or they're just very shy." A clip of the two on the jumbotron was posted on TikTok and it quickly went viral, amassing over 60 million views within the next 48 hours. Cabot and Byron's identities were revealed by internet sleuths shortly after the kiss cam clip surfaced online."
"Cabot told The Times that she's faced harsh comments online from people calling her names like slut and homewrecker. She said she was doxxed, received death threats and faced insults from people while out in public. Cabot claimed that both she and Byron were separated from their spouses at the time of the concert, and that that night was the first and only time they had kissed. Both Byron and Cabot resigned from Astronomer in the aftermath of the scandal."
Kristin Cabot spoke about a viral Kiss Cam moment at a July Coldplay concert and how her life changed. Cabot, then head of HR at Astronomer, appeared on a jumbotron with her boss, CEO Andy Byron; the pair scrambled to separate and hide their faces. The clip posted to TikTok amassed over 60 million views in 48 hours and internet sleuths identified both individuals. Cabot received insults, doxxing, death threats and public confrontations. She said both she and Byron were separated from their spouses and that the kiss was a single incident. Both resigned from Astronomer, and the episode sparked debates about workplace dynamics and public shaming.
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