Her husband, Andrew Cabot, heir to the Privateer Rum fortune, confirmed the couple had already separated before the concert and has now filed for divorce.

What began as an awkward concert moment has now unraveled into one of the most talked-about scandals of the year.

Andrew Cabot, the Massachusetts entrepreneur and heir to the Privateer Rum distillery empire, has spoken publicly for the first time about his impending divorce from wife Kristin Cabot,

the Astronomer HR executive whose viral kiss-cam appearance at a Coldplay concert sparked headlines worldwide.

The drama traces back to July, when Coldplay performed at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

In the middle of the show, during a segment known as “The Jumbotron Song,” which often highlights couples in the crowd before leading into the band’s emotional hit “Fix You,” cameras panned to Kristin and her then-boss, Astronomer CEO Andy Byron.

What was supposed to be a lighthearted fan moment quickly turned chaotic.

The screen captured the pair leaning close, appearing affectionate, before Byron suddenly ducked out of frame. Kristin’s startled reaction — pulling back and turning away from the 55,000 concertgoers — only intensified the attention.

From the stage, frontman Chris Martin initially played along, cheerfully telling the crowd, “Look at these two.” Seconds later, noticing their panicked expressions, Martin added with bemused confusion, “Oh, what? Either they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy.”

Later in the set, Martin was heard muttering, “Holy s–t. I hope we didn’t do something bad.”

Within hours, clips of the incident were circulating on TikTok and Instagram, amassing millions of views and sparking feverish speculation about the true nature of Kristin and Byron’s relationship.

Online sleuths quickly pieced together that both were married to other people at the time — Kristin to Andrew Cabot, 61, and Byron to Megan Kerrigan Byron, who soon scrubbed her husband’s last name from her social media profiles.

For Andrew Cabot, the revelation came as a shock. The CEO of Privateer Rum, he had been on a business trip to Japan when the Coldplay footage went viral.

Returning home to discover his wife at the center of a global tabloid storm, he soon found his personal life thrust into the public arena. Less than a month later, Kristin filed for divorce in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on August 13.

Court filings confirmed she was seeking to dissolve the couple’s marriage just five months after they had purchased a \$2.2 million coastal home in New England.

Through a spokeswoman, Andrew released a carefully worded statement this week, confirming that the couple had separated weeks before the concert. “Their decision to divorce was already underway prior to that evening,” the statement read.

“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.”

Still, the timing of Kristin’s public outing with her CEO boss has kept the scandal in the headlines. Both she and Byron resigned from Astronomer following intense backlash, as clients and employees openly questioned their leadership.

For Kristin, 52, this marks her second high-profile divorce in just three years; she previously split from Kenneth Thornby in 2022, with whom she reportedly shares a child.

Andrew, meanwhile, has been married twice before and has two children from a prior marriage, making this his third divorce.

The fallout from the Coldplay incident has gone far beyond the Cabot and Byron households.

Fans of the band have debated whether the group should continue its practice of projecting couples onto the stadium jumbotron, with some calling it a harmless tradition and others noting that the potential for public embarrassment is high.

Social media users dissected every frame of the footage, from Byron’s quick attempt to duck out of view to Kristin’s mortified expression as she turned away from the giant screen. “You could feel the awkwardness from the cheap seats,” one fan posted.

Coldplay, for their part, has stayed mostly silent beyond Martin’s onstage remarks, but insiders noted the frontman appeared “genuinely rattled” that the lighthearted segment had inadvertently exposed what looked like an office romance gone wrong.

The band’s management declined to comment on whether the “kiss cam” would remain part of future shows.

As for the Cabots, the once-powerful couple had projected an image of stability and New England prestige.

Andrew, a sixth-generation descendant of the original Privateer rum makers dating back to the American Revolution, built a reputation as a businessman deeply invested in craft distilling.

Kristin, rising through the corporate world, carved out a successful career in human resources.

Together, they represented a blend of old-money heritage and modern executive ambition. The purchase of their multimillion-dollar coastal home earlier this year was seen as a milestone — a new chapter that now appears abruptly closed.

Neighbors in their community described the couple as private but cordial. “They seemed like they had it all — the house, the careers, the pedigree,” one resident remarked. “Now it’s like something out of a soap opera.”

The kiss-cam scandal has also reignited broader discussions about workplace relationships, particularly between executives and subordinates.

Critics have pointed out that Kristin and Byron’s positions within Astronomer made the optics even more damaging, leading to calls for stricter corporate policies on personal conduct.

For Andrew, however, the message is clear: he wants the spectacle to end. His spokesperson emphasized that he will not provide further commentary, hoping instead to shield his children and extended family from the glare of tabloid interest.

Yet given the fascination with the story, it seems unlikely the public will lose interest anytime soon.

The image of Kristin Cabot on the giant screen, caught between embarrassment and exposure, may linger in the cultural memory long after the divorce papers are signed.

For now, the Coldplay kiss-cam moment stands as a surreal collision of rock concert entertainment, corporate scandal, and marital breakdown — the kind of headline-grabbing drama that reminds us how easily private lives can unravel in the harsh light of the public stage.