Now they gotta face the music.<\/p>\n
A \u201ckiss cam\u201d moment broadcast at a Coldplay concer<\/a>t struck a scandalous note when it apparently exposed a cheating tech tycoon and his head-of-HR mistress \u2014 as the band\u2019s frontman, Chris Martin, mused that they must be \u201chaving an affair.\u201d<\/p>\n The couple \u2014 identified as Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and the firm\u2019s chief human resources officer, Kristin Cabot <\/a>\u2014 scrambled to hide their faces when they were caught on the jumbotron canoodling at Gillette Stadium near Boston on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n The couple was taken by surprise as they were caught on the jumbotron by Chris Martin. Grace Springer via Storyful<\/p>\n As the camera panned toward them, Byron had his arms around Cabot\u2019s chest, with her fingers intertwined with his.<\/p>\n They quickly realized they were on the screen prompting Cabot to fling her hands over her face and quickly turn around while Byron ducked down out of view.<\/p>\n At first, Martin thought the camera had captured a sweet moment. \u201cLook at these two,\u201d he said tenderly.\u00a0<\/p>\n But their reaction quickly left him confused.<\/p>\n \u201cOh, what?\u201d Martin can be heard saying on stage, according to a TikTok video. \u201cEither they\u2019re having an affair or they\u2019re just very shy.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHoly sh-t. I hope we didn\u2019t do something bad,\u201d he said, according to additional footage taken right after.<\/p>\n The woman in the video has been identified as Astronomer\u2019s chief human resources officer, Kristin Cabot. LinkedIn\/Kristin Cabot<\/p>\n The pair appear to work closely together at Astronomer, an AI and data company valued at about $1.2 billion. When Cabot was hired in November of last year, Byron gushed about her 20 years of HR experience and \u201cexceptional leadership\u201d skills.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Cabot said her conversations with Byron before her hiring had \u201cenergized\u201d her.<\/p>\n The pair appear to work closely together at Astronomer, an AI and data company valued at about $1.2 billion. When Cabot was hired in November of last year, Byron gushed about her 20 years of HR experience and \u201cexceptional leadership\u201d skills.<\/p>\n Byron appears to be married to Megan Kerrigan Byron, while Cabot recently divorced her husband, Kenneth Thornby.<\/p>\n Cabot and Thornby filed for divorce in 2018 and the split was finalized in 2022, according to Massachusetts court records. It\u2019s unclear if she has since remarried.<\/p>\n The former couple had at least one child, with Thornby being made to pay Cabot a lump child support payment.\u00a0<\/p>\n Observers Thursday were quick to point out she needs a lesson from her own HR handbook.<\/p>\n Here is the latest on the CEO caught cheating on a Coldplay concert jumbotron<\/p>\n \u201cCost of a concert: Hotel $200, tickets $600, food\/drinks $150, divorce attorney $50,000. Getting exposed by Coldplay having an affair with your co-worker: priceless,\u201d wrote Instagram user Trustfundterry.<\/p>\n One X user claimed<\/a>\u00a0that Byron\u2019s wife<\/a> had dropped her married name from her Facebook profile, and didn\u2019t restrict people from making comments.<\/p>\n The woman immediately turned around and hid her face, while the man ducked low. Grace Springer via Storyful<\/p>\n The page was quickly bombarded with users reacting to the Coldplay concert clip before she deleted her profile.<\/p>\n