Coldplay scandal: ‘Karma’ for Astronomer HR chief’s husband, ex-wife says

The fallout from the Coldplay kiss scam controversy continues with the husband of former Astronomer human information chief Kristin Cabot facing blowback before speaking out about their impending divorce Monday even though he arguably is one of the injured parties in what should have been a private drama involving her alleged marital infidelity On Monday Andrew Cabot a Massachusetts liquor entrepreneur and a member of one of Boston s majority of prominent families issued a declaration to People saying that he and his wife Kristin were already privately and amicably separated before she was caught canoodling with her married boss former Astronomer CEO Andy Byron at a Coldplay concert in July Frontman Chris Martin himself brought attention to the lovers looking extremely affectionate with each other on the jumbotron at Gillette Stadium outside Boston in front of a crowd of an estimated people Their decision to divorce was already underway prior to that evening a spokesperson for Andrew Cabot reported The CEO of Privateer Rum and the businesswoman had been married for two years Now that the divorce filing is populace Andrew hopes this provides respectful closure to speculation and allows his family the privacy they ve inevitably valued But the timing of this response is curious It comes a couple days after the Daily Mail published an interview with Andrew Cabot s ex-wife who didn t necessarily have nice things to say about him Julia Cabot informed the Daily Mail that she was inundated with texts from friends after the TikTok video of Kristin Cabot and Byron began to go viral overnight In the video Kristin Cabot was seen happily swaying in Byron s arms in the moments before they realized their PDA was being broadcast on the jumbotron Their desperate efforts to hide from the cameras became instant fodder for social media memes and late-night jokes and eventually for a cheeky video response from Astronomer starring Martin s ex-wife Gwyneth Paltrow I got loads of texts from people who heard what happened Julia Cabot narrated the Daily Mail And per cent of them commented the same word karma ' What Julia Cabot means is that her ex-husband is not a nice person and now something not nice has happened to him Julia Cabot was married to Andrew Cabot for four years before they split in according to the Daily Mail And even though there is little love lost between them the yoga trainer still contacted him after he learned via news headlines that his current wife had apparently taken up with her married boss He had been on a business trip to Japan when his wife exposed herself thrust into the spotlight According to Julia Cabot his response to her was that Kristin s choices have nothing to do with him even though though they are married and shared a house But then the only thing he cares about is money That s why after it happened I got loads of texts from people with that word karma It was like what you give you get Julia Cabot continued Personally I don t think he s affected by what happened at all I don t think his feelings are hurt He s likely embarrassed if anything Initial reports mentioned that Andrew Cabot was blindsided when he returned to find reporters outside the million waterfront home in Rye New Hampshire that he shared with Kristin Cabot and his two children But Julia Cabot declared she doubts he felt sadness or devastation about another failed marriage His ego is too big to be affected by this and the only thing that he s bummed about is that he was embarrassed Julia Cabot also mentioned It could also be explained that there was plenty of embarrassment to go around for everyone involved Both Kristin Cabot and Andy Byron resigned their positions at Astronomer a billion A I firm while Byron s wife Megan Kerrigan with whom he shared two children fast moved out of their marital home according to the Daily Mail She also removed her wedding wing and dropped her married name Byron from her Facebook page before deleting the account altogether Meanwhile Kristin Cabot indeed took the first step to end her what was her second marriage according to the Daily Mail A previous marriage ended in divorce in and she married Andrew Cabot the following year Kristin Cabot filed for divorce on Aug Publicly-available court documents also suggest the couple tried mediation before they ultimately decided to split tactics