CEO Allegedly Caught Cheating at Coldplay Show Once Praised Fling Partner

Astronomer CEO Andy Byron referred to coworker Kristin Cabot as “exceptional” months before they were allegedly caught cheating together at a Coldplay concert.

The pair’s alleged affair was seemingly outed when they were caught live on a Kiss Cam during Coldplay’s set at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, July 16. According to multiple media outlets, Andy is married to Megan Kerrigan Byron, not Cabot.

When the Astronomer coworkers were shown on the big screen at Gillette Stadium, Andy dropped out of sight while Cabot tried to hide her face. Coldplay frontman Chris Martin picked up on the awkward moment by joking: “Oh, what? Either they’re having an affair or they’re very shy!”

Us Weekly reached out to Astronomer and both executives for comment.

Last November, Byron personally announced that Cabot was joining Astronomer — the tech company behind data orchestration and observability platform Astro — as the company’s new Chief People Officer. Astronomer touted Cabot’s “20 years of experience in people and culture leadership” as key to her hiring and tasked her with fostering a “collaborative and inclusive environment” for employees.

“At Astronomer, our people are the most valuable asset in helping our customers do more to gain a competitive advantage with their data,” Byron said at the time. “Kristin’s exceptional leadership and deep expertise in talent management, employee engagement, and scaling people strategies will be critical as we continue our rapid trajectory. She is a proven leader at multiple growth-stage companies and her passion for fostering diverse, collaborative workplaces makes her a perfect fit for Astronomer.”

In her own statement about joining Astronomer, Cabot mentioned that she was “energized” by her conversations with Byron during the hiring process.

“I prefer to think of my role as people strategy versus traditional human resources, as the real magic happens when you align the people strategy with the business strategy,” Cabot said. “There are plenty of companies out there where a leadership team doesn’t recognize the value that a strong people leader and people team can bring to a company. It’s not just about benefits or catered lunches. There’s so much more to it, and I was energized in my conversations with Andy and the Astronomer leadership team about the opportunities that exist here.”

Astronomer specifically highlighted Cabot’s selection as Chief People Officer as an important step in its effort to “attract, retain, and develop a world-class workforce” for customers to rely on.

Byron took over as Astronomer CEO in July 2023, according to his LinkedIn page, after a previous tenure as president of tech firm Lacework from 2019 to 2022. Cabot worked for graph database management company Neo4j prior to joining Byron at Astronomer last year. Astronomer credited Cabot with helping Neo4j grow from “225 to 900 employees” within four years and claimed that she contributed to the company’s “50 percent year-over-year growth.”

Meanwhile, it didn’t take long after the Kiss Cam video went viral for social media sleuths to find Andy’s wife Megan’s Facebook page. Social media users flooded Megan’s Facebook page with comments about the controversial video before she apparently deleted the account entirely.

Coldplay are next bringing their Kiss Cam to Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin, on Saturday, July 19.