Kristin Cabot said that a brief appearance on a stadium video screen last summer ended her career and triggered months of harassment after footage of her embracing her boss, Astronomer CEO Andy Byron, at a Coldplay concert spread widely online.
In her first interview since the incident, Cabot told The New York Times that the viral clip, quickly labeled “#coldplaygate,” led to her resignation as head of human resources at Astronomer and subjected her to sustained public shaming, threats, and fear for her family’s safety.
“I made a bad decision and had a couple of High Noons and danced and acted inappropriately with my boss,” Cabot said. “And it’s not nothing. I took accountability and I gave up my career for that. That’s the price I chose to pay.”
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