Kristin Cabot, the woman who was caught on the kiss cam during a Coldplay concert in July last year, gave an interview to Oprah Winfrey and spoke about the consequences of the scandal.
At the time, Cabot, who was going through a divorce from her ex-husband Andrew Cabot, was attending the Coldplay concert with Andy Byron, then CEO of the company where she worked as HR director, when the pair were captured on the “kiss cam”.
As in various sporting events across the United States, the “kiss cam” focuses on a random couple in the audience and encourages them to kiss. However, since Byron was still married to Megan Kerrigan during the secret meeting with Cabot, the two were embarrassed when they were caught and tried to hide.
The moment gained worldwide attention, spreading rapidly across social media. Both Cabot and Byron were heavily affected by the scandal, which resulted in both being fired from Astronomer, the company where they worked.
Now, in a conversation with Oprah Winfrey, Cabot addressed the consequences of the scandal, including a joke made by Gwyneth Paltrow, who became a temporary “spokesperson” for Astronomer in a video posted by the company on social media. “That was really disappointing to me,” she said.
“I felt like Gwyneth, someone whose company [Goop] is built around elevating women and women’s well-being… I don’t know why she felt the need to add fuel to the fire and get involved in all of this. It felt very hypocritical to me and unnecessary.”
Cabot then addressed the involvement of another Hollywood figure in Astronomer’s ad: Ryan Reynolds. “He produced the ad, he created it, and his wife went through something very similar last year,” she said, referring to the ongoing legal battle of Blake Lively with Justin Baldoni, her co-star and director in It Ends With Us, whom she accused of harassment in December 2024.
Although Paltrow did not appear on The Oprah Podcast, she relayed a message to Winfrey in a phone call before Cabot’s interview. Oprah told Cabot that “she was informed that you and Andy Byron had approved that commercial and she said she would not have done it” if that were not the case. “She communicated that to me as well,” Cabot replied.
At that moment, Cabot was put on the spot by Winfrey, who said that Paltrow “also said that she sent you… an email and that she did not receive a response”. Upon hearing this, Cabot made a face and looked back at Winfrey. After an uncomfortable silence, she simply replied, “thank you.”
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