Heiress Kristin Cabot splits from husband following kiss cam drama

The woman at the centre of the Coldplay kiss cam scandal has officially filed for divorce from her husband.

Former Astronomer HR chief Kristin Cabot was caught canoodling with then-boss Andy Byron back in July, leading to both of them resigning from their jobs.

Cabot, 52, was married to Andrew, a sixth-generation heir to the Privateer Rum fortune, at the time of the painful Coldplay concert blunder.

Reportedly, the couple had been experiencing issues, and the affair seen worldwide was the final straw.

Less than a month later, Kristin filed the divorce petition, according to the Daily Mail.

Paperwork shows that documents to dissolve the marriage were submitted to a court in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on August 13.

This marks the end of Andrew’s third marriage.

His ex-wife Julia quickly reacted to the latest split, calling Andrew a "jerk who had it coming".

A disgruntled Julia was married to Andrew for four years until their divorce in 2018.

Andrew, described as being a descendant of a “Boston Brahmin” family due to his family’s generational wealth, didn’t seem fazed by the Coldplay scandal at the time.

Julia told the Mail: "I texted Andrew right after it happened, and he said ‘her life is nothing to do with me’."

"He’s a Boston Brahmin, that’s their code: ‘This isn’t anything to do with me.’ His ego is too big to be affected by this, and the only thing that he’s bothered about is that he was embarrassed.

"He’s not a nice person. Now something not nice happened to him."

Andrew’s family lineage stretches back ten generations in New England and includes privateers, industrial titans, and merchant traders who helped shape American aristocracy, according to reports.

The Cabots are one of Boston’s original families - a blue-blooded elite so powerful that even the Kennedy clan was considered too new-money to join their ranks.

The family made its fortune in "carbon black" - soot used in car tires - and held vast holdings in Cabot Corporation. 

Their empire has included chemicals, paint, gas, and rum, with Kristin once serving as an "advisory board member" for Privateer.

Andrew had been on a business trip to Japan during the viral embrace and was unaware of why his wife had become a meme overnight.

Footage captured the moment Coldplay frontman Chris Martin accidentally exposed tech tycoon Byron’s affair with Kristin.

Martin noticed the couple’s not-so-subtle reaction to appearing on the jumbotron at a concert in Boston, Massachusetts.

He cheekily joked: "They’re either having an affair… or they’re very shy," as Kristin hid her face and turned around, while Andrew ducked behind a barrier.

Andy would go on to resign from his role at Astronomer after "failing to meet company standards".

Days later, Kristin also stepped away for good.

It is unclear how the Cabots’ divorce will play out or when the details will be finalized almost two months after the incident.

One of the major issues is likely to be around the $2.2 million home they purchased together on the New Hampshire coast in March.

Documents obtained by The US Sun show the couple took out a significant loan on the house with Morgan Stanley.

It is believed to have been for a $1.6 million mortgage on a fixer-upper - with both of their names on the paperwork.