Kristin Cabot spoke publicly for the first time in a New York Times interview, saying she took responsibility and gave up her career after a mid-July kiss-cam at a Coldplay concert propelled her and Astronomer CEO Andy Byron into a viral firestorm.Cabot said both she and Byron were separated from their spouses, had been drinking that night, and that the kiss shown on the jumbotron was the only time they kissed; a clip shot by Grace Springer went viral on TikTok as #coldplaygate and led to both resignations and an Astronomer review that found no evidence of an affair but said leadership standards had not been met.Cabot described sustained harassment including doxxing, roughly 50 to 60 death threats, increased police patrols, therapy for her children after a threatening call, and deep professional fallout that left her briefly in hiding and declared unemployable by recruiters.