Coldplay Cheating Woman Branded 'Biggest Eyeroll Of The Year' After NYT's 'Cringe' Feature

A seemingly ordinary moment at a Coldplay concert has turned into one of the most persistent viral stories of 2025.

The aftermath of a Coldplay concert 'kiss-cam' clip has continued to resound weeks after the release of an extensive interview in The New York Times. Social media users and commentators have repeatedly shared memes and jokes, casting the incident as a modern-day "cheating moment."

Viral Moment Sparks Internet Frenzy

On 16 July 2025, during Coldplay's Music of the Spheres World Tour concert at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, a Jumbotron camera focused on a couple in the crowd. Lead singer Chris Martin quipped, 'Either they're having an affair or they're just very shy,' after the pair recoiled when shown on screen.

The video, filmed by a concertgoer and posted on TikTok, rapidly amassed tens of millions of views and triggered internet stalking that soon identified the pair as Kristin Cabot, then head of human resources at technology firm Astronomer, and her boss, CEO Andy Byron.

Within hours, the clip was everywhere online, accompanied by countless memes blending humour and scorn. Some creators even produced commemorative merchandise referencing the viral moment, illustrating how quickly the public turned the incident into fodder for jokes.

Backlash And Personal Consequences

Despite much of the early coverage focusing on the humour of the clip, the public response rapidly morphed into personal attacks.

Cabot, 53, later confirmed to The New York Times that the episode and ensuing firestorm upended her life. She said she had had 'a couple of High Noons,' a popular alcoholic beverage, and danced with Byron before being broadcast on the stadium screen, adding that it was a 'bad decision.'

Cabot told NYT that the viral moment cost her her job and subjected her to intense online harassment, including threats, doxxing and ridicule. She resigned from Astronomer in late July alongside Byron, who also left his role amid the controversy.

Both Cabot and Byron were reportedly in the process of separating from their spouses when the incident took place, and Cabot has since filed for divorce. She has described the kiss as their first and only romantic interaction and has denied that they were having an ongoing affair at the time.

Nevertheless, online narratives quickly diverged from these nuances, with social media users and commentators framing the moment as definitive 'caught cheating' evidence. On platforms such as Reddit in the days following the initial viral spread, users shared memes and jokes about the pair, with some celebrating the public exposure of what they interpreted as infidelity.

Mockery Outlasts Facts

Even after Cabot's interview and public explanation, the mockery has persisted. Online content creators continue to use the incident as source material for satire, memes and critiques of perceived hypocrisy.

Some threads on social media have even ridiculed the NYT profile itself, branding it 'cringe' and suggesting that Cabot's attempt to explain the situation has only fuelled derision.

For many, the moment is a humorous low-stakes spectacle; for others, it has become a symbol of misplaced cultural outrage. A Los Angeles Times profile described the backlash as 'hate-filled,' underscoring the intensity of public responses that have blended amusement, judgment and personal attacks.

Whether interpreted as a light-hearted meme or a cautionary tale of digital exposure, the Coldplay kiss-cam saga shows no sign of fading from public discourse.

For Cabot, whose career and personal life have been overshadowed by a mere 16-second video, the internet's fixation has become a reminder of how quickly private moments can become public spectacle — and how long the laughter and criticism can linger.