Coldplay kisscam woman accused of cashing in on scandal with $875-per-ticket crisis PR conference: ‘Only in America'
Kristin Cabot and Andy Byron, senior executives at Astronomer, were caught on camera getting cosy at last year's Coldplay concert. The viral kiss-cam video sparked controversy and led both to resign from their leadership roles at the company.
Remember the Coldplay kisscam scandal last year? The woman who was spotted with Andy Byron of Astronomer, Kristin Cabot, is set to speak at an upcoming conference in Washington, DC, where she will talk about crisis PR. Tickets for the event are going for $875 per person. The news of the convention and its ticket pricing got mixed reactions on the internet.
Coldplay kiss-cam scandal woman offering crisis PR talk
According to TMZ, Cabot will be a keynote speaker at the conference in Washington. Titled Kristin Cabot: Taking Back The Narrative, the event will feature her in conversation with PR pro Dini von Mueffling for a 30-minute discussion.
The talk is a part of PRWeek's Crisis Comms Conference. Scheduled for April 2026, the conference offers tickets priced between $750 and $875, with 14 additional speakers.
“Cabot experienced firsthand the extremity of public shaming that women have long experienced when in the negative spotlight of the media, one their male counterparts often seem to avoid. During this session, the former Astronomer chief people officer and her PR representative, industry legend Dini von Mueffling, share the strategy -- both immediate and long-term -- that has helped Cabot take control of her narrative and rewrite her story,” read the official website about Cabot ahead of the conference.
Sharing details about the event, a user wrote on X, "The woman who went viral on the Coldplay kiss cam is "cashing in" on her fame, will be a keynote speaker at a $875 per person event in Washington, D.C. Kristin Cabot and her then-boss, Astronomer CEO Andy Byron, went viral last July at a Coldplay concert [sic]."
Netizens react to Kristin Cabot's upcoming talk
Reacting to it, a section of people on the micro-blogging site accused Cabot of cashing in on the viral scandal. A user wrote in the comments, “This is the biggest load of corporate bulls**t I’ve ever heard in my life [sic].”
“One thing she might have overlooked is her tainted personal reputation. She will forever be remembered as the woman who cheated. It's a smart move to turn the narrative in crisis communications, but I wonder what she has sacrificed on a personal level,” added another.
One user said, “Her going vital on the Coldplay kiss cam would make it a two way coin for those purchasing the tickets. Either head or tail situation… Some people may see it as a bad PR while others maynot care about it anyway [sic].”
Another commented, “Honestly… if the internet made me famous by accident, I’d probably monetize too. Rent’s due [sic].”
Another user wrote, “This can happen only in America.”
Someone else said, “I don’t know who would pay $875 to attend this, but props to her — that’s an impressive comeback.”
“From a kiss to cashing in… literally,” commented another.
What happened at Coldplay's concert
Coldplay's Kisscam spotted Cabot and Byron among the audience during Coldplay's concert on 16 July 2025 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA. The cameras panned to them and caught them in a cosy, panicked embrace.
Coldplay's lead singer, Chris Martin, jokingly commented from the stage, "Either they're having an affair, or they're just very shy.”
Reportedly, Cabot said, she was separated from her husband during that time. However, she and Byron faced heavy backlash online. In a recent interview with The New York Times, she described the incident as a “bad decision” and spoke about being stalked by paparazzi, receiving death threats, 500 or 600 calls a day after the video went viral.
Cabot also mentioned that she had separated from her husband, Andrew Cabot, “several weeks before the Coldplay concert”.