Kristin Cabot Was Married to Ex Husband Kenneth Thornby: ReportThe Astronomer HR leader is under scrutiny.
Scrutiny has fallen on Kristin Cabot, a human resources leader for a tech firm called Astronomer.
That\\’s because she\\’s accused of being the woman in a viral Coldplay concert video who was caught in an embrace with a man. Astronomer CEO Andy Byron is accused of being that man. Even Coldplay\\’s frontman Chris Martin got into the act, helping send the video viral by singling out the couple\\’s apparent resistance to being seen on camera.
Men\\’s Journal reached out to Astronomer to give Cabot and Byron a chance to comment. The company responded with a statement on July 18, saying the Board of Directors had initiated an investigation.
“Astronomer is committed to the values and culture that have guided us since our founding. Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability,” the company wrote in a statement posted to X and LinkedIn.
The video has generated intense commentary online. Newsweek reported that Byron is married to a woman named Megan Kerrigan Byron, who has since scrubbed her social media account.
However, although some on the internet have said she has a husband named Kenneth Thornby, it turns out that Cabot is divorced from him. On LinkedIn, she goes by the name of Kristin Cabot (Thornby). In a previous interview in 2021, she was referred to as Kristin Thornby. She is referred to on Astronomer\\’s website as Kristin Cabot, where she is listed as the company\\’s chief people officer.
Kristin Cabot was divorced from her ex-husband Kenneth Thornby in 2022, according to the New York Post, which cited court records in Massachusetts for the revelation.
“It’s unclear if she has since remarried, but the former couple has at least one child, as Thornby was made to pay child support,” reported the Post.
Cabot and Kenneth Thornby “filed for divorce in 2018 and the split was finalized in 2022,” the Post noted.
Thornby\\’s LinkedIn page is deleted.
Whether she has a new husband could not be immediately verified. It does not appear from public records that Cabot is her maiden name.
Kristin Cabot says on her LinkedIn page that she is an advisory board member for a company called Privateer Rum, of Ipswich, MA. The founder of that company is named Andrew Cabot. Privateer Rum did not return a request for comment. Andrew Cabot is descended from “a privateer named Andrew Cabot who, in the late 1700s, distilled rum from molasses he smuggled past British ships,” Edible Boston reports.
“Andrew Cabot, CEO/COO, six generations removed from the original Andrew Cabot who inspired the launch of Privateer Rum, is the driving force behind the company,” the company\\’s website says.
The New York Post is reporting that Andrew Cabot “appears” to be Kristin Cabot\\’s husband; property records in Rye, NH, showed they owned a home together in that community.
A former Astronomer employee told the New York Post, “The text groups and chains of former employees are like…everybody’s laughing their a** off and enjoying the h*** out of what happened and him getting exposed,” the source said.
Astronomer HR chief caught canoodling at Coldplay concert appears to be married to Privateer Rum’s CEO
Astronomer HR chief Kristin Cabot, who was seemingly caught cheating with the company CEO Andy Byron earlier this week, appears to be married to the CEO of Privateer Rum, a Massachusetts-based liquor brand.
According to property records obtained by The Post, Cabot has shared a Rye, New Hampshire, address with Andrew Cabot since at least 2023.
Andrew holds the title of CEO and COO of the company, per its website.
The official records also show Andrew and Kristin are the co-owners of a $2.2 million two-story, four-bedroom New Englander-style house that sits near the Atlantic coast, which they purchased in February.
8 Kristin Cabot, who was recently seen seemingly cheating with Astronomer CEO Andy Byron (seen above), appears to be married to another CEO.Bain Capital Ventures 
8 Property records show she owns an expensive home in Rye, New Hampshire, with Privateer Rum CEO Andrew Cabot.Boston Globe via Getty Images
Though, while they share a name and are listed as co-habitants of a home, it remains unclear as to whether the pair are officially married.
In addition, Kristin was also listed as an “advisory board member” at Privateer Rum since September 2020, according to her LinkedIn account, which has since been deleted.
Page Six has reached out to a contact for Kristin and Andrew but did not immediately receive a response.
As previously reported, Kristin was once married to Kenneth Thornby.
Massachusetts court records obtained by the outlet showed the tech head, 52 — who previously bragged she “wins the trust of CEOs” — separated from her ex-husband in 2018 and their marriage was legally over by 2022.
8 Cabot was previously married to Kenneth Thornby, according to Massachusetts court records. They divorced in 2022.LinkedIn/Kristin Cabot 
8 Kristin’s marital status became a focus of conversation after she was seen canoodling with Byron at a Coldplay concert on Wednesday night.Grace Springer via Storyful
Kristin’s marriage became a hot topic after she and the Astronomer CEO were seen looking cozy while attending a Coldplay concert on Wednesday night.
Video taken at the show, which has since gone viral online, showed Byron with his arms wrapped around Kristin as they were caught on the concert’s “kiss cam” jumbotron.
The pair then quickly reacted to the moment with horrified panic and ducked out of the camera’s view, prompting the band’s frontman, Chris Martin, to speculate “either they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy.”
8 After they were posted on the concert’s “kiss cam,” the mortified couple quickly ducked out of view, prompting the band’s frontman, Chris Martin, to joke that “they’re having an affair.”instaagraace/TikTok 
8 Byron is currently married to Megan Kerrigan Byron.Megan Kerrigan/Facebook
Byron is currently married to wife Megan Kerrigan Byron.
By Thursday morning, the CEO’s spouse had removed her surname from her accounts before she deactivated her social media accounts after the viral moment set the internet ablaze the night before.
In light of the incident, both employees were “immediately” put on leave, according to a Friday report by Axios.
8 After the incident went viral, Megan soon dropped her husband’s last name from her social media accounts before deactivating her pages.Megan Kerrigan/Facebook 
8 In light of the incident, both Byron and Kristin were “immediately” put on leave from the company, according to a source.LinkedIn/Andy Byron
The company also announced in an official statement Friday that a formal investigation had been launched into the matter.
“Astronomer is committed to the values and culture that have guided us since our founding. Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability,” the company said via LinkedIn.
“The Board of Directors has initiated a formal investigation into this matter and we will have additional details to share very shortly.”