Coldplay kiss cam exec is keynote speaker at $875 per person event Greta Cross, USA TODAYFebruary 6, 2026 at 12:47 AM 0 Kristin Cabot, better known as the human resources executive involved in last year's Coldplay kiss cam scandal, is "reclaiming her story" at a public relations conference in April where tickets start at $875 per person. Cabot will headline the panel, "Taking back the narrative," at the PRWeek Crisis Comms Conference in Washington, D.C., on April 16.
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Greta Cross, USA TODAYFebruary 6, 2026 at 12:47 AM
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Kristin Cabot, better known as the human resources executive involved in last year's Coldplay kiss cam scandal, is "reclaiming her story" at a public relations conference in April where tickets start at $875 per person.
Cabot will headline the panel, "Taking back the narrative," at the PRWeek Crisis Comms Conference in Washington, D.C., on April 16.
"While attending a Coldplay concert in July and unwittingly appearing on the kiss-cam for a few seconds, Kristin Cabot's life blew up in an instant," her keynote presentation description reads. "From the outside, it was an amusing, if unflattering meme; but for her, everything changed that day. 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."
Cabot will be joined on the 35-minute panel by journalist and communications professional Dini von Mueffling and PRWeek Senior Reporter Jess Ruderman. The three will discuss "the strategy – both immediate and long-term – that has helped Cabot take control of her narrative and rewrite her story."
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Who is Kristin Cabot?
Thrust into the national spotlight last summer, Cabot is the former head of human relations at the tech company Astronomer.
During a Coldplay concert in Foxborough, Massachusetts, in July 2025, Cabot was spotted in an embrace with the company's CEO Andy Byron. When the two saw themselves appear on the Jumbotron screen, they ducked out of its view, drawing a now viral comment from Coldplay frontman Chris Martin: "Uh oh, what? Either they're having an affair, or they're just very shy."
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What followed were countless memes, mentions on late-night talk shows and later comments from Martin, too. Both Cabot and Byron resigned from Astronomer not long after the concert.
In December 2025, Cabot broke her months-long public silence, speaking to The New York Times about the concert and her relationship with Bryon. She told the publication she was separated from her husband at the time of the concert and the public event was the first time her and Byron had ever crossed into anything romantic.
What is the PRWeek Crisis Comms Conference?
Hosted by trade publication PRWeek, the annual Crisis Comms Conference, now in its fourth year, aims to "convene communicators in our nation's capital to equip them with the tactics necessary to pivot at a moment's notice for unexpected occurrences," according to the event website.
The one-day conference is held at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. on April 16. Standard individual tickets are $875, group tickets for three to five attendees are $775 each and non-profit tickets are $750.
Other keynote speakers include The Trevor Project CEO Kevin Wong, Blackbird.AI CEO and co-founder Wasim Khaled and Airlines for America Vice President of Communications Marli Collier. A full agenda of the conference is available online.
Contributing: Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY
Greta Cross is a national trending reporter at USA TODAY. Story idea? Email her at [email protected].
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