"It made sense in the beginning, after she appeared on the Jumbotron, aghast, in the arms of her boss at a Coldplay concert on July 16, 2025, a moment that caused an international furor. The original TikTok received 100 million views within days. Cabot retreated, trying to make things right with the people who mattered most: her two teenage kids; her employer, the tech company Astronomer;"
"Five months after the TikTok bomb became the defining disaster of her life, she described in her first interview since the concert what it feels like to be a punchline and a target. In online comments she has been called a slut, a homewrecker, a gold digger, a side piece - the usual tags for shaming women. Her appearance has been scrutinized, specific body parts evaluated and found insufficiently pretty."
"She was doxxed, and for weeks received 500 or 600 calls a day. Paparazzi camped across the street from her house and cars slowly cruised her block, "like a parade," she recalled. She received death threats: "Not 900. That showed up in People magazine. I got 50 or 60," she told me. So while #coldplaygate, as it came to be called, cycled out of view, she lives with it every day."
Kristin Cabot initially remained silent after appearing on the Jumbotron in the arms of her boss at a Coldplay concert on July 16, 2025. A TikTok of the moment received 100 million views within days. Cabot retreated to focus on her two teenage children, her employer Astronomer, and divorce negotiations with her separated husband Andrew Cabot. Online commenters labeled her with misogynistic insults and scrutinized her appearance. She was doxxed, received hundreds of calls daily, faced paparazzi and death threats. Her children became reluctant to be seen with her. She continues to endure daily humiliation and public harassment.
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