It was the kiss cam moment seen around the world—the now-infamous shot of Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and the company’s Chief People Officer Kristin Cabot, caught embracing as lovers at a Coldplay concert on July 16, 2025. Much ink has already been spilled over the specifics, so there’s no need to add more here. But one aspect of this incident that has gone largely unremarked on is that this wasn’t just a PR scandal or a marital implosion. What we witnessed was an image of someone caught in sin, feeling the shame of it, and reacting as only the weakest of cowards would. In that sense, we saw an embodiment of the Biblical Adam.
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My initial reaction to the video was that these two were clearly in the wrong. Their body language betrayed it—as Coldplay front man Chris Martin noted from the stage, “Either they’re having an