Ex-Astronomer HR exec Kristin Cabot slammed “hypocrite” Gwyneth Paltrow for poking fun at her viral Coldplay kiss cam scandal.
“I was such a fan of her company [Goop], which seemed to be about uplifting women,” Cabot, 53, told the UK Times in an interview published Thursday.
“And then she did this. I thought, ‘How dare she after the beating she got for all the conscious uncoupling stuff.’ What a hypocrite.”
As a private act of revenge, Cabot said she threw out all her Goop products.
A rep for Paltrow did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.
Paltrow — who was previously married to Coldplay frontman Chris Martin from 2003 to 2014 — ended up on Cabot’s blacklist after she filmed an Astronomer ad mocking the former HR chief for her alleged affair with her boss, CEO Andy Byron.
In the July video, she posed as the tech company’s “temporary spokesperson.”
While she didn’t explicitly address the awkward situation in the video, the Oscar winner, 53, joked about the heightened interest in the company, saying, “We’ve been thrilled to see so many people suddenly interested in data workflow automation.”
Cabot broke her silence on the widely circulated clip showing the moment she was caught closely canoodling with her boss at the concert, saying the 16-second moment was a “bad decision.”
She told the Times she “had a couple of High Noons and danced and acted inappropriately with my boss.”
As many may recall, the two were spotted getting very cozy on the concert’s jumbotron during the band’s kiss cam segment.
“Whoa, look at these two,” frontman Martin exclaimed into the mic, as the big screen’s camera panned over to Byron, showing him with his arms around Cabot in an embrace while watching the show.
But, as soon as the pair realized they were on the big screen, Byron let out a “f–king hell, it’s me” and immediately ducked out of view. Cabot, on the other hand, appeared mortified as she said “this is awkward” and hid her face.
“Either they’re having an affair, or they’re just very shy,” Martin joked at the time, prompting the audience to scream with laughter.
As a result of the scene quickly going viral, Astronomer announced that an investigation had been launched into the incident which led to Byron and Cabot — who were both legally married at the time — leaving the company.
Byron resigned the following day while Cabot announced her departure within a week of his resignation. However, she alleged that she was originally asked to stay in her role at the company despite the scandal.
“That’s the price I chose to pay,” she told the Times on Thursday. “If it hadn’t turned into what it did online, I could have stood up and said, ‘It was a really bad decision and I regret it. I’m so sorry for the position I put you all in, but I’m committed to this place’ and stayed in my job.”
Cabot was married to Privateer Rum CEO Andrew Cabot, but she alleged that she was separated from her husband at the time of the scandal, and had bonded with Byron as he was also going through a separation.
She filed for divorce in mid-August.
As for Byron and his wife, Megan Kerrigan, the couple appear to have moved on together from the scandal. In September, they were seen going for a romantic stroll and enjoying a sunset picnic on the beach.
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