Exclusive | Privateer Rum CEO Andrew Cabot was on overseas work trip when his wife was embroiled in Coldplay ‘kiss cam’ scandal: source

Privateer Rum CEO Andrew Cabot was on an overseas business trip when his wife Kristin Cabot was caught canoodling at a “Coldplay” concert – and the couple’s relatives were likewise blindsided by the scandal, a source close to the situation told The Post.

The tipster said Cabot, the founder of the Massachusetts-based, high-end liquor maker, had been on a work-related trip to Japan and returned to find himself and his family in the middle of social media firestorm.

[Andrew] was in Asia for a few weeks and returned on Saturday, so he was gone while all this went down,” said the source, who requested anonymity to discuss the situation. “Poor guy.”

Multiple attempts to contact Andrew Cabot and Privateer Rum went unanswered. When The Post called Privateer Rum, the company’s voicemail box was full.

Kristin and Andrew Cabot married sometime after her previous divorce was finalized in 2022. The source said there had been little indication of any trouble in paradise before the Coldplay concert video went viral.

“The family is now saying they have been having marriage troubles for several months and were discussing separating – which I find interesting since as of a month ago they were saying how in love they are,” the source added.

The Post was first to report that Kristin Cabot, whose maiden name in Stanek, was married to Andrew Cabot and that the pair had purchased a $2.2 million mansion in Rye, New Hampshire just five months before the scandal broke out.

The Cabots were seen smiling and wearing wedding rings alongside two young kids in a Facebook post from May 2024.

Andrew Cabot is a member of one of the oldest and wealthiest families in Boston. The Cabots are one of the original “Boston Brahmin” clans that controlled New England for centuries.

A bio on Privateer’s website says his “ancestor, the original Andrew Cabot (1750-1791), was a merchant, rum distiller and successful American privateer during the American Revolution.”

The brand — whose high-end bottles can retail for upwards of $100 each — touts its strict use of authentic ingredients and “Made in the USA” pedigree.

“One thing is certain,” one ad advises. “Privateer advocates transparency, honesty and purity.”

Kristin Cabot’s now-deleted LinkedIn account showed that she has served as an “advisory board member” at Privateer Rum since September 2020.

Andy Byron, the now-ousted CEO of New York-based software firm Astronomer, was caught canoodling on the jumbotron “kiss cam” at Gillette Stadium. wit Kristin Cabot, the company’s head of HR.

Both scrambled to get out of sight, prompting Coldplay frontman Chris Martin to joke, “Either they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy.”

Astronomer placed both Kristin Cabot and Byron on leave while they investigated the incident. By last Saturday, Byron had resigned, with Astronomer cofounder Pete DeJoy taking over as the new interim CEO.

So far, Kristin Cabot has yet to be fired.