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The tech tycoon and his head-of-HR mistress whose affair was exposed on a “kiss camera” at a Coldplay concert both appeared to be living the American dream — complete with happy family photos and big suburban houses — before the cheating scandal torpedoed their lives, sources said Friday.
Megan Kerrigan, wife of philandering Astronomer CEO Andy Byron, 50, shared joyful family photos with him and their apparent sons on Facebook before he was exposed as two-timing with the company’s Chief People Officer, Kristin Cabot, 52.
Her wholesome Facebook photos showed the Byron gang grinning with arms around each other on a hike and at a graduation — before Kerrigan deleted her married name and the entire social media account Thursday.
In the hiking shots, the tight-knit family is posed in front of a creek with the married couple looking cozy and beaming, flanked by the two teenage boys.
It wasn’t immediately clear when the photos were taken or posted.But Kerrigan had used the outdoorsy image as her profile picture until her husband was caught in jumbotron footage canoodling with Cabot at the rock show outside Boston Wednesday, prompting a disastrous viral scandal for the pair.
Meanwhile, Cabot appears to be married to the CEO of a booze company, Andrew Cabot — and bought a sprawling $2.2 million abode in the seaside town of Rye, New Hampshire with him less than five months before the affair came to light, The Post has learned.
The duo paid for the two-story, four-bedroom New Englander-style house — located just minutes from the Atlantic coast — in February, property records show.
Cabot, whose maiden name is Stanek, has also shared a second home in the same town with Andrew Cabot — the chief executive of Privateer Rum, a Massachusetts-based alcohol maker — since at least 2023, according to the records.
Privateer Rum’s website lists Andrew Cabot as its CEO and COO of the company and his bio notes an “ancestor, the original Andrew Cabot (1750-1791), was a merchant, rum distiller and successful American privateer during the American Revolution.”
A photo purportedly showing the pair posing with two children has circulated on social media this week — but The Post could not confirm when or where their apparent marriage took place.
Kristin Cabot’s now-deleted LinkedIn account showed that she has served as an “advisory board member” at Privateer Rum since September 2020.
On Wednesday, Byron and Cabot scrambled to hide their faces when they were unexpectedly broadcast locked in an embrace on a “kiss cam” at the rock show at Gillette Stadium Wednesday night.
During the deer-in-headlights moment, Cabot covered her face and Byron quickly ducked out of view.
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“Oh, what?” lead singer Chris Martin said, clearly confused. “Either they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy.”“Sh-t…I hope we didn’t do something bad,” he added.
Astronomer, which specializes in AI-driven data, was also thriving in the months before the scandal struck, reportedly raising nearly $100 million from big investors and rapidly growing.
In May, the firm announced that it had “secured $93 million in Series D funding” from backers that included Bain Capital, Salesforce, Venrock and Meritech.“While this is just one step in Astronomer’s journey to build a durable, lasting software company, we’re thrilled to have one of our earliest investors, Bain, leading the round,” Byron said in a statement at the time.
On Friday, Astronomer said it has launched an investigation into the embarrassing incident, suggesting the intimate relationship was unknown to the firm’s board.
“Astronomer is committed to the values and culture that have guided us since our founding. Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability,” the tech-and-data firm said in a statement.
“The Board of Directors has initiated a formal investigation into this matter and we will have additional details to share very shortly.”
Byron was negotiating an exit package Friday after he and Calbot were placed on leave, according to an Axios report.
On Friday, the Coldplay fan who accidentally exposed Byron and Calbot’s affair in a viral social media clip had a blunt message for the canoodling couple: “Play stupid games … win stupid prizes.”
“I had no idea who the couple was,” Grace Springer, 28, who filmed the moment told The UK Sun.“[I] just thought I caught an interesting reaction to the kiss cam and decided to post it.”
“A part of me feels bad for turning these people’s lives upside down, but, play stupid games … win stupid prizes,” she said.
As of Friday, the viral footage had been viewed roughly 50 million times.
Neither Byron nor Cabot have commented on the incident.
“It’s horrible because she is the head of HR! She’s involved in an extramarital affair with the CEO. Basically, how much worse of an HR faux pas could you commit?” employment lawyer William Cafaro, co-counsel at Big Apple-based Buzin Law, told The Post.“
The only way it could be worse is if the head of HR was having an affair with someone who worked for her. That’s the only permutation I could think of that could be worse — but this is pretty high up there.”
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