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Cabot was going through a divorce.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmjbyfxia003m01ve40b1kcvb@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'People weren’t shy about sharing their opinions about Cabot and Byron’s behavior, regardless of whether they knew them. In her interview with The New York Times, Cabot said she was doxxed online, that at one point received hundreds of calls per day, that she received death threats and that someone just came up to her in public to call her “disgusting” and tell her off, right before Thanksgiving.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmjbyfxia003n01ve7ggdbke2@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'According to Cabot, she wasn’t in a sexual relationship with her boss. Byron and Kerrigan also seemed to be together as of this September, <a href="https://pagesix.com/2025/09/30/celebrity-news/ex-astronomer-ceo-andy-byron-and-his-wifes-surprising-marriage-update-months-after-coldplay-kiss-cam-fiasco/">based on a report from Page Six</a>. Still, both Cabot and Byron <a href="https://x.com/astronomerio/status/1946640685983224131">resigned</a> from their positions at Astronomer after the video went viral. So viral that Martin’s ex-wife Gwyneth Paltrow of Oscar-winning and Goop-making fame, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vich2C-Tl7Q">was pulled in to do a commercial for Astronomer</a>.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmjbyfxia003o01veuqm4monc@published'}, {'data': {'text': '“I took accountability and I gave up my career for that,” Cabot told the Times of her decision to step down. “That’s the price I chose to pay.”', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmjbyfxia003p01veem4y3fw9@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'While the viral moment has left the rapidly-changing online zeitgeist, Cabot still lives with its impact every day. 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