Astronomer hires Gwyneth Paltrow to help clean up after Coldplay kiss cam scandal
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The 52-year-old actress and Goop lifestyle brand founder is, hilariously, the ex-wife of Coldplay frontman Chris Martin.
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In a tongue-in-cheek promotional video released late Friday, Paltrow greets the camera, explaining that the tech startup recruited her 'on a very temporary basis to speak on behalf of the 300-plus employees.'
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'Astronomer has gotten a lot of questions over the last few days and they wanted me to answer the most common ones,' she says as the screen transitions to a typing text that reads: 'OMG! What the actual f…'
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Instead of addressing the elephant in the room — former CEO Andy Byron and human resources executive Kristin Cabot's embrace — Paltrow cheerily promotes the company's work in the data workflow automation sector.
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'Yes, Astronomer is the best place to run Apache Airflow, unifying the experience of running data, ML, and AI pipelines at scale,' Paltrow says, deadpan serious
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'Thank you for your interest in Astronomer.'
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The otherwise unheard-of tech company based in New York City was thrust into the spotlight earlier last week with the embrace that was captured as Martin decided to 'say hello' to fans in attendance at the band's show outside Boston on July 16.
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The cameras quickly found Byron with arms around Cabot, both of whom turn red and immediately try to hide their faces.
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