Gwyneth Paltrow is Astronomer's "spokesperson" after Coldplay Kiss Cam
Last night, the surprise parody video was shared on their website and social media, explaining that Gwyneth had been hired on a "very temporary basis to speak on behalf of the 300-plus employees at Astronomer."
Sitting behind a desk in a bare office and wearing a pale blue shirt, the 52-year-old began her monologue by thanking the world for its "interest in Astronomer." Code for: the viral clip of Andy Byron, former CEO of Astronomer, and HR specialist, Kristin Cabot, whose affair was exposed at the Boston Coldplay concert.
Gwyneth continued: "Astronomer has gotten a lot of questions over the last few days, and they wanted me to answer the most common ones." In an iconic PR move, on-screen text then started to type out: "OMG! What the actual f—." This was followed by the actor answering a completely different question, namely calling Astronomer the "best place to run Apache Airflow."
More sarcastically, Gywneth then told the camera that she and the company have been "thrilled by how many people have a newfound interest in data workflow automation."
Other questions included, "How is your social media team holding up?" To which the Oscar winner responded by sharing that there is "still room available" at the company's Beyond Analytics event in September.
Of course, after posting the video, the comment section went wild. From people calling it a "10/10 idea" to approach Gywneth for the role, to the classic, "the devil works hard, but Astronomer's PR team works harder," others simply called it a work of "genius."
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