Gwyneth Paltrow is stepping in — quickly — to assist clear the air about Astronomer.
On Friday (July 25), the Academy Award-winning actress and Goop founder appeared in a humorous new video for the tech firm. The advert follows a viral incident involving former CEO Andy Byron and HR government Kristin Cabot, who had been caught on a Coldplay kiss cam through the band’s Boston live performance earlier this month.
Shortly after Cabot’s resignation on Friday, Astronomer shared a social media video starring Paltrow — who was married to Coldplay frontman Chris Martin from 2003 to 2016 — performing as the corporate’s “non permanent spokesperson” on behalf of its workers.
“Thanks on your curiosity in Astronomer,” Paltrow says in the video, seated casually at a desk. “I’ve been employed on a really non permanent foundation to talk on behalf of the 300-plus workers at Astronomer. Astronomer has gotten numerous questions over the previous couple of days, and so they wished me to reply the commonest ones.”
As questions flash on-screen — together with “OMG! What the precise f—” and “How is your social media staff hold-” — Paltrow gives responses that hilariously sidestep the precise drama.
“Sure, Astronomer is the perfect place to run Apache Airflow, unifying the expertise of operating information, ML and AI pipelines at scale,” she says cheerfully after the primary inquiry. “We’ve been thrilled so many individuals have a newfound curiosity in information workflow automation.”
When the second query begins being typed out on display, seems the Shakespeare in Love star shifts gears once more, plugging the corporate’s upcoming Past Analytics occasion in September.
“We are going to now be returning to what we do finest, which is delivering game-changing outcomes for our prospects,” Paltrow concludes. “Thanks on your curiosity in Astronomer.”
The advert arrives in the wake of the July 15 Coldplay live performance at Boston’s Gillette Stadium, the place a jumbotron caught Byron together with his arm round Cabot throughout a kiss cam phase. When the pair realized they had been on display, Byron ducked out of view whereas Cabot rapidly turned away. Each had been married to different individuals on the time and have since resigned from the corporate.
“Oh, have a look at these two,” Martin joked from the stage. “Oh, what? Both they’re having an affair or they’re simply very shy.”
Take a look at Astronomer’s advert starring Paltrow under on X.