Gwyneth Paltrow has made a surprise appearance on Astronomer\u2019s social media page, stepping in as a \u2018temporary spokesperson\u2019 in a clever move by the tech company to respond to questions following a recent scandal.<\/p>\n
Astronomer\u2019s CEO Andy Byron was caught sharing an intimate moment with Head of HR Kristin Cabot during a Coldplay concert on July 16, igniting a social media frenzy.<\/p>\n
The couple\u2019s awkward on-screen reaction was quickly called out by Coldplay frontman, Chris Martin, fuelling speculation of an affair.<\/p>\n
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By continuing you agree to our Terms<\/a> and Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n Both Mr Byron and Ms Cabot have since resigned from the company amid the fallout.<\/p>\n In response to the crisis, Chris Martin\u2019s ex Gwyneth Paltrow appeared on Astronomer\u2019s LinkedIn page and X, wearing a blue shirt with corporate music playing softly in the background.<\/p>\n \u201cThank you for your interest in Astronomer. Hi, I\u2019m Gwyneth Paltrow. I\u2019ve been hired on a very temporary basis to speak on behalf of the 300 plus employees at Astronomer. Astronomer has got a lot of questions in the last few days, and they wanted me to answer the most common ones,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n The short clip plays on the irony of the situation, showing text asking, \u201cOMG! What the actual f\u2014,\u201d before Paltrow returns with the lighthearted remark, \u201cYes! Astronomer is the best place to run Apache Airflow.\u201d<\/p>\n She continues, \u201cWe\u2019ve been thrilled to see so many people suddenly interested in data workflow automation,\u201d adding with a smile, \u201cAs for the other questions we\u2019ve received\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n She later responds to another on-screen question: How is your social media team holding…(up)? \u201cYes! There is still space available at our Beyond Analytics event this September!\u201d<\/p>\n She closed with with thanks, \u201cAnd now, we\u2019ll return to doing what we do best… delivering game-changing results for our customers. Thank you for your interest in Astronomer.\u201d<\/p>\n The campaign has received praise on social media, with users applauding Chief Marketing Officer Leo Zheng\u2019s bold strategy.<\/p>\n Comments included \u201cAbsolutely brilliant\u201d and \u201cNailed it. No notes,\u201d while others joked about Paltrow\u2019s connection to Martin.<\/p>\n Interim CEO Pete DeJoy has embraced the unexpected fame, stating, \u201cThe spotlight has been unusual and surreal for our team and, while I would never have wished for it to happen like this, Astronomer is now a household name. I\u2019m stepping into this role with a wholehearted commitment to taking care of our people and delivering for our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n He assured followers that the company \u201cwon\u2019t let you down.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gwyneth Paltrow has made a surprise appearance on Astronomer\u2019s social media page, stepping in as a \u2018temporary spokesperson\u2019…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22722,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2331,43,44,41,39,42,40,1720],"class_list":["post-22721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-culture","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}