Gwyneth Paltrow has landed a surprising new gig.<\/p>\n
On July 25, Astronomer revealed in a video shared on social media<\/a> that the actor and Goop founder is now their \u201ctemporary spokesperson.\u201d Debuting in her new role at the data operations company, Paltrow answered the internet\u2019s most-talked-about questions. <\/p>\n Thanking people for their interest in Astronomer, the actor begins by saying she\u2019s \u201cbeen hired on a very temporary basis to speak on behalf of the 300-plus employees\u201d at the company.<\/p>\n \u201cAstronomer has gotten a lot of questions over the last few days, and they wanted me to answer the most common ones,\u201d she continues, as the first question appears.<\/p>\n \u201cOMG! What the actual f,\u201d it reads, before Paltrow chimes in with her answer. <\/p>\n \u201cYes, Astronomer is the best place to run Apache Airflow. Unifying the experience of running data, ML and AI pipelines at scale. We\u2019ve been thrilled so many people have a newfound interest in data workflow automation,\u201d she replies. \u201cAs for the other questions we\u2019ve received…\u201d<\/p>\n The second question then appears on the screen, which reads, \u201cHow is your social media team holding…\u201d<\/p>\n Once again, Paltrow interrupts and answers, “Yes, there is still room available at our Beyond Analytics event in September.” <\/p>\n Paltrow continues, \u201cWe will now be returning to what we do best: delivering game-changing results for our customers. Thank you for your interest in Astronomer.\u201d<\/p>\n The video comes after the company has made headlines after the resignation of two of its employees. On July 19, Astronomer confirmed that CEO Andy Byron resigned<\/a> from his position following a viral video from a Coldplay concert.<\/p>\n Additionally, the company’s chief people officer, Kristin Cabot, also left her position, the data operations company confirmed to TODAY.com on July 24.<\/a><\/p>\n Byron and Cabot did not respond to NBC News\u2019 request for comment.<\/p>\n Byron was identified by social media users as one of the people in a viral video from a July 16 Coldplay concert kiss cam. <\/a>The clip shows two people embracing before abruptly hiding from the camera. <\/p>\n Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin \u2014 and Paltrow\u2019s ex-husband \u2014 then joked, \u201cEither they\u2019re having an affair or they\u2019re just very shy.\u201d The moment quickly went viral.<\/p>\n