Gwyneth Paltrow stars as Astronomer spokesperson after Coldplay kiss-cam scandal

Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News on Jul 26, 2025

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NEW YORK — Astronomer has enlisted Gwyneth Paltrow as their temporary spokesperson after her ex-husband and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin caught the company’s CEO and head of human resources cuddling at his concert.

In a video shared on social media Friday night, Paltrow, seated behind a desk with her hands clasped, reveals she’d been hired “on a very temporary basis to speak on behalf of the 300-plus employees at Astronomer.”

“Astronomer has gotten a lot of questions over the last few days,” the “Shakespeare in Love” actress says. “And they wanted me to answer the most common ones.”

The first question posed to Paltrow reads: “OMG what the actual f-?”

The Oscar winner offers a soft smile and a nod before going on to discuss Astronomer rather than the scandal that cost the company its CEO, Andy Byron, and HR executive Kristin Cabot.

“Yes, Astronomer is the best place to run Apache Airflow, unifying the experience of running data, ML and AI pipelines at scale,” Paltrow cheekily explains.

When asked how the company’s social media team was doing, the Goop Founder, instead of answering, reveals there are still spots available for Astronomer’s Beyond Analytics event in September.

“We will now be returning to what we do best, which is delivering game-changing results for our customers,” Paltrow concludes. “Thank you for your interest in Astronomer.”

The clip comes just more than a week after Byron and Cabot, both of whom are reportedly married to other people, attended a Coldplay concert together in Foxborough, Massachusetts. At one point during the night, the couple were blasted onto the jumbotron — but the moment they appeared on the big screen, both Byron and Cabot immediately tried to duck out of frame.

“Oh, look at these two,” Martin could be heard saying from the stage.

“All right, come on, you’re OK,” the singer continued. “Either they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy.”

Video of the incident has since taken social media by storm, spawning no shortage of jokes and memes.