Gwyneth Paltrow Pokes Enjoyable at Viral Coldplay Kiss-Cam Drama as Astronomer’s ‘Momentary Spokesperson’

In a shock video shared throughout social media Friday night time, the Oscar-winning actress teamed up with information automation firm , Astronomer, to poke enjoyable on the viral Coldplay kiss-cam second that led to the resignation of each the corporate’s CEO and chief folks officer.

“I’ve been employed on a really momentary foundation to talk on behalf of the 300-plus staff at Astronomer,” Paltrow says within the clip, which the corporate posted throughout social media. The parody-style video comes amid intense on-line scrutiny after Astronomer execs Andy Byron and Kristin Cabot had been caught on the kiss-cam throughout Coldplay’s July 16 present in Boston — rapidly ducking out of body, triggering hypothesis about their relationship standing — and one million memes within the course of.

“Astronomer has gotten numerous questions over the previous couple of days, and so they needed me to reply the commonest ones,” Paltrow continues within the video, as textual content begins typing the query: “OMG! What the precise f–okay.” However as an alternative of addressing the scandal, the clip cuts to Paltrow responding to one thing totally unrelated: “Sure, Astronomer is one of the best place to run Apache Airflow. We’ve been thrilled so many individuals have a newfound curiosity in information automation.”

The Goop founder doesn’t cease there, nonetheless. Giving a deadpan look to the digicam, she continues, “As for the opposite questions we’ve acquired…” simply because the on-screen textual content begins to sort, “How is your social media group holding…” earlier than she reappears as soon as once more to dodge the plain and reply a random product-related inquiry as an alternative.

“Thanks in your curiosity in Astronomer,” the corporate captioned the clip.

Whereas the corporate by no means immediately addresses the viral second within the parody, the timing, coupled with the truth that Paltrow is Coldplay entrance man Chris Martin‘s ex-wife, makes the casting alternative all of the extra hilarious.

Curiosity in Astronomer skyrocketed after the Boston live performance footage went viral. In the course of the band’s kiss-cam section, Martin quipped from the stage, “Both they’re having an affair, or they’re simply very shy,” after Byron and Cabot swiftly exited the body.

Paltrow’s tongue-in-cheek advert for the corporate comes after Astronomer’s new CEO, Pete DeJoy, addressed the unprecedented consideration the corporate has acquired because the now-viral scandal.

“The highlight has been uncommon and surreal for our group and, whereas I might by no means have wished for it to occur like this, Astronomer is now a family title,” DeJoy wrote through LinkedIn on Monday, July 21. “At Astronomer we’ve got by no means shied away from challenges; a near-decade of constructing this enterprise has examined us time and time once more, and every time we’ve emerged stronger. From beginning a software program firm in Cincinnati, Ohio, to preserving the lights on by way of the collapse of the financial institution that held all our money, to scaling from 30 to 300 folks throughout a world pandemic that demanded we do all of it with out ever being in the identical room. And but, we’re nonetheless right here.”

The PR catastrophe turned sudden advertising second didn’t simply increase visibility for Astronomer, nonetheless, it additionally led to a significant spike in Coldplay’s streaming numbers. In keeping with Billboardinformation from Luminate confirmed the band’s on-demand audio streams jumped 25% on Thursday alone. Within the 5 days main as much as the Boston present, Coldplay racked up 28.7 million streams.