Gwyneth Paltrow is consciously teaming up with Astronomer.
A decade after the “Shakespeare in Love” actress, 52, and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, 48, announced their “conscious uncoupling,” the Oscar winner is lending a hand to the data tech company following a controversy involving its former CEO and HR chief at her ex-husband’s concert.
In the video released July 25, the “temporary spokesperson” said she was “hired on a very temporary basis to speak on behalf of the 300-plus employees at Astronomer,” adding that the company “has gotten a lot of questions over the last few days, and they wanted me to answer the most common ones.”
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Astronomer was thrust into the spotlight earlier this month when a video went viral showing a man and a woman embracing each other before quickly letting go and ducking out of view when a “Kiss Cam” put them in the spotlight at a Coldplay concert at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. “Uh oh, what? Either they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy,” Martin quipped at the July 16 concert.
But in the newly released clip, text appeared and said, “OMG! What the actual” before Paltrow answered a different question: “Yes, Astronomer is the best place to run Apache Airflow, we’ve been thrilled so many people have a newfound interest in data automation.”
Thank you for your interest in Astronomer. pic.twitter.com/WtxEegbAMY
— Astronomer (@astronomerio) July 25, 2025
“As for the other questions we’ve received,” Paltrow said cheekily as text popped up on screen, “How is your social media team holding” before she again answered a different question. Martin and Paltrow were married from 2003 to 2016 and share two children: 21-year-old Apple Martin and Moses Martin, 19.
“We will now be returning to what we do best: delivering game-changing results for our customers,” Paltrow said before the video ended. “Thank you for your interest in Astronomer.”
Astronomer released a statement July 19, on social media platform X and on job networking site LinkedIn, saying that its former CEO “Andy Byron has tendered his resignation, and the Board of Directors has accepted.”
“As stated previously, Astronomer is committed to the values and culture that have guided us since our founding,” Astronomer’s statement reads. “Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability, and recently, that standard was not met.” The company’s HR chief Kristin Cabot has also reportedly resigned, according to CNBC and BBC.
Contributing: Anthony Robledo, Jonathan Limehouse
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Astronomer drops Gwyneth Paltrow ad after Coldplay ‘Kiss Cam’ scandal
