{"id":2467122,"date":"2025-07-26T16:16:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T20:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/company-involved-in-coldplay-kisscam-drama-hires-gwyneth-paltrow-as-spokesperson-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T16:18:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T20:18:53","slug":"company-involved-in-coldplay-kisscam-drama-hires-gwyneth-paltrow-as-spokesperson-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/company-involved-in-coldplay-kisscam-drama-hires-gwyneth-paltrow-as-spokesperson-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Company involved in Coldplay KissCam drama hires Gwyneth Paltrow as spokesperson &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcompany-involved-in-coldplay-kisscam-drama-hires-gwyneth-paltrow-as-spokesperson-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2467122&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>astronomer, a New York-based tech company, recently found itself in the spotlight after its CEO Andy Byron and HR executive Kristin Cabot were caught unexpectedly embracing on a KissCam during a Coldplay concert. This incident went viral, leading to byron&#8217;s resignation followed by Cabot&#8217;s departure. To help the company recover from the publicity, actress Gwyneth Paltrow-who was married for 13 years to Coldplay&#8217;s lead singer Chris Martin-has been hired as a temporary spokesperson. Paltrow announced her role on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-dem-leader-jeffries-urges-gop-to-elect-new-speaker-quickly\/\" title=\"Jeffries urges GOP to swiftly elect new Speaker.\">addressing common questions<\/a> while steering clear of the KissCam incident details.She emphasized the company&#8217;s focus on advancing data workflow automation and delivering strong results for customers. The viral moment also boosted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-tech-store-pays-30k-a-month-for-security\/\" title=\"San Francisco Tech Store Pays K A Month For Security\">online streams<\/a> of Coldplay&#8217;s music by 20%.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Company involved in Coldplay KissCam drama hires Gwyneth Paltrow as spokesperson<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2182176\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>BOSTON (AP) &mdash;<\/strong> Astronomer &mdash; the company whose CEO resigned after being caught on a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/coldplay-kiss-cam-viral-public-event-privacy-e768214f389bc788dcc539a00bf066da\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">KissCam at a Coldplay rock<\/a>&nbsp;concert embracing a woman who was not his wife &mdash; is trying to move on from the drama with someone who knows the band pretty well.<\/p>\n<p>Actress Gwyneth Paltrow, who was married to Coldplay&rsquo;s frontman Chris Martin for 13 years, announced Friday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">on X<\/a> that she has been hired by Astronomer as a spokesperson.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3483188\/hamadeh-bill-va-health-care-staffing\/\">Hamadeh introduces bill addressing VA health care staffing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3483179\/colorado-sue-sheriff-deputy-ice\/\">Colorado sues sheriff&#8217;s deputy for allegedly working with ICE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3483173\/texas-dems-meet-blue-state-govs-redistricting-effort\/\">Texas Dems meet with Blue state govs during redistricting effort<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Astronomer, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/world-health-org-declares-monkeypox-a-global-emergency\/\" title=\"World Health Org Declares Monkeypox a Global Emergency\">tech company based<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/New-York\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">New York<\/a>, found itself in an uncomfortable spotlight when two of its executives were caught on camera in an intimate embrace at a Coldplay concert &mdash; a moment that was then flashed on a giant screen in the stadium.<\/p>\n<p>CEO Andy Byron and human resource executive Kristin Cabot were caught by surprise when Martin asked the cameras to scan the crowd during a concert earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Either they&rsquo;re having an affair or they&rsquo;re just very shy,&rdquo; Martin joked when the couple appeared on screen and quickly tried to hide their faces.<\/p>\n<p>In a short video, the &ldquo;Shakespeare in Love&rdquo; and &ldquo;Ironman&rdquo; star said she had been hired as a &ldquo;very temporary&rdquo; spokesperson for Astronomer.<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/coldplay-jumbotron-kisscam-ceo-astronomer-5ab2f23f742668a2f24a2326f32ca04e\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/astronomer-jumbotron-coldplay-couple-privacy-cce340c60335a640985d6b9fa7145c54\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Astronomer has gotten a lot of questions over the last few days and they wanted me to answer the most common ones,&rdquo; Paltrow said, smiling and deftly avoiding mention of the KissCam fuss.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve been thrilled that so many people have a newfound interest in data workflow automation,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;We will now be returning to what we do best &mdash; delivering game-changing results for our customers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3479408\/declassified-house-intelligence-report-cia-no-evidence-putin-trump-2016-russiagate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>DECLASSIFIED HOUSE INTELLIGENCE REPORT SHOWS CIA HAD ALMOST NO EVIDENCE PUTIN WANTED TO HELP TRUMP IN 2016<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When footage from the KissCam first spread online, it wasn&rsquo;t immediately clear who the couple were. Soon after the company identified the pair, and Byron resigned&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/coldplay-kiss-cam-viral-public-event-privacy-9d3ed25a5391732d58786705e9a234a9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">followed by Cabot<\/a>. The video clip resulted in a steady stream of memes, parody videos and screenshots of the pair&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >shocked faces filling social media feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Online streams of Coldplay&rsquo;s songs jumped 20% in the days after the video went viral, according to Luminate, an industry data and analytics company.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2182176\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2182176\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Astronomer hires Gwyneth Paltrow amid Coldplay KissCam scandal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2467125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gwyneth-paltrow-coldplay-astronomer.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[59705,59991,59990,59992,32076],"class_list":["post-2467122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-coldplay","tag-gwyneth-paltrow","tag-kisscam","tag-spokesperson-2","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gwyneth-paltrow-coldplay-astronomer.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2467122"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2467127,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467122\/revisions\/2467127"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2467125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2467122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2467122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2467122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}