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Business Standard
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- Business Standard
Kiss cam scandal: Astronomer taps Chris Martin's ex Gwyneth Paltrow for PR
Hollywood actress and lifestyle brand Goop founder Gwyneth Paltrow has entered the tech chat — temporarily — to address the fallout from a viral "kiss cam" moment at a Coldplay concert. The incident involved the very public discovery of an extramarital affair between the US-based AI startup Astronomer's former CEO and chief people officer. Chris Martin's ex Gwyneth Paltrow addresses Astronomer kiss cam scandal In a tongue-in-cheek video posted Friday on Astronomer's official X account, the Hollywood actress, who was married to Coldplay's Chris Martin for over a decade before "consciously uncoupling" in 2014, declared she's been hired on a 'very temporary basis' to represent the New York-based AI startup's 300-plus employees. Her mission? Not to talk about the kiss cam scandal that's been lighting up social media for the past week. 'Thank you for your interest in Astronomer,' Paltrow says at the start of the video. 'Astronomer has gotten a lot of questions over the last few days, and they wanted me to answer the most common ones,' she says. The video opens with someone typing, 'OMG! What the actual F...,' before cutting to Paltrow cheerfully praising the company's AI capabilities, 'Yes, Astronomer is the best place to run Apache Airflow'. 'We've been thrilled so many people have a newfound interest in data workflow automation,' she adds. In another clip, she interrupts a question beginning with, 'How is your social media team holding…' to instead announce that registration is still open for Astronomer's Beyond Analytics event in September. 'We will now be returning to what we do best — delivering game-changing results for our customers,' she says, smiling. The Coldplay kiss cam incident The message follows a very public scandal involving former CEO Andy Byron and then-Chief People Officer Kristin Cabot, who were caught in an awkward embrace on a 'kiss cam' during a July 16 Coldplay concert near Boston. Both executives — who are married to other people — quickly became the subject of online speculation after dodging the camera in a way that even Coldplay frontman Chris Martin couldn't ignore. 'Either they're having an affair, or they're just very shy,' Martin joked from the stage, in a clip that's been shared widely across platforms. The fallout was swift. Byron stepped down on July 19, and Cabot resigned on Thursday. In a July 18 statement, the company said it had launched an internal investigation and added, 'Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability.' Astronomer confirmed Thursday that Cabot was the woman in the video. Neither she nor Byron has publicly commented. Byron's wife, Megan Kerrigan, and Cabot's husband, Andrew Cabot, have also stayed silent. Astronomer's PR spin gets applause The AI startup's PR stunt seems to be paying off, with users praising the team and laughing along. One user commented,'You hired the Coldplay singer's ex-wife. Extraordinary.' Another wrote, "Your PR team deserves a raise!" The video has amassed nearly 10 million views on X in under 12 hours.
NDTV
12 hours ago
- NDTV
Days After Coldplay Scandal, Astronomer Hires Chris Martin's Ex-Wife Gwyneth Paltrow As "Temporary Spokesperson"
Gwyneth Paltrow, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin's ex-wife, has teamed up with AI startup Astronomer to poke fun at the viral kiss cam scandal involving former CEO Andy Byron and ex-HR head Kristin Cabot. In a promotional video, the Hollywood actress and businesswoman tells viewers that she has been hired by the tech startup on a "very temporary basis" to represent more than 300 employees at Astronomer, and to answer some very basic questions. "Thank you for your interest in Astronomer. I've been hired on a very temporary basis to speak on behalf of the 300-plus employees at Astronomer," she says in the tongue-in-cheek video posted on the company's X account. The Hollywood actor, known for movies like 'Iron Man', then notes that the company had "gotten a lot of questions in the last few days, and they wanted me to answer the most common ones." However, rather than addressing the controversy, Ms Paltrow sidesteps all the questions and starts to describe what the company does. Thank you for your interest in Astronomer. — Astronomer (@astronomerio) July 25, 2025 The video opens with someone typing, "OMG! What the actual F", before cutting to Ms Paltrow, who cheerfully declares that the New York-based firm is the "best place to run Apache Airflow". "We've been thrilled so many people have a newfound interest in data workflow automation," she says. The clip then shifts to another question about how the firm's social media team is handling the PR mess - only to be cut off mid-sentence. "Yes, there is still room available at our Beyond Analytics event in September. We will now be returning to what we do best - delivering game-changing results for our customers, she says. "Thank you for your interest in Astronomer," Ms Patrow says as the video comes to an end. Notably, the witty video comes more than a week after Andy Byron and Kristin Cabot - who have since resigned from their positions - were caught cosying up to one another on a Coldplay "kiss cam" at a concert near Boston. It was their uncomfortable reaction to the "kiss cam" - hiding their faces and avoiding the spotlight - that quickly went viral on social media, triggering various reactions. The frantic manner in which the couple hid made Coldplay's Chris Martin also joke that they were either having an affair or they were very shy. Notably, both Byron and Cabot are married to other people. While Byron's wife is Megan Kerrigan, Cabot is married to Andrew Cabot, owner of the Privateer Rum, and a member of one of Boston's most elite families.
Indian Express
a day ago
- Indian Express
Hulk Hogan's sex tape lawsuit had a lasting effect on cases involving celebrity privacy
Famous for his fearless bravado as a pro wrestler, Hulk Hogan won one of his most notable victories in a Florida courtroom by emphasising his humiliation and emotional distress after a news and gossip website published a video of Hogan having sex with a friend's wife. A 2016 civil trial that pitted the First Amendment against the privacy rights of celebrities ended with a jury awarding Hogan a whopping $140 million in his lawsuit against Gawker Media. Though both parties later settled on $31 million to avoid protracted appeals, the case put Gawker out of business. It also ensured Hogan, who died Thursday at age 71, and his legal team would have a long-term impact on media law. The case showed that, in certain circumstances, celebrities could persuade a jury that their right to privacy outweighs the freedom of the press — even when the published material was true. The case put media outlets on notice that 'the public doesn't necessarily like the press,' especially when reporting intrudes into intimate details of even public figures' private lives, said Samantha Barbas, a University of Iowa law professor who writes about press freedoms and First Amendment issues. She said it also emboldened celebrities, politicians and others in the public spotlight to be more aggressive in suing over unflattering news coverage — as seen recently in President Donald Trump's pursuit of court cases against the Wall Street Journal, ABC and CBS. 'I think the lasting effect of the Hulk Hogan case was it really started this trend of libel and privacy lawsuits being weaponised to kind of take down these media organisations,' Barbas said. Hogan, whose given name was Terry Bollea, sued Gawker for invading his privacy after the website in 2012 posted an edited version of a video of Hogan having sex with the wife of his then-best friend, Florida-based radio DJ Bubba The Love Sponge Clem. Clem gave his blessing to the coupling and recorded the video that was later leaked to Gawker. Hogan insisted he was unaware the intimate encounter was being filmed. The former WWE champion testified that he was 'completely humiliated' when the sex video became public. Hogan's lead trial attorney, Ken Turkel, recalled Thursday how his muscular, mustachioed client cried in court as the jury verdict was read. 'To him the privacy part of it was integral. It was important,' Turkel said. 'Eight-year-old kids were googling 'Hulk Hogan' and 'Wrestlemania,' and they were getting a sex tape. That was hurtful to him in a real personal way.' The three-week trial was closely followed far beyond the courtroom in St. Petersburg, Florida, as thousands of wrestling fans, First Amendment watchers and others stayed glued to their screens as the trial was streamed live online. Salacious details emerged about Hogan's sex life as jurors and spectators viewed. images of him in thong underwear. Other testimony focused on how New York-based Gawker practiced journalism differently than traditional news outlets. And Hogan explained to the jury about the difference between his wrestling persona and his private life. The jury ultimately rejected arguments by Gawker's attorneys that Hogan's sex tape was newsworthy and that publishing it, no matter how distasteful, was protected speech under the First Amendment. 'Now more people, including judges, understand that it's possible to sue someone for revealing something truthful, as long as that something is deeply personal and its publication is highly offensive,' said Amy Gajda, a Brooklyn Law School professor who followed and wrote about the case against Gawker. News outlets still have broad legal protection for publishing information about public figures, even things that would generally be considered private, Gajda said 'As long as there is news value in what is published and the media can argue that effectively, they can get a privacy case dismissed very early on,' she said.
