Earlier this week Gwyneth Paltrow appeared on tech company Astronomer’s social media pages, acting as its temporary ‘spokesperson’ after the viral ‘affair’ saga involving two of its employees.
And now, the 52-year-old actress’ unauthorized biographer Amy Odell is weighing in on how much the CEO could have earned for the publicity stunt.
Amy, whose book Gwyneth: The Biography comes out July 29, took to Instagram on Saturday to speculate on Gwyneth’s payout based on what she’s pocketed from past partnerships.
‘I just wrote a book about Gwyneth Paltrow. I have exclusive information about what she’s earned from past endorsement deals,’ she said in a video.
She noted that the Academy Award winner made a cameo ‘at the Red Sea International Film Festival in Saudi Arabia for a total of $1.6 million,’ and ‘attended a launch party for Skims in late 2023 to promote their Swarovski collaboration for $250,000.’
DailyMail.com has reached out to Gwyneth’s reps for comment but did not immediately hear back.
Gwyneth Paltrow’s biographer Amy Odell has speculated on how much the Goop founder made for appearing on tech company Astronomer’s social media pages following its viral ‘affair’ saga; pictured in April
Amy, whose book Gwyneth: The Biography comes out July 29, took to Instagram on Saturday to speculate on Gwyneth’s payout based on what she’s pocketed from past partnerships
Amy also noted, ‘Gwyneth had a bigger deal with Swarovski where she would earn $1.25 million in exchange for wearing Swarovski a certain number of times. She also received millions for endorsing other brands, like Copper Fit.’
The biographer, who also authored a book about Anna Wintour’s life, teased in her Instagram reel caption: ‘What do you think Gwyneth earned for this? My guess as her biographer is: a LOT.’
She then plugged, ‘Get my Gwyneth book at the link in bio.’
Astronomer’s CEO Andy Byron was caught canoodling with his Head of Human Resources co-worker Kristin Cabot at a Coldplay concert on July 16, causing a social media frenzy due to their embarrassed reaction.
At the time, Chris Martin — Gwyneth’s ex-husband — called the couple out for either ‘having an affair’ or being ‘very shy.’
Both Byron and Cabot quit their jobs as a result of the scandal.
The little-known tech company, which makes software to help other businesses’ workflow, came into the stratosphere after the Coldplay moment.
Paltrow’s involvement on Astronomer’s LinkedIn page and other platforms served as a hilarious PR-crisis move by the company.
The actress, wearing a blue shirt with corporate music playing in the background, said: ‘Thank you for your interest in Astronomer. Hi, I’m Gwyneth Paltrow.
‘I’ve been hired on a very temporary basis to speak on behalf of the 300 plus employees at Astronomer.
‘Astronomer has got a lot of questions in the last few days, and they wanted me to answer the most common ones.’
Kristin Cabot and Astronomer CEO Andy Byron – who are married to other people – were caught red-handed on a kiss cam during a Coldplay concert in Boston, Massachusetts on July 16 and called out by bewildered lead singer Chris Martin
At the time the employees were spotted, Chris Martin – Gwyneth’s ex-husband – called the couple out for either ‘having an affair’ or being ‘very shy’; pictured June 6
Kristin reportedly resigned from the company just a few days after Andy stepped down as CEO
Gwyneth and Chris Martin were married for over a decade and share two children. After Martin blew up the Astronomer couple’s alleged affair, Gwyneth came to the company’s rescue; pictured in 2014
The screen shifted to various questions, beginning with ‘Q: OMG! What the actual f**k,’ before abruptly cutting off just as Paltrow reappears on screen.
The actress continued saying: ‘Yes! Astronomer is the best place to run Apache Airflow.’
She then leaned into the irony of the moment, remarking, ‘We’ve been thrilled to see so many people suddenly interested in data workflow automation.’
With a knowing smile, she added, ‘As for the other questions we’ve received…’ just before the nearly one-minute clip cuts back to the on-screen questionnaire.
‘Q: How is your social media team holding—’ the next query began, before the screen panned back to The Talented Mr. Ripley star, who offered another comedic response.
‘Yes! There is still space available at our Beyond Analytics event this September!
‘And now, we’ll return to doing what we do best… delivering game-changing results for our customers. Thank you for your interest in Astronomer.’
