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Gwyneth Paltrow Hired as Astronomer's "Spokesperson" in Wake of Kiss Cam (consequence.net)
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[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 44 points 2 months ago

[-] PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world 44 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Paltrow has no credibility. Look up “goop”. She is a shill for snake oil crap.

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago

I'm aware, but it doesn't change the parallel of them bringing in a celebrity to massage their image to their target demo.

[-] PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

Ah, glad you are aware. Others should be too. Her particular version of snake oil is not only predatory, but also dangerous to women and their health.

[-] scytale@piefed.zip 5 points 2 months ago

They also likely chose her because she’s the Coldplay vocalist’s ex.

[-] tkohldesac@lemmy.world 38 points 2 months ago

Wasn’t she in a series of super popular Marvel movies where she had a relationship with her boss?

[-] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Neither was married.

Bigger issue is that they hired a person known for promoting scam products as a spokesperson for their brand.

[-] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 months ago

By the end of it they'd married each other and had a kid, but yeah, not cheating.

[-] oyo@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

The CEO wasn't fired for the cheating part...

[-] KiwiTB@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

So they brought in someone who was married to a member of coldplay.... While they sold scam products to the foolish.... To improve their image?

[-] jqubed@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Alright, the video is actually kinda funny though

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago

Well there's a voice you can trust. Maybe they can add RFK Jr. too.

[-] Whitebrow@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Ah yes, the voice that sounds like a lot of healthy choices were made to date.

[-] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

More like astrologist, amirite?

[-] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

She sells slightly alkaline water. To go into your HCl stomach.

*flex*

[-] badhops@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago

and promptly tells you to squeeze citric acid into it

[-] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

Plot twist: the whole story has been setup as a Coldplay marketing campaign

[-] Zatore@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

She's gonna relieve the congestion in their deep core

[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 1 points 2 months ago

This didn't make sense to me until I read the article and found out 'Astronomer' was the name of the company where the CEO and HR lady worked.

It still doesn't make much sense agree learning that, but it killed the 'garden path sentence'-feel

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

My brain saying a few things I can't quite string up all together, let's see:

  • coldplay music
  • paltrow for damage control, question mark
  • being tone deaf
  • confusion
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