Longtime “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd called out media outlets for continuing to book former President Joe Biden’s embattled son Hunter Biden, saying that those who chose to give him a platform were choosing to “book spectacle” over substance.

Todd spoke up on his eponymous podcast — “The Chuck Todd-Cast” — after Hunter Biden gave a slew of interviews that essentially boiled down to expletive-laden attacks on anyone who either failed to support his dad all the way to the end or who had supported President Donald Trump in any way. Todd’s main objection to the interviews appeared to be that keeping the younger Biden on camera was not good for anyone — especially the Democratic Party.

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🚨NEW: Chuck Todd *RAGES* against interviewers platforming Hunter Biden — after Hunter trashed him🚨

“I will never book Hunter Biden. I have no interest in what he has to say … I have a real problem with the folks that are booking him.”@DailyCaller pic.twitter.com/TbH8B7Jc5t

— Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 (@JasonJournoDC) July 25, 2025

“I will never book Hunter Biden. I have no interest in what he has to say for a couple reasons. Number one, he’s not the candidate. He wasn’t on the ballot. Anything he says is in defense of his father. I don’t know whether it’s true or not, but it doesn’t matter, he’s a son defending his father, and my guess is he’s going to defend him to the hilt,” Todd began. “So I just kind of think, you know, I take every one of his anger pieces of anger and criticism and I just sort of chalk it up to, yeah, he’s defending his dad and he loves his dad.”

“I have a real problem with the folks that are booking him. If you’ve chosen to book Hunter Biden, you’ve chose to book spectacle. You’re not interested in — and the two interviews that have gone viral were both designed to get attention, not to surface new facts, not to give you a better understanding of what may have happened. It was just, let’s give him a platform to settle some scores that maybe he wants to settle,” Todd continued.

His overall assessment was simple: “I don’t think this does Hunter Biden any good. I don’t think this does Joe Biden any good, it certainly doesn’t do the Democratic Party any good. That’s why it’s surprising to see the former DNC chair, start a podcast and decide that the best way to market it is Hunter Biden.”

In his recent interviews, Hunter Biden lashed out at actor George Clooney for writing the op-ed that kick-started a wave of Democrat calls for President Joe Biden to bow out of the 2024 presidential race. Hunter also called out the Democratic Party, scolding them for folding under the pressure rather than having his dad’s back when it mattered.

Chris Martin’s ex-wife Gwyneth Paltrow was hired by the tech company Astronomer as a “very temporary” spokesperson in the wake of a huge PR incident for the company.

The A-list actress appeared in a short video loosely alluding to the viral moment but mostly just promoting the company as the world continues to obsess over the moment their former CEO, Andy Byron, was caught in an embrace with a woman who was not his wife during a Coldplay concert.

The video was shared to the company’s social media accounts and was captioned, “Thank you for your interest in Astronomer.”

Thank you for your interest in Astronomer. pic.twitter.com/WtxEegbAMY

— Astronomer (@astronomerio) July 25, 2025

“Hi, I’m Gwyneth Paltrow,” the “Avengers: Endgame” alum began as she smiled for the camera. “I’ve been hired on a very temporary basis to speak on behalf of the 300-plus employees at Astronomer.”

After her introduction, Paltrow explained that she would be answering the most common questions the company has received over the last two weeks, starting with, “OMG! What the actual f***?”

“Yes, Astronomer is the best place to run Apache Airflow, unifying the experience of running data, ML and AI pipelines at scale,” Paltrow said.

“We’ve been thrilled that so many people have a newfound interest in data workflow automation,” she went on. “As for the other questions we’ve received …” she said, before the next question appeared on screen.

It said, “How is your social media team holding …”

“Yes, there is still room available at our Beyond Analytics event in September!” Paltrow said before the question finished, before further promoting the company. “We will now be returning to what we do best — delivering game-changing results for our customers. Thank you for your interest in Astronomer.”

The video, posted on Friday evening, has over 30 million views on X as of Saturday.

Astronomer has become a household name ever since the viral video clip of Byron embracing a woman identified by many as Kristin Cabot, the Chief People Officer for the company. After being spotted on the kiss cam, the two quickly stepped away from each other and out of frame after realizing they were being broadcast to the entire stadium at the July 16 Coldplay show in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

In the aftermath, Byron resigned as CEO and Astronomer is attempting to pivot the moment into good publicity for themselves.

Commenters on social media noted the tactic of using Martin’s ex-wife to do damage control on the company’s image. Many even speculated on whether the whole kiss cam viral moment was a publicity stunt, based on the outcome.

“You hired the Coldplay singer’s ex-wife. Extraordinary,” one commenter wrote.

“Damn, this is a masterclass in PR and crisis control,” another said.

“Wait was this one big Psyop to know where the best place to run Apache Airflow is?” a third added.