By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 11:39 EST, 3 February 2014 | UPDATED: 13:31 EST, 3 February 2014 The woman who quit her job in a Super Bowl commercial has revealed that her boss was shocked. Gwen Dean, who appeared in an advert for GoDaddy during a break in Sunday's game, said she received a text from her boss, Ted, soon after it aired. 'It was epic,' she told the Today show on Monday morning. 'It was, "You've got to be kidding. Wow, great commercial". He was stunned and he was laughing.' Scroll down for videos
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Gwen Dean, 36, appeared in commercial during Sunday's game beside actor John Turturro and told her boss: 'I quit!'
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She said her 'super cool' boss laughed at her announcement
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She had worked as a machinery engineer for 18 years but has now set up her own puppet-making company
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