All-female Blue Origin trip aimed for empowerment — landed in backlash.
Three days after Katy Perry and an all-women crew soared 62 miles above Earth aboard Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin spacecraft, the internet still hasn’t recovered — but not in the way they expected.
Dubbed by critics as “Mission Tone-Deaf,” the space jaunt — filled with designer flight suits, choreographed moments, and promo-ready glam — was meant to inspire girls. Instead, it fueled a social media storm questioning the intent, impact, and irony of the billion-dollar spectacle.
“We’re putting the ‘ass’ in astronaut,” Perry joked before liftoff. Post-flight, she knelt and kissed the ground like a hostage release scene, sparking ridicule across platforms.
The lineup — Perry, Gayle King, former NASA scientist Aisha Bowe, movie producer Kerianne Flynn, activist Amanda Nguyen, and Bezos’ partner Lauren Sánchez — wore custom curve-hugging suits designed by Monse, each with flawless hair and makeup.
But what was meant to look like progress looked more like parody.
Among the sharpest burns:
- Wendy’s fast-food account responded to Perry’s landing: “Can we send her back?”
- Kesha clapped back with a grinning selfie holding a Wendy’s cup.
- Emily Ratajkowski called the whole launch “beyond parody.”
- Olivia Wilde reposted Perry’s ground kiss with the caption: “Billion dollars bought some good memes I guess.”
- Amy Schumer posted a mock astronaut video.
Even supporters like Gayle King bristled at the pushback.
“Have you been? Have you been?” she asked critics on CBS Mornings, defending the journey as a replica of Alan Shepard’s historic flight, not just a “ride.”
“There was nothing frivolous about what we did.”
Still, much of the criticism zeroed in on the disconnect between the group’s stated message — empowering women and caring for Earth — and the fact that they took a privately funded suborbital space joyride by a company often accused of environmental damage.
Saying you care about Mother Earth… and you’re going up in a spaceship funded by a company that’s destroying the planet,” Emily Ratajkowski said.
Despite the backlash, Perry insists the mission was about peace and unity: “I hope they can see the unity we modeled and replicate that.”
But unity was in short supply. Instead of a pop-powered feminist triumph, what Perry and King got was a reality check:
In 2025, you can’t glam-space your way into the history books — especially when the public’s appetite for A-list self-congratulation is somewhere lower than Earth’s orbit.
Source: Yahoo
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