Katy Perry ‘regrets’ Blue Origin ‘public spectacle’ as history making mission faces mockery
Katy Perry is thought be ‘regretting’ the press frenzy that surrounded Amazon’s Blue Origin trip to the edge of outer space.
The 40-year-old pop star was among a six-woman celebrity team who took part in the latest mission for Jeff Bezos’ rocket company.
Perry was joined by presenter Gayle King, journalist and Bezos fiancée Lauren Sánchez, rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen, and film producer Kerianne Flynn.
The brief jaunt became the first all-female space mission since 1963, when Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to leave earth in a solo flight.
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After a short time bobbing around in zero gravity, the six-strong team returned to Earth with the semi-automated capsule landing back on Bezos’ private Texas ranch from which the rocket had launched.
While the scenes on the ground were joyous, the mission has received a raft of criticism and mockery from celebrities and fans alike.
Actress Olivia Munn blasted the venture as “gluttonous” on Today With Jenna and Friends, questioning it an indulgence when “some people can’t afford eggs.”
Fellow actress Olivia Wilde reposted a picture of Perry celebrating the mission, cynically captioning it: “Billion dollars bought some good memes, I guess.”
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As a result, an inside source has revealed Perry and her fellow astronauts have found the reaction “disheartening”.
“Katy doesn’t regret going to space. It was life changing,” the source explained to The Mail.
“What she does regret is making a public spectacle out of it,” they added.
During the mission, Perry brandished a Daisy while in zero gravity and when celebrating on the ground in tribute to her daughter, called Daisy, who she shares with actor Orlando Bloom.
However, the insider revealed she also regrets “sharing the daisy with the world” and wished “the video footage from inside the pod was never shown’ at all.”
Perry’s fellow astronaut Gayle King took a stronger line on critics, hitting back that she was “very disappointed and very saddened” at the backlash.
“They call it a ride, which I find very irritating because they never say men went for a ride,” she pointed out.
The presenter then put the case forward for the outing.
“Number one, Blue Origin is trying to figure out a way to put waste into space to make the Earth better,” King stated firmly.
She then issued her direct challenge: “Number two, have you been? Have you been? If you’ve been and you still feel that way after you come back, please, let’s have a conversation.”
King emphasised there was “nothing frivolous” about the mission, pushing back against those who dismissed the historic flight.