Together with TV persona Gayle King and Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sanchez, Katy took half in a rocket launch flight that introduced the all-female crew to an altitude the place they briefly skilled weightlessness.
From launch to touchdown, the entire thing took simply over 11 minutes, so referring to it as an area mission or calling the celebs astronauts feels a bit disingenuous.
Katy Perry attends the eleventh Breakthrough Prize ceremony at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, on April 5, 2025. (Photograph by MICHAEL TRAN/AFP through Getty Pictures)
Many have dismissed the occasion as a PR stunt (it didn’t assist that Katy revealed the setlist for her upcoming tour whereas floating in house) and questioned the need of finishing up a wildly costly operation that appeared to don’t have any clear goal.
Katy appeared to obtain the majority of the criticism for causes each apparent (the setlist cringe) and extra obscure (her betrayal of former good friend Kesha actually value her lots of followers).
So the stunt that was supposed to assist flip Katy’s profession round following the flop that was her most up-to-date album has as a substitute resulted in yet one more PR disaster.
And simply when it regarded like issues have been beginning to blow over, dwelling legend Martha Stewart added her title to the lengthy listing of celebs who’ve dunked on Katy.
Martha Stewart attends the 2024 WWD Honors at Cipriani South Road on October 29, 2024 in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by Dominik Bindl/Getty Pictures)
Martha serves a roast with a aspect of shade
Even her followers won’t keep in mind it, however Martha skilled zero gravity again in 2007, when she took a flight on the Boeing 727 G-Pressure One.
In upholding her new duties because the reigning Queen of Shade, Martha posted a throwback video from the flight this week.
To make sure that nobody missed her level, she wrote, “Do you ever really feel like a plastic bag drifting by means of the wind?” on the clip. These, after all, are the opening lyrics to Perry’s 2010 hit “Firework.”
“In case you spaced out in 2007, Martha has all the time been forward of her time,” Martha (or her crew) captioned the put up, on the off probability that her intention nonetheless wasn’t apparent.
Rave evaluations for Martha’s mic drop
Naturally, Martha’s followers have been thrilled to see her name out Katy in such hilarious trend.
“Martha I like you a lot. She mentioned, ‘Did you neglect? Lemme remind y’all,’” wrote one fan, in line with Web page Six.
“I like the common dragging. So good,” commented one other.
“Knowledgeable trolling,” applauded a 3rd netizen.
Martha Stewart attends the Netflix 2020 Golden Globes After Occasion on January 05, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photograph by Arnold Turner/Getty Pictures for Netflix)
The listing of celebs who’ve known as out the Blue Origin crew is a rising one which already included Kesha (after all), Olivia Munn, Jessica Chastain, and Emily Ratajkowski, who delivered a few of the most scathing criticism:
“You care about Mom Earth and it’s about Mom Earth, and also you’re going up in a spaceship that’s constructed and paid for by an organization that’s singlehandedly destroying the planet?” she requested in an Instagram video.
That was virtually as unhealthy as quick meals chain Wendy’s tweeting, “Can we ship her again?” when Katy returned to Earth.
Sure, KP might be feeling like a plastic bag for the time being. However much less the American Magnificence selection and extra the type that was introduced alongside on a canine stroll.
