The “E.T.” hitmaker joined an all-female crew aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket for an 11-minute suborbital jaunt that sent them briefly 100 km above Earth. Alongside Lauren Sánchez, Gayle King, and three other women, Perry experienced a few weightless minutes that apparently stirred up her inner showgirl.
Upon landing in Texas, the singer got theatrical—kissing the dirt and waving a daisy (an apparent nod to her daughter, Daisy Dove Bloom), as if she had just survived reentry from a black hole rather than a billionaire-funded joyride.
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While Gayle King offered a glowing account of Perry softly singing “What a Wonderful World” mid-flight, most of the post-landing buzz centered on Katy’s post-space Oscar-worthy dramatics.
“I feel so connected to love,” Perry declared, but not everyone was feeling the space-born sentiment.
🚀 Dr. Tanya Harrison of the Outer Space Institute didn’t mince words:
“It was a marketing stunt in a blue flight suit.”
Indeed, Perry’s six-figure ticket ($150,000 reportedly) put her squarely in the club of celebs trading gravity for PR. Meanwhile, social media users rolled their eyes at the “tone-deaf” symbolism of daisy-waving in a world battling climate change and inflation.
Actress Olivia Munn weighed in on Today, noting the irony:
“We’ve got girls dreaming of space while their parents can’t afford eggs.”
As for Blue Origin’s “zero carbon” claim? Experts like Professor Eloise Marais argue that the water vapor from these launches still damages the ozone layer. So while Katy kisses the ground, the planet gets quietly scorched in the background.
In short, this may have been the most unnecessary space “mission” ever, but hey—it got everyone talking.
