Martha Stewart ignites celebrity feud with Katy Perry by mocking Blue Origin’s 11-minute “space flight” that costs more than most Americans make in a decade.
At a Glance
- Martha Stewart threw shade at Katy Perry’s Blue Origin space mission by posting a throwback clip of herself experiencing zero gravity in 2007
- The NS-31 mission, featuring the first all-female crew since 1963, has been criticized by celebrities for its high cost and environmental impact
- Critics like Emily Ratajkowski called it “end time s—” while others questioned the purpose of sending celebrities to space for 11 minutes
- Crew members including Gayle King defend the mission as inspirational for young women
- Each passenger reportedly paid around $150,000 deposit for the brief suborbital flight
Martha Stewart Leads Celebrity Ridicule of “Astronaut” Katy Perry
Lifestyle mogul Martha Stewart has joined a growing chorus of celebrities taking jabs at Katy Perry’s recent Blue Origin space venture. Stewart posted a cheeky Instagram video showing herself experiencing zero gravity on her TV show back in 2007, quoting Perry’s hit song “Firework” with the caption: “Do you ever feel like a plastic bag drifting through the wind?” The not-so-subtle mockery comes after Perry and five other women completed the NS-31 mission aboard Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket, which spent just 11 minutes in flight – barely enough time to finish a cup of coffee.
Stewart’s post appeared designed to emphasize that she had “experienced what astronauts feel when they reach zero gravity” long before Perry’s much-hyped mission. The 82-year-old domestic goddess included a follow-up comment claiming she was “ahead of my time,” further twisting the knife into Perry’s supposedly groundbreaking achievement. Fans quickly praised Stewart for the savage takedown, with one commenter writing “Martha woke up and chose violence,” while another called her the “queen of shade.”
Celebrities Line Up to Question “Gluttonous” Space Tourism
The criticism didn’t stop with Stewart. Model and actress Emily Ratajkowski delivered perhaps the harshest assessment of Perry’s journey, calling it “end time s—” and “beyond parody.” She questioned the environmental hypocrisy: “You say that you care about Mother Earth, and it’s about Mother Earth, and you go up in a spaceship that is built and paid for by a company that is single-handedly destroying the planet.” Even fast-food chain Wendy’s joined the pile-on, posting a meme about sending a Baconator to space instead of celebrities.
“You say that you care about Mother Earth, and it’s about Mother Earth, and you go up in a spaceship that is built and paid for by a company that is single-handedly destroying the planet.” – Emily Ratajkowski
Actress Olivia Munn added her voice to the criticism, calling the all-female space tourist crew “gluttonous” and questioning what exactly they were trying to accomplish. Singer Kesha didn’t mince words either, simply posting “WHITE PRIVILEGE” over a news article about the flight. The collective ridicule highlights growing public skepticism about wealthy celebrities taking joyrides to the edge of space while ordinary Americans struggle with inflation and stagnant wages.
The “Empowering” 11-Minute Flight with a $150,000 Price Tag
The NS-31 mission included Perry, CBS anchor Gayle King, fashion and philanthropist Kerianne Flynn, aerospace engineer Aisha Bowe, social activist Amanda Nguyen, and Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sánchez. While Blue Origin doesn’t publicly disclose ticket prices, each passenger reportedly put down a deposit of $150,000 for the 11-minute suborbital flight. For context, that’s approximately three years’ worth of the average American household income spent on a journey that lasted about as long as a pizza delivery.
“Anybody that’s criticizing it doesn’t really understand what is happening here, We can all speak to the response we’re getting from young women, from young girls about what this represents.” – Gayle King
Crew members have defended the mission against mounting criticism. Gayle King fired back: “Anybody that’s criticizing it doesn’t really understand what is happening here. We can all speak to the response we’re getting from young women, from young girls about what this represents.” Meanwhile, Bezos continues to promote his vision of “millions of people living and working in space” – a curious priority while many Americans can’t afford basic healthcare or housing on the planet we already inhabit.
