Topics: Celebrity, Katy Perry, Music, Science, Space, US News, Blue Origin
Since landing back on Earth following their launch yesterday (14 Apr), the six celebrities who went up to space have found themselves in hot water with several huge-name stars - particularly Emily Ratajkowski.
The American model shared a video on social media last night, slamming the Blue Origin crew, which included 'Firework' singer Katy Perry, who was sky-rocketed hundreds of metres above the Earth as part of an all-female tourist group.
The voyage was organised and funded by Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos, and saw the crew travel on the New Shepard rocket - a fully autonomous vehicle, with no specialised roles for the crew.
Alongside Perry for the 11-minute journey were Bezos' fiancé and award-winning journalist Lauren Sánchez, NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, and activist Amanda Nguyen.
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Gayle King - the CBS Mornings and SiriusXM radio host - also joined the line-up, alongside decorated film producer Kerianne Flynn.
Following the group's return to Earth via parachute, 40-year-old Perry was photographed kissing the ground, claiming the experience in outer space made her feel 'super connected to love'.
"To go to space is incredible and I wanted to model courage and worthiness and fearlessness," she told spectators.
However, the trip didn't go down too well with a number of critics - including a handful from the entertainment realm.
In particular, 33-year-old Ratajkowski hit out in a new viral video at the extortionate cost of the mission.
Taking to TikTok, she began: "That space mission this morning? That’s end-times s**t - like, this is beyond parody.
"Saying that you care about Mother Earth and it's about Mother Earth, and you're going up in a spaceship that is built and paid for by a company that's single handedly destroying the planet."
Ratajkowski went on: "Look at the state of the world and think about how many resources went into putting these women into space, for what? For what? What was the marketing there?
"And then try to make it, like - I'm disgusted."
A plethora of fellow critics flooded the comment section to agree with the Gone Girl actress, with one of the top-liked comments writing: "You want to uplift women? Start with the ones down here on Earth."
Ratajkowski then wrote back: "This is beyond parenting. This is about accountability. You’re not some ethereal goddess of empowerment because you rode a billionaire’s rocket for 10 minutes."
And by the sounds of things, a number of other celebrities agree.
Actress and director Olivia Wilde also shared a video of Perry kissing the ground on her Instagram Story, penning: "A billion dollars bought some good memes, I guess."
Actor Olivia Munn added her own critique online, focusing her attention on the extreme funds that would have been used for the mission.
The Morcedai star pointed out: "What’s the point? Is it historic that you guys are going on a ride? I think it’s a bit gluttonous. Space exploration was to further our knowledge and to help mankind. What are they gonna do up there that has made it better for us down here?”
LADbible Group has reached out to Blue Origin for comment.
