Katy Perry fans don Blue Origin-inspired jumpsuits to Mexico concert
During a show in Mexico, Katy Perry invited two fans wearing blue jumpsuits to join her band for a performance.
Katy Perry refuses to be grounded by her haters.
The “Roar” singer, 40, reflected in an Instagram comment on April 29 that “the ‘online’ world tries to make me a human Piñata.” The remarks came after Perry faced backlash for her decision to briefly fly to space on a Blue Origin flight that critics slammed as out of touch.
Perry left a comment on a video showing a billboard in Times Square congratulating her on the opening of her tour. In a comment left on a fan account, the Grammy nominee, whose latest album, “143,” received negative reviews in 2024, said she is “so grateful” for her supporters.
“Please know I am ok, I have done a lot work around knowing who I am, what is real and what is important to me,” she wrote. “My therapist said something years ago that has been a game changer, ‘no one can make you believe something about yourself that you don’t already believe about yourself’ and if I ever do have any feelings about it then it’s an opportunity to investigate the feeling underneath it.”
She continued, “When the ‘online’ world tries to make me a human Piñata, I take it with grace and send them love, cause I know so many people are hurting in so many ways and the internet is very much so a dumping ground for unhinged and unhealed.”
Perry concluded that “somehow through my battered and bruised adventure I keep looking to the light and in that light a new level UNLOCKS.”
On April 14, Perry joined a six-woman team, including Gayle King, on a Blue Origin flight to space. The trip sparked backlash and invited many negative comments on Perry’s social media accounts. One follower on Instagram described it as a “totally tone deaf moment” of a “bunch of rich people playing in space while the world is falling apart for the rest of us.”
Some celebrities also criticized the flight, with Olivia Munn slamming it as “gluttonous” and Emily Ratajkowski saying in a TikTok, “Look at the state of the world and think about how many resources went into putting these women into space, for what? I’m disgusted.”
Lily Allen also criticized the flight as “so out of touch” at a time when the United States is “on the brink of recession,” arguing that Perry was going to space for no “reason.” The singer later apologized on her “Miss Me?” podcast for “being mean about Katy Perry,” saying there was “no need for me to bring her name into it, and it was my own internalized misogyny.”
“It was just completely unnecessary to pile on with her,” Allen said. “I mean, I disagree with what it was that they did, but she wasn’t the only person that did it.”
Even the official X account for Wendy’s joined in on the backlash, posting, in response to news that Perry had returned from space, “Can we send her back.” Representatives for Wendy’s told Entertainment Weekly and People, “We always bring a little spice to our socials, but Wendy’s has a ton of respect for Katy Perry and her out-of-this-world-talent.”
King addressed the Blue Origin backlash in an interview with “Extra,” telling critics of the flight to “do more due diligence.”
“And then my question is, ‘Have y’all been to space?’” King asked. “Go to space or go to Blue Origin and see what they do and then come back and say, ‘This is a terrible thing.’”
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