When your comeback flops and you launch yourself into space for clout... TikTok and Twitter are not going to let that slide – just ask Katy Perry.
After joining an all-female space mission with Blue Origin, Katy Perry is facing backlash across TikTok, with Emily Ratajkowski and others criticizing the trip as elitist and out of touch.
From Pop Star To Problematic Figure
Katy Perry once dominated the charts, but in recent years, her shine has dimmed. Her last comeback attempt flopped both commercially and critically, with fans calling it uninspired and out of touch. On top of that, Perry continues to work with Dr. Luke, the producer accused of sexual assault by singer Kesha – a choice that has only deepened the surrounding criticism. Trying to sell female empowerment while working with an alleged sexual predator didn't land.
Now, she's at the center of yet another controversy: a luxury trip to space with Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, framed as an "all-female" empowerment mission. But TikTok isn’t buying the girlboss branding.
Emily Ratajkowski Calls Her Out — And The Internet Joins In
Actress and model Emily Ratajkowski didn’t hold back. In a now-viral TikTok, she called Katy Perry’s space trip “disgusting,” slamming it as a tone-deaf display of wealth and privilege during a time of climate crisis. Her video set off a wave of commentary, with TikTok users quick to stitch and duet, calling out the hypocrisy of turning a luxury spaceflight into a faux-feminist stunt.
It didn’t stop there. Actress Olivia Munn echoed similar sentiments, commenting that "It's so much money to go to space, and there's a lot of people who can't even afford eggs." Together, the two stars sparked a wave of online backlash all over TikTok and Twitter.
Emily Ratajkowski blasts the Blue Origin all-female space trip:"That space mission this morning, that's a big show, like, you say you care about Mother Earth and you're going to space in a ship built and funded by a company that's destroying the planet. Look at the state of the... pic.twitter.com/QDCt7ut0c5
— Pop Tingz (@ThePopTingz) April 14, 2025
Eleven Minutes, Endless Backlash
Katy Perry’s eleven-minute space flight has been met with widespread backlash, especially on TikTok and Twitter. Many users criticized the environmental impact of the trip, pointing out how much CO2 was emitted for such a short and symbolic mission. Katy Perry had described the flight as a message of “hope,” but that statement only fueled the outrage, with people accusing her of masking environmental harm with empty rhetoric.
Online, some users focused on the ecological consequences, while others mocked the dramatic tone of her return — especially the moment she kissed the ground after just eleven minutes in space. The general reaction has been overwhelmingly negative: some are laughing, others are calling her out directly, but very few are actually inspired.this being longer than katy perry's trip to space pic.twitter.com/SRwf3qyWU5
— mazzy (@mazzypopstar) April 14, 2025
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