Katy Perry Space Entertainment generates memes and controversy: ‘It’s Luxury Tourism’

The singer Katy Perry participated in the first exclusively female space mission in six decades, held yesterday (April 14), organized by Jeff Bezos. During the trip, Perry sung “What to Wonderful World”from Louis Armstrongand revealed the setlist of his next tour, called Lifetimes.

She was also seen holding a daisies toward the sky and kissing the floor when returning from space.

Now, the internet has reacted to the space trip, with some users of the X/Twitter identifying with the dramatic return of Perry to the earth:

And in Brazil the crowd was also quick:

Meanwhile, other users expressed surprise with the short duration of the trip, and the rapper Azealia Banks also commented:

However, going to the space of Perry It also generated controversy. A user noted that although the trip aimed to “inspire women”, “women who already worked in NASA They are checking the notes being fired and having their biographies removed from the site. ”

Another user commented: “If Jeff Bezos You can send Katy Perry For the space, he can pay a tax on big fortunes so that every American has access to free health ”, while a person called the“ luxury tourism ”initiative:

Can we stop these vanity space flights? They only serve to send celebrities to space and encourage richer to do the same. This brings no benefit. ”

Perry It was also criticized by other celebrities for embarking on this space mission. The actress Olivia Munn called Perry of “greedy”.

“What are they doing? I know it may not be cool, but there are so many other important things happening in the world now,” she said (via Billboard). “I know it sounds a little boring, but it’s a lot of money spent to go to space, while there are people who can’t even buy eggs.”

“What’s the goal? Is it historical for you to take a walk? I think it’s a little greedy,” he continued.

Spatial exploration was about expanding our knowledge and helping humanity. What are they going to do up there that will improve something down here? ”

Already Emily Ratajkowski It was also said to be “disgusting” with the space flight, in a video in the Tiktok:

This space mission this morning? This is the end of the time. This goes beyond parody. They say they care about Mother Earth, but go in a rocket built and funded by a company that is alone, destroying the planet? ”

RATAJKOWSKI He also asked, “Look at the state of the world. Think about how many resources were used to put these women in space … Why? What was the marketing strategy in that?” She finished her outburst saying how much she was “disgusted.”

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