When the star-studded Blue Origin crew rocketed to outer space, not everyone applauded.
Celebrities including Olivia Wilde, Olivia Munn and Emily Ratajkowski criticized the Monday, April 14, launch, which marked the first all-female flight crew since Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova’s solo spaceflight in 1963.
The event drew widespread derision on social media. Katy Perry, CBS Mornings host Gayle King and Lauren Sánchez (who is engaged to Blue Origin owner Jeff Bezos) joined aerospace engineer Aisha Bowe, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen and film producer Kerianne Flynn for the 11-minute flight. Up in the cosmos, Perry performed a cover of “What a Wonderful World,” delighting her fellow passengers. (She kissed the ground when they landed.)
After receiving backlash for the trip, both King and Sánchez defended their space trip, with King telling People in a statement that “anybody that’s criticizing it doesn’t really understand what is happening here.”
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Scroll down to read which stars had criticisms of the mission:
Joe Rogan
The podcast host mocked Perry and her fellow travelers on the April 19 episode of his podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience.”
“It was very profound. I don’t know if you’ve seen Katy Perry talk about it, but she’s basically a guru now,” Rogan, 57, sarcastically said. “Let’s not minimize this. Let’s celebrate female astronauts.”
Rogan also poked fun at the daisy Perry took with her on the flight, saying that it further emphasized how short the flight was.
” Well, she brought a daisy, which was super important,” Rogan said. “It shows you how quick the flight was — the dead daisy that’s snipped from its life source was still alive. Was still vibrant.”
Gabby Windey
In a promo for her “Long Winded” podcast released April 18, Windey threw a little shade at Perry and the rest of the Blue Origin crew.
“Okay, Katy Perry going to space,” Windey began in a video shared on Instagram. “All women crew. Oh, wow, we’re gonna send all the girls to space in case they blow up. This is not about empowerment. This is a case study.”
Windey also questioned whether or not filler will “migrate in space,” adding, “We’re all wondering [about] the force of the Gs that will be pulled on your Juvederm. Will it be displaced from the bone? Are you gonna look like some sort of a hyaluronic acid Picasso?”
“You’re gonna risk your life for a 10-minute flight? No way,” she added. “Oh, you want to see Mother Earth? Have you heard of Google Earth? It’s the same.”
Windey also insisted that the important question is what song Perry would sing while in space. “It shall be California Girl. The rest of the blue crew women shall get into formation to start their choreography in five, six, seven, eight. Sanchez, you’re late. Get it together. I don’t care if there’s no gravity. Now formation change. And then as they split, Snoop Dogg comes through. Hotboxes, the spaceship, and the smoke lingers. Tone, tan, fit, and ready. Rock and steady.”
Emily Ratajkowski
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The model posted her reaction on TikTok following the rocket’s takeoff, saying she was “disgusted” by the event.
“That’s end time s***,” Ratajkowski said in the clip. “Like, this is beyond parody.”
She continued, “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. … Look at the state of the world and think about how many resources went into putting these women into space. For what?”
Olivia Wilde
The Booksmart director threw some shade hours after the event, sharing a meme of the space crew via her Instagram Story. The post was initially shared by the account @betches, which included a series of memes mocking Blue Origin.
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Wilde’s chosen meme included a photo of Perry emerging from the spacecraft after landing. While the caption read, “Getting off a commercial flight in 2025,” Wilde added her commentary, writing, “Billion dollars bought some good memes I guess.”
Olivia Munn
Earlier this month, Munn made headlines by questioning the need for the trip.
“I know this probably isn’t the cool thing to say, but there are so many other things that are so important in the world right now,” the actress said during an appearance on Today with Jenna and Friends. “What are you guys gonna do up in space? What are you doing up there?”
Munn noted that space travel is expensive and that the average American “can’t even afford eggs.”
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“What’s the point? Is it historic that you guys are going on a ride? I think it’s a bit gluttonous,” she continued. “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?”
Amy Schumer
Schumer used Blue Origin as a comic bit.
The comedian took to Instagram to jokingly inform her followers that she’d been added to the venture as a last-minute passenger.
“So I’m going to space and I’m so excited. Lauren Sanchez, Katy Perry and Amanda Nguyen have been my guiding lights through this whole journey, which I just got called to be part of this space team this morning. And I’m loving it. I’ve always wanted to go to space, and also I just have to say, How high were the people who came up with the name for space? Were they like, ‘What should we call it? It’s got so much, like, space.’”
Wendy’s
The fast food chain seemingly threw shade at Perry’s trip to space. Replying to a tweet which read, “Katy Perry has returned from space,” the official Wendy’s X account tweeted, “Can we send her back.”
The account also poked fun at Perry kissing the ground upon landing back on Earth. “I kissed the ground and i liked it,” Wendy’s wrote via X on Monday, referencing Perry’s hit song “I Kissed a Girl.”
Jessica Chastain
The Zero Dark Thirty actress subtly threw shade at the space trip by reposting an article written by The Guardian that criticized the mission. “The Blue Origin flight showcased the utter defeat of American feminism” the opinion piece’s headline read.
Martha Stewart
“In case you spaced out in 2007, Martha has always been ahead of her time 
,” read a caption on Stewart’s Instagram page alongside a throwback clip of the host experiencing zero gravity on her eponymous talk show.
The message written above the video poked fun at Perry by quoting her song “Firework.” The post read, “Do you ever feel like a plastic bag drifting through the wind?”
