Katy Perrys Blue Origin space mess shows the world is fed up with entitled celebs who think they are owed adoration

It’s been three long days since Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin flew an all-women crew into space for 11 minutes — leading passenger Katy Perry to dramatically kiss the ground after she touched down, like a freshly released hostage.There’s been plenty of news to drown out the story of this ridiculous, art-directed launch that came complete with the women in perfect hair and makeup plus curve-hugging fembot flight suits custom designed by Monse.And yet, the public backlash over mission tone deaf is still going, unabated — proving that America’s once-slobbering love affair with self serious A-list celebrity culture is completely dunzo.The latest? Perry’s feelings were hurt after fast-food giant Wendy’s tweeted “Can we send her back” in response to news that the “Firework” singer had returned from space.“Where’s the beef?” indeed.Maybe Perry would have accepted that from Burger King, but a pigtailed ginger? Me thinks not.“This was a billion dollar brand using its public platform to publicly demean a woman,” a Perry source complained.I thought space tourism was supposed to take the gravity out of things.

But Perry and Gayle King landed back on earth with their egos bigger and bulkier than ever.The entire vanity project was choreographed and produced like a music video, with Perry clutching a setlist for her upcoming tour (thanks for the free advertising, Jeff Bezos!) as she floated around the New Shepard spacecraft.Perry even serenaded her fellow travelers — she calls them “astronaut girlie friends” — in flight.“Katy sang ‘What a Wonderful World,'” said King.“’Cause we’ve been asking her to sing all the time and she wouldn’t.

Everyone said sing ‘Roar,’ sing “Firework,’ and she said, ‘It’s not about me.I wanted to talk about the world.’ Isn’t that nice?”For the first time in the history of flight, barf bags were needed for spectators on the ground.No wonder this faux-feminist crew were subject to moc...

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Publisher: New York Post

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