On April 14, pop singer Katy Perry was a part of an all-female crew for Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin mission. The entire crew included two other journalists, a filmmaker, a rocket scientist, and an activist as well. Perry has claimed for a while now that one of her biggest dreams was to go to space, which has finally come true. However, Perry can’t go a day without backlash. From kissing the ground when she came back to her new space-themed tour outfits, even the fast-food chain Wendy’s can’t stop themselves from commenting, “Can we send her back?” on social media.

Perry just started her tour for the first time in seven years, and just the other day, on April 24, she brought up two fans on stage dressed in astronaut suits. She stated, “They are dressed like my most current lifetime” after they came on stage. This aggravated fans because they are tired of hearing about the flight, especially when she wasn’t even there for that long, let alone did anything while she was up there. Many jokes have been made on social media platforms where people name a bunch of things that were longer than the space mission, including the “Defying Gravity” scene from Wicked and the “Mission: Space” ride at EPCOT in Disney World.

Blue Origin is already planning its next trip because of its “success”. Their whole goal is to make space “more accessible” to anyone who wants to go, despite how much criticism they received from real scientists and environmentalists. They claim they don’t have carbon emissions, but they still produce water vapor, which can contribute to global warming and damage the ozone layer. These facts also allowed Perry to get more backlash, as people started to hate on her more for not being environmentally friendly.

Overall, when a celebrity goes to space, they should expect immediate backlash. People claim that no rich person has gone to space for a legitimate reason, so they are just ruining the environment for their “amusement”. Perry doesn’t really care what people say about her anymore, but she should expect people to continue to sing her “Firework” lyrics back at her as she continues to travel to space: “Do you ever feel like a plastic bag, drifting through the wind?”