It’s been two and a half weeks since the pop star Katy Perry went to space for eleven minutes as part of Jeff Bezos’ all-female Blue Origin crew. Unfortunately for Perry, this has since blown up in her face, as the mission has been met with tons of backlash.
Now, Perry has finally gotten some good news. Indeed, her fellow singer Lily Allen has issued an apology to Perry for criticizing her Blue Origin space flight.
Allen Apologizes To Perry
Allen, 39, apologized to Perry, 40, on the latest episode of her Miss Me? podcast. Allen blamed her criticism of Perry’s space flight on her “own internalized misogyny.”
“Because we’re talking about a very famous female person who’s a bit divisive, I would actually like to apologize for being mean about Katy Perry last week,” Allen said, referring to remarks she made on a previous podcast episode.
“There was actually no need for me to bring her name into it. And it was my own internalized misogyny,” she continued. “I’ve been thinking about it a lot and it was just completely unnecessary to pile on with her.”
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Allen Doubles Down
Allen went on to say that while she doesn’t support the Blue Origin space flight, she regrets singling Perry out.
“I disagree with what it was that they did, but she wasn’t the only person that did it. She was possibly the most famous and the one that — it divides people the most,” Allen explained. “I don’t know, there was something in me that decided to choose her as the person… Well, anyway, I’m just sorry. I would have been hurt if it had been me and someone in my industry used me and my name.”
“I’m sorry. I’m sorry, Katy Perry,” she concluded. “I know you don’t listen to the show, but yeah, sorry.”
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Perry’s Blue Origin Space Flight
Perry travelled to space on the Blue Origin flight on April 14. She was joined by CBS Mornings host Gayle King, former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, filmmaker Kerianne Flynn, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen and Bezos’ fiancée, Lauren Sánchez.
All of the women have been hit with backlash over the flight. However, Perry has taken the most heat by far. According to Daily Mail, Perry’s career has been “ruined” by this controversy.
On Wednesday, Perry took to Instagram to admit that she feels “battered and bruised” in the wake of all the backlash that has poured in.
“When the ‘online’ world tries to make me a human Piñata, I take it with grace and send them love, cause I know so many people are hurting in so many ways and the internet is very much so a dumping ground for unhinged and unhealed,” she stated. “What’s real is seeing your faces every night, singing in unison, reading your notes, feeling your warmth. I find people to lock eyes and sing with and I know we are healing each other in a small way when I get to do that.”
“I’m not perfect, and I actually have omitted that word from my vocabulary, I’m on a human journey playing the game of life with an audience of many and sometimes I fall but… I get back up and go on and continue to play the game and somehow through my battered and bruised adventure I keep looking to the light and in that light a new level UNLOCKS,” Perry concluded.
After weeks of so much backlash, Allen’s apology undoubtedly came as very good news to Perry. Only time will tell if Perry’s career can ever recover from this!
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