Katy Perry Blasts Off Haters After Blue Origin Spaceflight, Gayle King Teases Next 'Mission'

Katy Perry isn’t letting gravity—or critics—bring her down. After nabbing a spot on Blue Origin’s New Shepard and facing a cosmic amount of backlash, the pop megastar took her message straight to the fans during her Lifetimes Tour kickoff in Mexico City. Perry, never one to shy away from a dramatic entrance, posed a question that felt aimed at every armchair astronaut doubting her: "Has anyone ever called your dreams crazy?"

She doubled down on space vibes by inviting two audience members in full spacesuits up on stage, joking, "I want these gentlemen to come on stage, because they are dressed like my most current timeline." Apparently, when life gives you haters, you give them moon boots.

On April 14, Perry joined a powerhouse all-female crew for the Blue Origin mission. Sharing the capsule were journalist Lauren Sanchez, TV host Gayle King, film producer Kerianne Flynn, former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, and civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen. That’s not so much a crew as it is a galaxy of female stars—and they actually went to space, not just figuratively.

Gayle King, recently honored at the TIME100 Gala (where the guest list sparkled with names like Snoop Dogg, Blake Lively, Serena Williams, and Scarlett Johansson), reflected on the journey. "It was Katy, and it was Lauren, it was names you know, but to me, Amanda Nguyen, Aisha Bowe, Carrie Anne Flynn—these women who were rocket scientists… astrophysicists… filmmakers and all their backstories, that to me was such a bonding experience for all of us. We'll never forget it."

King also spilled the tea on the crew’s next big mission: a group trip to one of Perry’s concerts. Intergalactic travel one week, dancing to "Roar" the next. Priorities, people.

When asked about the larger purpose of Blue Origin’s space jaunts—especially amid criticism over the ticket price (think $150,000 deposits) and the brief 11-minute flight—King defended the project. She pointed out that, much like commercial air travel seemed “crazy” a century ago, space tourism is about making the extraordinary accessible. "The goal, I know, is to one day that everybody can experience it, who wants to, and I don't think that's such a far-fetched idea."

Of course, not everyone’s buying a ticket to zero gravity. Martha Stewart couldn’t resist posting a throwback of her own anti-gravity flight, cheekily quoting Perry’s "Firework" lyrics: "Do you ever feel like a plastic bag drifting through the wind?" Meanwhile, Amy Schumer hopped into the joke parade, fake-announcing she’d been selected for the Blue Origin crew last minute. If there’s one thing space flights are good for, it’s launching celebrity memes into orbit.