Katy Perry targeted by iconic fast-food chain and pop rival Kesha in nasty X posts that mock her Blue Origin mission
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Katy Perry's Blue Origin space mission was mocked by fast food chain Wendy's and her pop rival Kesha on Monday.
While numerous celebrities have criticized the star-studded, all-female space flight on Monday, Wendy's made their surprise stance on it public with a Tweet targeting Perry.
The official page for the burger joint commented on a photo of the singer in her space suit shared by Pop Crave, which had the caption 'Katy Perry has returned from space.'
Wendy's responded with a comment that read: 'Can we send her back.'
The Wendy’s account went on to repost photos of Katy kissing the ground after landing back on Earth. 'I kissed the ground and I liked it,' they wrote, in reference to Katy's song 'I Kissed a Girl.'
Kesha piled onto the drama, posting a snap of herself enjoying a Wendy's shake and smiling.
Many have been criticizing the historic 11-minute expedition, which briefly carried Perry, Lauren Sanchez, Gayle King, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen, former rocket scientist Aisha Bowe and filmmaker Kerianne Flynn into space.
After one account pointed out that Perry was only in space for 10 minutes, Wendy’s wrote back, 'Don’t short change her it was 11 minutes.'
Another fan wrote, 'Good one Wendy' to which the account replied, 'I’m a woman send me to space.'
After another fan made a pun at Perry's song writing, 'The taste of her cherry starship…' Wendy's wrote back, 'When we said women in stem this isn’t what we meant.'
One fan wrote: 'Ohhhhh I’m bout to buy some Wendy’s now.'
'This is why you are superior to @Arbys,' another added.
Kesha's jab at Perry comes after the Dark Horse singer's controversial reunion with Dr. Luke, who settled a defamation lawsuit with Kesha in 2023, after she claimed in a 2014 lawsuit that he had sexually and physically abused her.
Perry collaborated with music professional on her flop comeback album, 143. They previously worked together on hit singles such as 2008's I Kissed a Girl, 2010's California Gurls and 2013's Roar.
Last September Katy addressed the controversy surrounding her working with the producer, and insisted that her lyrics all come from her own personal experiences and do not reflect the views of the producer.
Kesha, whose full name is Kesha Rose Sebert, tweeted 'lol' in the wake of news Perry and Dr. Luke would be collaborating.
Kesha and Dr. Luke announced they had settled their long-running legal battle in June of 2023.
Kesha said in a statement at the conclusion of the proceedings, 'Only God knows what happened that night' while Dr. Luke said he was 'absolutely certain that nothing happened' and that he 'never drugged or assaulted her.'
Model Emily Ratajkowski was also among the growing number of stars criticizing Blue Origin for the space flight.
She said she was 'disgusted' by the expedition.
'That space mission this morning? That’s end time s**t. Like, this is beyond parody,' Ratajkowski said in a TikTok video.
'That you care about Mother Earth and it’s about Mother Earth, and you’re going up in a spaceship that is built and paid for by a company that’s singlehandedly destroying the planet?' she went on.
Blue Origin is owned by billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, 61, who is engaged to Sanchez, 55.
Ratajkowski continued, wondering about the purpose of the quick space journey. 'Look at the state of the world and think about how many resources went into putting these women into space. For what? What was the marketing there?'
'And then to try to make it like... I'm disgusted, literally I'm disgusted.'
Ratajkowski was not the only star taking jabs at the space mission. Olivia Wilde and Olivia Munn also shared their disapproval.
Having safely returned to Texas, Perry was photographed kissing the ground, a picture that quickly spread across social media.
Wilde shared the photo to her Instagram Stories, writing, 'Billion dollars bought some good memes I guess.'
Earlier this month, Munn slammed the space mission ahead of its launch, while appearing on Today With Jenna And Friends.
'What are they doing? Like why? You know what I mean?' she said. 'I know that this is probably not the cool thing to say, but there are so many other things that are so important in the world right now.'
Munn then added, 'What are you going to do up in space? What are you doing up there?'
The mother-of-two went on to compare the launch to a ride at Disneyland, before asking why those on the trip needed 'to tell' everyone about it, versus just going up, having a nice time and coming back down.
'I know that this is probably obnoxious - but like, it's so much money to go to space. You know, there's a lot of people that can't even afford eggs,' she stressed.
Host, Jenna Bush Hager, then informed Olivia that the all-female crew will go to space 'in glam' which prompted the actress to give a confused reaction.
'They are getting their hair done, their makeup done, even eyelash extensions,' Hager continued.
Munn was left speechless once again and then questioned, 'They said this out loud?'
The actress silently shook her head and Hager humorously added, 'Yeah, and a lot of eyelash glue to nail that baby down. That's what I can't stop thinking about.'
Blue Origin Flight NS-31 marked the first launch with an all-female crew since Russian astronaut Valentina Tereshkova's solo space flight in 1963.
After the crew touched down, a number of celebrities called out their voyage on social media.
Gayle and Sanchez did not hold back as they defended their choice to embark on Blue Origin's first all-female flight.
Hours after their round-trip expedition, the duo answered questions about the backlash over their voyage, specifically what they thought about Munn calling the trip 'gluttonous.'
King, 70, revealed to People that she feels that anyone 'criticizing it doesn’t really understand what is happening here.'
'We can all speak to the response we're getting from young women from young girls about what this represents,' the the journalist said, in defense of their trip to space.
Meanwhile, Sánchez, revealed the judgment gets her 'really fired up.'
'I would love to have them come to Blue Origin and see the thousands of employees that don't just work here but they put their heart and soul into this vehicle,' she said of their critics.
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