Katy Perry hit back at the backlash she received for her Blue Origin space flight during the opening night of her “Lifetimes” tour.
The “Dark Horse” singer, who kicked off her trek Wednesday in Mexico City, recreated space choreography during the concert while dressed in a silver metal bodysuit.
At some points, she even flew in the air and took selfies with men dressed in blue NASA space suits.
Perry, 40, also addressed her critics directly, asking the audience, “Has anyone ever called your dreams crazy?” (per the Daily Mail).
Perry — along with Gayle King and Lauren Sánchez — faced criticism from stars and fans for their 10-minute voyage to space on Jeff Bezos’ New Shepard 31 spacecraft on April 14.
Former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen and film producer Kerianne Flynn also traveled on the historic trip.
Model Emily Ratajkowski said she was “disgusted” by their space launch.
“That space mission this morning? That’s end time s–t. Like, this is beyond parody,” she said on TikTok.
“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 single-handedly destroying the planet?”
Actress Jessica Chastain shared an opinion piece in the Guardian titled, “The Blue Origin flight showcased the utter defeat of American feminism.”
Olivia Munn, meanwhile, called out the millionaires for wasting “so much money” traveling to space as many Americans struggle to buy food.
“I know this probably isn’t the cool thing to say, but there are so many other things that are so important in the world right now,” the “Predator” actress, 44, said on “Today with Jenna & Friends” earlier this month.
“What are you guys gonna do up in space? What are you doing up there?” she asked.
Olivia Wilde also shaded the launch, writing, “Billion dollars bought some good memes I guess” alongside a carousel of memes posted by @betches, which featured an image of Perry kissing the ground after returning to Earth.
King, 70, and Sánchez, 55, clapped back at the criticism they and the other women on their space flight faced.
“Anybody that’s criticizing doesn’t really understand what is happening here,” the “CBS Mornings” co-host told People.
“We can all speak to the response we’re getting from young women from young girls about what this represents.”
As for Bezos’ fiancée, she said the negative comments got 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 noted.
“They love their work and they love the mission and it’s a big deal for them.”
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