Olivia Wilde criticizes Blue Origin’s all-female flight: ‘Billion dollars bought some good memes’
Olivia Wilde shares her thoughts on Blue Origin's all-female flight, featuring Katy Perry, Gayle King, and other women; mocking the mission after it returned on April 14.
Olivia Wilde has voiced her opinion about Blue Origin's recent all-female space flight, mocking the mission with a meme shared on her Instagram stories. The meme showed photos of singer Katy Perry from her return to Earth after the spaceflight, with Wilde sarcastically commenting that billion dollars bought some "good memes."
This comment followed the flight's return on April 14, which included a crew of women such as Perry, Gayle King, and others, sparking both support and criticism from the public.
Blue Origin's all-female crew
The flight was part od Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket program and consisted of 6 women with extraordinary careers in their respective fields:
Blue Origin's all-female crew for the "New Shepard" mission. Photo: Blue Origin
- Katy Perry - Singer
- Gayle King - Journalist
- Lauren Sánchez - Philanthropist
- Aisha Bowe - Former NASA rocket scientist
- Amanda Nguyen - Bioastronautics research scientist
- Kerianne Flynn - Film producer
Olivia Wilde mocks the space trip with sarcastic meme
Despite the success of the event, the mission did not pass without some controversy. Important figures like, Olivia Wild, Olivia Munn and Emily Ratajkowski questioned the relevance of such space trips given the current global challenges.
Katy Perry kissing the ground after returning from space in Blue Origin's mission. Photo: People
The first one, shared a meme on her Instagram Stories, which showed Katy Perry kissing the ground and a photo of her holding a daisy (for her daughter, Daisy Dove) upon returning from space. Wilde wrote the caption: "Billion dollars bought some good memes, I guess."
Katy Perry holding a daisy after the Blue Origin's mission. Photo: The Standard