- LOS ANGELES — Actress-singer
Lily Allen feels she was mean to singer-songwriter Katy Perry with regards to
her comments on the latter after her Blue Origin space flight. The 39-year-old
singer joined the chorus criticising the 'Firework' hitmaker and the all-female
crew, which included broadcaster Gayle King and Jeff Bezos' fiancee Lauren
Sanchez for their brief trip into orbit earlier this month.
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- Lily has now backtracked and expressed regret for her
"internalised misogyny", reports 'Female First UK'.
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- Speaking on her 'Miss Me?' podcast, Lily said, "I would
actually like to apologise for being mean about Katy Perry last week. Oh, there
was actually no need for me to bring her name into it, and it was my own
internalised misogyny".
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- As per 'Female First UK', Lily had previously singled out
the artist in her damning criticism of the space voyage.
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- The 'Smile' hitmaker said recently, "Do we want to talk
about Katy Perry and her mates all going up to space for 12 minutes? I mean,
what the f****** hell is that all about? But in all seriousness, What?
Why?"
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- Allen added, "We're on the brink of recession, people
are really f****** struggling to make ends meet and get food on their
table".
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- However, the star now has a different outlook on the matter
and expressed her regret at specifically targeting Katy.
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- She said, "I've been thinking about it a lot, and it
was just completely unnecessary to pile on with her. I mean, I disagree with
what it was that they did, but she wasn't the only person who did it. Yet, she
was possibly the most famous and the one that, you know, it divides people the
most".
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- Lily continued, "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. And I saw that, and I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Katy Perry. I know you don't,
don't listen to the show, but, yeah, sorry".
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- Lily isn't the only star to express her disapproval of the
Blue Origin space flight after model and actress Emily Ratajkowski branded it
as "beyond parody".
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- In a TikTok video, she ranted, "That space mission this
morning? That's end time s***. Like, this is beyond parody.
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- She further mentioned, "Saying 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 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?
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- "And then to try to make it like… I’m disgusted.
Literally, I’m disgusted".l, she added.
