{"id":1949414,"date":"2025-08-08T13:44:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T13:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1949414"},"modified":"2025-08-08T13:44:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T13:44:43","slug":"mariah-carey-just-learned-of-katy-perrys-origin-space-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/mariah-carey-just-learned-of-katy-perrys-origin-space-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariah Carey just learned of Katy Perry&#8217;s Origin space flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F08%2Fmariah-katy.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>She doesn\u2019t know her.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mariah Carey isn\u2019t keeping up with the news around Katy Perry.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Four months after the \u201cTeenage Dream\u201d singer, 40, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/04\/16\/media\/gayle-king-responds-to-backlash-over-all-female-blue-origin-flight\/\">went to space on the Blue Origin flight<\/a> in April, Carey, 56, is apparently just learning about it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During an interview on \u201cThe Scott Mills Breakfast Show\u201d on BBC\u2019s Radio 2, Mills asked the \u201cWe Belong Together\u201d singer if she would also go to space like Perry.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Carey seemed confused, and replied, \u201cDid she go to space?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Mariah Carey on \u201cThe Scott Mills Breakfast Show.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">The Scott Mills Breakfast Show<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Katy Perry after landing from the Blue Origin flight on April 14, 2025. <span class=\"credit\">ZUMAPRESS.com \/ MEGA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Mariah Carey performs at Preston Park in Brighton, England, on August 2, 2025. <span class=\"credit\">WireImage for ABA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When the host assured her that Perry did indeed do that, Carey repeated, with apparent disbelief and confusion,\u00a0\u201cWhere\u2019d she go?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mills seemed confused and said, \u201cSpace?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInto orbit and back? She\u2019s, like, floating?\u201d the \u201cAll I Want For Christmas Is You\u201d singer asked. <\/p>\n<p>Carey added, \u201cAnd this is true? Wow. All right, Katy.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Mariah Carey during her interview.  <span class=\"credit\">The Scott Mills Breakfast Show<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Host Scott Mills, explaining Katy Perry\u2019s space trip to Mariah Carey.  <span class=\"credit\">The Scott Mills Breakfast Show<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Carey\u2019s blunt reply about Perry\u2019s space adventure is similar to her famous \u201cI don\u2019t know her\u201d comment.<\/p>\n<p>The hilarious snub has since become a meme, but the quote originated in 2003 when Carey was asked about Jennifer Lopez, who was perceived as her rival, and she replied, \u201cI don\u2019t know her.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Perry \u2013 who <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/03\/entertainment\/katy-perry-orlando-bloom-confirm-split-after-ending-engagement\/\">split from fiance Orlando Bloom<\/a>, 48, in July \u2013\u00a0went on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/04\/15\/us-news\/gayle-king-lauren-sanchez-clap-back-at-critics-over-blue-origin-mission-i-get-really-fired-up\/\">the all-female flight on April 14<\/a>. She was joined by Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos\u2019 then-fianc\u00e9e, Lauren S\u00e1nchez,\u00a0film producer Kerianne Flynn, CBS host Gayle King, NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, and civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen.<\/p>\n<p>The flight lasted roughly 10 minutes, and although the rocket elevated high enough to qualify as going to \u201cspace,\u201d nobody exited the vessel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Katy Perry and journalists Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez on the Blue Origin rocket.  <span class=\"credit\">Blue Origin<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The Blue Origin crew: Lauren S\u00e1nchez, Katy Perry, Aisha Bowe, Kerianne Flynn, Gayle King, and Amanda Nguy\u1ec5n. <span class=\"credit\">Blue Origin<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Perry, who shares 4-year-old daughter Daisy with the \u201cLord of the Rings\u201d actor, brought a daisy with her on the flight as a nod to her daughter.\u00a0(<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/03\/entertainment\/katy-perry-orlando-bloom-confirm-split-after-ending-engagement\/\">She and Bloom announced their split in July.<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>The high-profile trip <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/04\/17\/entertainment\/katy-perry-space-mess-shows-the-world-is-fed-up-with-entitled-celebs-who-think-they-are-owed-adoration\/\">drew backlash for being a \u201cvanity project,\u201d<\/a> even as it described itself as historical for having an all-female crew, and Perry was mocked for a photo of her kissing the ground after landing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Olivia Munn<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/04\/14\/entertainment\/olivia-munn-amy-schumer-olivia-wilde-mock-all-female-blue-origin-launch\/\"> called the mission \u201cgluttonous\u201d<\/a> in April.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat are they doing?\u201d the actress, 44, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/04\/03\/celebrity-news\/olivia-munn-slams-gluttonous-female-blue-origin-crew-going-to-space\/\">said on \u201cToday With Jenna &amp; Friends.<\/a>\u201d \u201cI know this probably isn\u2019t the cool thing to say, but there are so many other things that are so important in the world right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know this is probably obnoxious,\u201d Munn added, \u201cbut like, it\u2019s so much money to go to space, and there\u2019s a lot of people who can\u2019t even afford eggs. What\u2019s the point? Is it historic that you guys are going on a ride? I think it\u2019s a bit gluttonous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpace exploration was to further our knowledge and to help mankind. What are they gonna do up there that has made it better for us down here?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Katy Perry in her Blue Origin portrait.  <span class=\"credit\">ZUMAPRESS.com \/ MEGA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Katy Perry holding a daisy for her daughter in the Blue Origin vessel on April 14.  <span class=\"credit\">Blue Origin<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Olivia Wilde also mocked the Blue Origin flight <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stories\/oliviawilde\/3610655396926417274\/?hl=en\">on her Instagram Story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBillion dollars bought some good memes I guess,\u201d she captioned a photo of Perry returning to Earth and kissing the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Emily Ratajkowski, meanwhile, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/04\/14\/entertainment\/olivia-munn-amy-schumer-olivia-wilde-mock-all-female-blue-origin-launch\/\">said it was<\/a> \u201cbeyond parody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The model blasted the group, \u201cSaying that you care about Mother Earth and it\u2019s about Mother Earth, and you\u2019re going up in a spaceship that is built and paid for by a company that\u2019s singlehandedly destroying the planet.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Mariah Carey on Aug. 2, 2025.  <span class=\"credit\">M.T.W. \/ SplashNews.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Even brands got in jabs at the \u201cI Kissed A Girl\u201d singer, as<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/04\/17\/entertainment\/katy-perry-space-mess-shows-the-world-is-fed-up-with-entitled-celebs-who-think-they-are-owed-adoration\/\"> fast-food giant Wendy\u2019s tweeted<\/a> \u201cCan we send her back\u201d in response to news that Perry had returned from space.<\/p>\n<p>Perry took to social media later in April<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/04\/29\/entertainment\/katy-perry-addresses-fans-after-blue-origin-backlash-i-am-okay\/\"> to address her critics,<\/a> who she called \u201cunhinged.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the \u2018online\u2019 world tries to make me a human pi\u00f1ata, I take it with grace and send them love,\u201d she wrote. \u201cCause I know so many people are hurting in so many ways and the internet is very much so a dumping ground for unhinged and unhealed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 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