Lily Allen has reflected on the “mean” comments she made about Katy Perry‘s space flight, saying they stemmed from “internalised misogyny”.
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Earlier this month, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s space tourism company Blue Origin sent the ‘E.T.’ singer to space alongside an all-female crew – made up of TV host Gayle King, film producer Kerianne Flynn, scientist Amanda Nguyen, entrepreneur Aisha Bowe and author Lauren Sánchez.
The trip was roundly criticised, with actress Olivia Munn branding Perry “gluttonous”, Emily Ratajkowski saying she was similarly “disgusted” by the space flight and Allen calling the mission “out of touch”, saying there was “no fucking reason” for it.
Now, the ‘Smile’ singer has revised her comments and offered an apology to Perry on the latest episode of her Miss Me? podcast. “I would actually like to apologise for being mean about Katy Perry last week,” she told co-host Miquita Oliver (via Billboard).
“There was actually no need for me to bring her name into it, and it was my own internalized misogyny,” Allen added.
“I’ve been thinking about it a lot, and it was just completely unnecessary to pile on with her. I disagree with what it was that they did, but she wasn’t the only person that did it. She was possibly the most famous and the one that divides people the most.”
It follows a rocky few weeks for Perry, who was once again subject to social media virality after fans mocked the lacklustre choreography seen on her ‘Lifetimes’ tour, which kicked off in Mexico City last week.
“Doing so much but nothing at the same time,” one viewer wrote after awkward footage emerged, while another added: “What in the Star Wars??”
“It seemed so lifeless with such apathy, for opening night…she seems so over it already,” one less-impressed viewer chimed in, while another shared: “It looks like the behind-the-scenes video before they add the CGI”.
The tour’s commencement followed the singer announcing the cancellation of two shows in Guadalajara in May as the venue they were meant to take place in will not be constructed in time.
Later in the year, the ‘Firework’ singer is set to tour the UK and Europe – you see the full list of dates and get tickets here.
