‘Disgusted' Emily Ratajkowski Bashes Blue Origin Space Flight
While Jeff Bezos is (literally) falling all over himself to celebrate Blue Origin's all-female space flight, Emily Ratajkowski isn't feeling the festiveness of the occasion.
The outspoken actress/model posted a video to TikTok where she took issue with the celebrity-filled spaceflight, referring to it as 'end-time s--t.''This is beyond parody,' said the My Body author of the Bezos-funded flight. '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 is single handedly destroying the planet.'
The flight, which traveled approximately 62 miles above Earth and lasted just 11 minutes, was the first all-female crewed space flight. In addition to Bezos' fiancée, Lauren Sánchez, the other women onboard included singer Katy Perry, TV personality/Oprah's BFF Gayle King, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen, NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, and film producer Kerianne Flynn.
'Look at the state of the world and think about how many resources went into putting these women into space,' Ratajkowski continued. 'For what? What was the marketing there?'
'I'm disgusted,' Ratajkowski concluded.
Just six hours after she had posted the video, it had logged close to 900,000 views on TikTok, and had been shared by her followers on other social media networks. The original post also racked up close to 2,000 comments (so far), most of which seem to agree with Ratajkowski's take.
'A rocket launch gives off 200 to 300 tons of carbon dioxide,' one commenter replied, while another noted that, 'It's the opposite of empowering, it's so embarrassing.'
'That money could've gone to literally any other marginalized group,' read another comment. 'Single mothers, foster children, mental health services, terminally ill, etc.' Someone else wrote that, 'Nearly 14 million children in the U.S. experience food insecurity every year. Fourteen MILLION children don't know where their next meal is coming from, but yeah blue origin looks cool.'
While the cost of Monday's historic all-female flight has not been confirmed, any regular passenger looking to hitch a ride on a Blue Origin rocket needs to fork over $150,000 just to get the ball rolling.
Ratajkowski isn't alone in her criticism of the Blue Origin publicity stunt. Earlier this month, actress Olivia Munn shared her feelings on the seeming pointlessness of the event while speaking with Jenna Bush Hager on Jenna and Friends.
The Your Friends & Neighbors star was quick to suggest that 'There are so many other things that are so important in the world right now' before asking: 'What's the point? Is it historic that you guys are going on a ride? I think it's gluttonous.'
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