Martha Stewart’s Zero-Gravity Zinger at Blue Origin Flight
Okay, you clearly need this spelled out—Martha Stewart just trolled Blue Origin’s all-female space mission with a dash of Katy Perry flair. On April 17, the 83‑year‑old doyenne of domestic bliss shared a throwback Instagram video of her 2007 zero‑gravity flight aboard Boeing’s G‑Force One, playfully captioning the clip with the opening lyrics to Perry’s “Firework”: “Do you ever feel like a plastic bag drifting through the wind?” While Stewart never names-checks the 40‑year‑old pop star, her timing is prime: Perry just wrapped up Blue Origin’s first all‑female flight on April 14, NS‑31, which rocketed six trailblazers—including Perry, journalist Gayle King, astronaut Amanda Nguyen and NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe—into an 11‑minute suborbital hop from West Texas. Stewart’s post—complete with footage of her somersaulting mid‑air and the cheeky remark, “In case you spaced out in 2007, Martha has always been ahead of her time ????”—prompted fans to gush, “The drag we needed!” and hail her as the “goddess of dinner parties and memes.”
Meanwhile, the space‑bound Perry has weathered her own splashdown of memes, ranging from scoffs at the brevity of her journey to jabs at her post‑landing ground‑kiss moment. Fast‑food giant Wendy’s even tweeted on X, “Can we send her back,” only to be publicly reprimanded as “disrespectful and blatantly inappropriate” by a source close to Perry (People Magazine). Wendy’s later issued a mea culpa, insisting they “always bring a little spice to our socials” and hold “out‑of‑this‑world respect” for Perry.
So here’s the tea: Stewart may be decades older than Perry, but she showed she still knows how to steal headlines—without ever leaving Earth’s atmosphere. She effortlessly reminded us that true pioneers come in all ages and that a well‑placed lyric can land harder than a rocket booster. Interested in more celeb space spats, zero‑gravity throwbacks and viral clap‑backs? Buckle up; the next orbit of sass is just a scroll away. Glad I could clear that up for you.
Sources: Celebrity Storm and People Magazine, Martha Stewart’s Instagram, AFP via Getty
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