Joe Rogan is chiming in on Katy Perry’s space mission.
We are officially a week away from the Blue Origin all-female space mission. Last Monday, Jeff Bezos’ fianceé, Lauren Sánchez, led an all-female crew into space on an 11-minute mission to test newly developed space suits, which are more flattering to women’s bodies when compared to traditional space suits.
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After their short trip to space, social media quickly began roasting the women for saying how transformative the experience was. Of course, it takes a lot of bravery to go to space, but given the current state of the world, paired with the fact that NASA just brought home astronauts who had been stuck in space for nine months, the public agreed that this whole mission felt tone deaf.
Katy Perry quickly became the poster child for all memes surrounding the mission after she was seen kissing the ground upon emerging from the capsule. She even got mocked by Wendy’s.
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This moment led to major companies like Wendy’s capitalizing on the comical moment. Also, it opened the gates for a lot of hate from public figures like Emily Ratajkowski, Amy Schumer, Olivia Munn, Martha Stewart, and more.
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Now, another big name is chiming in on the mission, as Joe Rogan and comedian Tim Dillon talked about the moment during the episode of The Joe Rogan Experience that dropped over the weekend.
Rogan sarcastically started this segment of the podcast episode, saying that the mission was “very profound.”
“I don’t know if you’ve seen Katy Perry talk about it, but she’s basically a guru now.”
Rogan also made a sarcastic remark that we should “celebrate female astronauts,” although the Transportation Secretary clarified that the members of this female crew do not meet the requirements to be called astronauts.
Rogan and Dillon then begin laughing before watching interview clips of all the women who were in the capsule after their landing. Dillion notes that he thinks the media are targeting these women after this mission because:
“It’s funny to see someone with no self-awareness; they are always the most fun.”
Dillon notes that it’s rich that Sánchez is saying, “we are all in this together,” after landing, because she’s married to the wealthiest man. If we were all in it together, Dillion thinks that we should be invited onto their yachts. That would prove we were all in it together… it certainly doesn’t feel like we’re “all in this together.”
While these two men could have gone on to criticize these women further, they left their remarks there, leaving listeners with the feeling that they, too, agreed the mission seemed pointless. The women defending themselves by saying they did something revolutionary come across as a bit out of touch with those statements.
I don’t think Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchéz, or Gayle King are escaping the hate anytime soon. As for the other three women, they have stayed out of the public eye since the mission, which was a good move because, at this point, most have forgotten who they were.
While the internet continues to roast these women, Sanchéz and King continue to defend their work, with King saying:
“Anybody that’s criticizing it doesn’t really understand what is happening here. We can all speak to the response we’re getting from young women from young girls about what this represents.”
Sánchez added to King’s thought that she thinks it’s crucial that people not forget about how much Blue Origin employees pour into these projects, if you will, and it shouldn’t be dismissed:
“I get really fired up. I would love to have them come to Blue Origin and see the thousands of employees that don’t just work here but they put their heart and soul into this vehicle. They love their work and they love the mission and it’s a big deal for them. So when we hear comments like that, I just say, ‘Trust me. Come with me. I’ll show you what this is about, and it’s, it’s really eye-opening.’”
Regardless of what these women think after the fact, I think it’s safe to assume they won’t be making another trip to space anytime soon, given all the backlash they’ve received.
