The famous chain of restaurants that suggested that Katy Perry stay in space has nuanced his position
Katy Perry in space, aboard the Blue Origin, photo: JLPPA / Bestimage / Profimedia
Wendy's, one of the most popular restaurant chains in the United States, sent a statement against the controversy it started with a message suggesting that Pop Katy Perry interpreter be sent back to space after the Blue Origin shuttle that brought it outside the Earth's atmosphere, Variety magazine reports.
A message from the fast-food restaurant chain was viral on social networks earlier this week, after Perry participated, along with TV presenter Gayle King, Lauren Sanchez-Jeff Bezos-and other women, on a space in space organized by Blue Origin.
The “Pop Crave” page announced on the “X” network, the former Twitter, that “Katy Perry returned from space” after the mission ends. Wendy's social media pages replied: “Can we send it back?”.
The fast food chain then distributed another message on “X”, criticizing the launch of Blue Origin, the aerospace company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos: “When I said women in the stem (English acronym for science, technology, engineers and mathematics), not what we referred to.”
People magazine has published an article claiming that Wendy's should apologize to Perry.
“It is a billion dollars brand that uses its platform to publicly humiliate a woman,” said a source for People.
Wendy's speaks of Katy Perry's “out of the ordinary talent”
The company responded to the material published by the magazine in a statement sent to it.
“We always spice the messages on our social pages a little, but Wendy's has a huge respect for Katy Perry and her talent out of the ordinary,” a restaurant chain official said.
Variety magazine emphasizes that the new message of Wendy's does not contain the 40-year-old singer, but also recalls that the flight in space with Blue Origin has been criticized in numerous messages published on social networks.
Space Unlocks a View That Shifts Your Perspectives Forever.
On April 14, Blue Origin Successfully Completed Its 11th Human Spaceflight for the New Shepard Program. pic.twitter.com/rusr5gdnlx
– Blue Origin (@blueorigin) April 16, 2025
A trip in controversial space
Although the stated purpose of the trip was to draw attention to women in the field of aeronautics, celebrities such as actress Olivia Munn criticized the mission calling it “greedy”. “There are so many other important things in the world now. What are you going to do up there in space?” He noted.
Actresses such as Amy Schumer, Olivia Wilde and Emily Ratajkowski also distributed critical messages about Blue Origin.
The TV presenter Gayle King, one of the women taken by Blue Origin in space with Perry and Sanchez, defended the trip in an interview for the Extra show.
“I think it is good that we can talk about it … Because I was one of the people who, before going in that flight and before he was informed, wondered: 'Why do we spend so much money on space, when there is so much to do on earth?' I was even one of those people, “she said.
King said he changed his opinion after finding out “what Blue Origin is doing”, which, according to her, is to try to “find a way to capitalize on the waste on Earth and send them to space to make the planet a better place.”
“I would like people to document themselves better. And then my question is: were you in space? Go to space or go to Blue Origin to see what I do there, and then you say, 'It's a horrible thing,” insisted the veteran TV presenter.
