Supermodel Emily Ratajkowski has joined those criticizing the Blue Origin all-female flight to space.
On April 14, Jeff Bezos’s fiancée, Lauren Sanchez, pop star Katy Perry, broadcaster Gayle King, NASA rock scientist Aisha Bowe, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen, and movie producer Kerianne Flynn completed an 11-minute space flight.
However, diverse reactions have trailed the trip’s aftermath, with some wondering its significance.
Ratajkowski didn’t waste time condemning the Blue Origin all-women space trip.
She reacted to the flight via a video post on TikTok on Monday. “That space mission this morning, that’s end time sh-t. Like this is beyond parody,” she began.
Ratajkowski then targeted Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in the next part of the clip. She said, “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’s single-handedly destroying the planet?”
She added, “Look at the state of the world and think about how many resources went into putting these women into space. For what? For what? What was the marketing there?”
The model concluded, “And then to try to make it like… I’m disgusted. Literally, I’m disgusted.”
On Tuesday, Ratajkowski shared another video on TikTok, elaborating on her rant about the all-women space trip.
She began, “Okay, I’m back. I have more to say,” before adding, “I think that this space mission is confusing to people because seeing women and people of color in spaces like science and politics that have not previously included them feels and looks like, really looks like, optically looks like progress.”