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Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez, Gayle King, Kerianne Flynn, Amanda Nguyen and Aisha Bowe celebrate after touching down from their flight to spaceCredit: The Mega Agency 8<\/p>\n It was just one of an asteroid field of affirmations from our star trekkers so vomit-inducing they would even make Meghan Markle cringeCredit: Getty<\/p>\n Oh wait, it\u2019s even worse than we thought\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009now they\u2019re coming back to Earth<\/a>.<\/p>\n As UFOs<\/a> go, Katy Perry<\/a> and her fellow NASAssists on their Mission To Nowhere was quite the spectacle.<\/p>\n Here was a group of some of the most privileged women on the planet being shot into orbit to become the most privileged women in space.<\/p>\n Six ladies who launch on a pointless 11-minute vanity voyage that was over and done with before you had a chance to register, no that really was pop star Katy Perry<\/a> looking like one of those Lycra-clad lasses from the Cannonball Run.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, we were all supposed to believe this Blue Origin<\/a> launch was not a $150,000-a-head joyride for six rich chicks in designer jumpsuits but a giant leap for womankind.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s an important moment for the future of commercial space travel and for humanity in general and for women all around,\u201d gushed Perry in full competition-winner mode. <\/p>\n She went on to inform us she had felt \u201csuper-connected to love\u201d 62 miles above her loyal fanbase.<\/p>\n \u201cI think this experience has shown me you never know how much love is inside of you,\u201d she declared.<\/p>\n It was just one of an asteroid field of affirmations from our star trekkers so vomit-inducing they would even make Meghan Markle<\/a> cringe.<\/p>\n Much was made of the fact that \u201csocial entrepreneur\u201d Amanda Nguyen had become the first Vietnamese woman in space. <\/p>\n Emily Ratajkowski blasts Katy Perry & Blue Origin astronauts for ‘destroying planet’ in video rant after space flight<\/p>\n Ditto, aerospace engineer Aisha Bowe, who had finally put the Bahamas<\/a> beyond the blue. <\/p>\n Two claims that made you wonder if we\u2019d all been missing the most important aspect of exploring space.<\/p>\n That being: To ensure that someone from every country on the planet has spent some time above it performing a weightless somersault while holding a daisy and simultaneously shrieking at glass-shattering decibels.<\/p>\n What next? Will press gangs be sent to far-flung places like Togo and the Federated States of Micronesia to enforce global compliance?<\/p>\n 8<\/p>\n Perry and five other women took off from the Blue Origin base in TexasCredit: The Mega Agency 8<\/p>\n Perry gave an emotional speech about ‘love and belonging’ after the 11-minute missionCredit: Blue Origin<\/p>\n And women only, please! Oh gimme a break.<\/p>\n It\u2019s no wonder Perry and her pampered passengers\u2019 aerospace antics were quick to be lampooned \u2014 most hilariously by women, from comedian Amy Schumer<\/a> to singer Kesha<\/a>.<\/p>\n Along with all the cheap (but funny) shots, such as the Wendy\u2019s<\/a> burger chain asking on Twitter\/X<\/a>, \u201ccan we send her back\u201d were some more profound jabs.<\/p>\n Model Emily Ratajkowski<\/a> spoke for many when she harrumphed: \u201cYou say you care about Mother Earth, and you\u2019re going up in a spaceship that is built and paid for by a company that is single-handedly destroying the planet.\u201d Ouch!<\/p>\n But of course the real reason for this week\u2019s heavenly hi-jinks is far from rocket science.<\/p>\n And it had little to do with women\u2019s achievements and a whole lot to do with\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009 you guessed it: Men. And two men in particular.<\/p>\n Billionaire boys\u2019 toys<\/p>\n Monday\u2019s launch was just the latest instalment in the seemingly never-ending cock rocket contest between Jeff Bezos<\/a>, who paid for this orbital odyssey (and whose fianc\u00e9e Lauren Sanchez<\/a> was, of course, on board) and his fellow maniacal manchild, Elon Musk<\/a>.<\/p>\n You\u2019ll remember Musk\u2019s previous SpaceX<\/a> missions, like the time he sent up one of his electric cars with a dummy in the driving seat.<\/p>\n OK, dude.<\/p>\n This is what space travel has become \u2014 a celestial train set for men so rich they literally have money to burn (a tank of rocket fuel costs at least $200,000).<\/p>\n Both Bezos and Musk like to dress up their billionaire boys\u2019 toys playtime as some sort of benevolent gesture to the rest of the planet.<\/p>\n As if the problems of all the world\u2019s poor and downtrodden will somehow evaporate overnight when Musk drives a Tesla on Mars\u2019s first motorway.<\/p>\n Or when Bezos delivers his first Amazon<\/a> package to ET\u2019s wheelie bin.<\/p>\n No \u2014 move over, cocaine \u2014 commercial space travel is now God\u2019s way of telling you you\u2019ve got too much money.<\/p>\n So I\u2019m sorry to knock you off that \u201csuper-connected\u201d nebula of love, Katy.<\/p>\n But with your cynical stunt you just completed yet another giant step\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009for a man.<\/p>\n PS ALIEN life may exist on a planet \u200a729,000,000,000,000 miles away, according to boffins from Cambridge University. <\/p>\n Which makes for a great round two for Perry and her pals.<\/p>\n The trip will take at least 248 years to complete, there and back. <\/p>\n So by the time they return to Mother Earth we\u2019ll all be dead and won\u2019t have to listen to how bloody \u201cempowering\u201d they found it.<\/p>\n Votes must be Erned \u2013 just ask Nigel<\/p>\n OUR survey this week on what people think of our party leaders didn\u2019t surprise me one bit.<\/p>\n Reform\u2019s<\/a> Nigel Farage<\/a> has more charisma than the other three \u2013 don\u2019t forget Ed Davey! \u2013 put together.<\/p>\n 8<\/p>\n Nigel Farage has a whole heap of problems to overcome \u2013 not least all those nasty racists and bigots in his partyCredit: x\/@nigel_farage<\/p>\n Coupled with a solid grasp of what\u2019s actually going wrong with this country, and a thick enough hide to actually spell it out, he is an attractive solution for many.<\/p>\n Of course, Nigel has a whole heap of problems to overcome \u2013 not least all those nasty racists and bigots<\/a> in his party \u2013 before he can even dream of building that smoking shed at Number 10.<\/p>\n But I can see why he\u2019s giving the likes of Tory leader Kemi Badenoch<\/a> the heebie-jeebies.<\/p>\n She is the polar opposite of tab-puffing, pint-swilling \u201cman of the people\u201d Farage.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve no doubt Kemi means well, but she often comes across as so uptight she makes Theresa May<\/a> look like a barrel of laughs.<\/p>\n The plain-speaking MP for North West Essex will say she doesn\u2019t care about such trivial matters.<\/p>\n But I think the electorate do.<\/p>\n In politics, selling the sizzle can be just as important as selling the sausage.<\/p>\n Look at the affection Boris Johnson had in the Red Wall seats she urgently needs to win over.<\/p>\n Likeability matters.<\/p>\n Kemi can be as tough on this, that and the other as she likes, but she needs to find a bit of the X Factor before voters will give her their \u201cX\u201d.<\/p>\n BITTER SWEET TIMES<\/p>\n HOW sad that youngsters find beer that is called \u201cbitter\u201d or \u201cmild\u201d too challenging.<\/p>\n They need it watered down and given a jazzier name, according to Wye Valley Brewery, which has just given one of its ales the gibberish moniker \u201cPyoneer\u201d.<\/p>\n 8<\/p>\n Wye Valley Brewery’s Pyoneer<\/p>\n A session on the bitter or mild is a rite of passage.<\/p>\n If you can stomach a beverage that looks like Worzel Gummidge\u2019s bath water, you\u2019ll be set up for any other drinks that may come your way in later life.<\/p>\n Growing up, I guzzled gallons of Stones Bitter at my local in Derbyshire.<\/p>\n A few years necking that and I was ready for anything the barman had to offer.<\/p>\n Just in time for my 18th birthday.<\/p>\n BRAVE FRED\u2019S LESSON<\/p>\n HEARTBREAKING to watch Freddie Flintoff<\/a> in the new trailer for his Disney+<\/a> documentary about his life-changing 2022 horror smash.<\/p>\n He was a very lucky lad indeed. <\/p>\n 8<\/p>\n Freddie Flintoff in his Disney+ documentary about his life-changing 2022 horror smashCredit: PA<\/p>\n And it has been a gruelling comeback for the former cricket dynamo as he slowly pieces back together his handsome face.<\/p>\n But in spite of all this misery, we haven\u2019t heard a single \u201cwoe is me\u201d comment from the no-nonsense Lancastrian.<\/p>\n His determination to bounce back and selflessly help others through his excellent Field Of Dreams TV series was inspiring.<\/p>\n Bravery and positivity \u2013 that\u2019s a lesson to us all.<\/p>\n POOR old Prince George<\/a> having to witness Aston Villa<\/a> get booted out of the Champions League<\/a> after such a nail-biting game.<\/p>\n Still, it\u2019s all part of and parcel of being a football fan \u2013 for every soaring high there is a soul-sapping low just around the corner (or six if, like me, you follow Man United<\/a>).<\/p>\n![\"Meghan](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/meghan-markle-attends-paley-center-982396712.jpg\")
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