2<\/p>\n Katy Perry along with Aisha Bowe, Lauren Sanchez, Kerianne Flynn, Gayle King and Amanda N. Nguyen after blasting into spaceCredit: The Mega Agency 2<\/p>\n The reaction following the Blue Origin launch was nothing short of jealousyCredit: The Mega Agency<\/p>\n \u00a0It was historic. Emotional. Pink moon overhead.<\/p>\n \u00a0Pop icon Katy Perry<\/a> even burst into What a Wonderful World mid-flight. And yet, before they\u2019d even landed, they were being dragged back down to Earth\u2014not by gravity, but by some of our so-called \u2018sisters\u2019.<\/p>\n Model and professional scolder Emily Ratajkowski<\/a> declared the mission \u201cend time s**t,\u201d slamming the women for participating in a space trip funded by the billionaire devil of greed and environmental destruction. She asked, \u201cFor what? What was the marketing there?\u201d<\/p>\n Well Emily, you might want to take that up with Kim Kardashian<\/a>, who reportedly was invited \u2014 but instead of boarding, she sent Skims. Because unlike some, Kim recognises a good branding opportunity when she sees one.<\/p>\n Others, like Vicky Pattison<\/a>, mocked the flight, saying it looked like a group of \u201cuber-rich women fired into space in a schlong-shaped spaceship.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Yes, because heaven forbid a woman should dare to take up space\u2014literally or metaphorically\u2014without first apologising for it.<\/p>\n But perhaps the most telling backlash was aimed not at the mission itself, but at what the women wore.\u00a0<\/p>\n Critics sniffed that they looked \u201ctoo glamorous\u201d for space, as though they should\u2019ve turned up in sackcloth and Birkenstocks.<\/p>\n Conspiracies swirl after Blue Origin \u2018gaffe\u2019 as hatch opened \u2018from inside\u2019<\/p>\n Listen, if people can spend five figures on a wedding dress for an afternoon\u2019s swirl around a country house, I\u2019d argue an outfit for the edge of the Earth deserves a bit of razzmatazz.<\/p>\n You\u2019d think an all-woman mission, which included a civil rights activist, a former NASA<\/a> rocket scientist, and a TV icon like Gayle King<\/a>, might inspire some sense of solidarity. But no.<\/p>\n Instead, it\u2019s \u201cYou go girl \u2014 but not too far.\u201d It\u2019s worth remembering the barriers these women smashed through just to get here.\u00a0 The first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova, flew in 1963. Since then, fewer than 100 women have followed compared to more than 600 men.\u00a0<\/p>\n When Sally Ride prepped for her historic 1983 flight, NASA engineers asked if she\u2019d need 100 tampons for a week-long mission. Yes, 100. For one woman. For one week.\u00a0<\/p>\n That\u2019s not a punchline \u2014 it became one, though, in the parody song \u201c100 Tampons.\u201d Hilarious if it weren\u2019t true.<\/p>\n Bold move, Mickey<\/p>\n Mickey Rourke wants his full \u00a3500,000 Big Brother fee after being hoofed out for bad behaviour.\u00a0<\/p>\n Half a million quid for skulking about like your mate\u2019s weird uncle at Christmas who brings his dog and doesn\u2019t speak to anyone? Bold move, Mickey.\u00a0<\/p>\n But here\u2019s the thing: he did show up. He gave us sulks, strops and more mood swings than the weather this Easter. Technically, that\u2019s showbiz. Producers didn\u2019t book him for his calm demeanour \u2014 they booked him because he\u2019s Mickey Bloody Rourke.\u00a0<\/p>\n He doesn\u2019t do polite. He does pyrotechnics.\u00a0<\/p>\n Still, if he broke the rules \u2014 refused to participate, got aggressive or treated the housemates\u00a0 like background extras in The Wrestler \u2014 then sorry pal, that\u2019s not entertainment, that\u2019s a HR issue.<\/p>\n Big Brother thrives on drama, but not when it starts resembling a hostage situation. Paying him in full would be like giving a gold star to the kid who set the classroom on fire.<\/p>\n Then again, no one was watching for balance and mindfulness. Rourke was chaos wrapped in a kimono, and chaos sells.\u00a0<\/p>\n Love him or loathe him, he did the job: Everyone\u2019s talking.\u00a0<\/p>\n And so now ITV are reviewing the situation after Mickey\u2019s team revealed they\u2019re weighing legal action over his reduced fee \u2014 and a \u00a350,000 hotel bill they claim he\u2019s now stuck with. So, should he get the full fee? Maybe not. But give him half and a Greggs black card for effort.<\/p>\n So, forgive me if I don\u2019t join the \u201chow dare they?\u201d chorus. When women finally do get launched skywards, the least we could do is clap instead of clutch our pearls.<\/p>\n![\"Six](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/katy-perry-american-singer-aisha-987483350.jpg\")
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