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Katy Perry says Blue Origin backlash made her feel like a 'human piñata' — By Charmayne Allison Topic:Arts, Culture and Entertainment Katy Perry has faced backlash after her Blue Origin space flight.(AFP Photo: Handout, Blue ...

By Charmayne Allison

Topic:Arts, Culture and Entertainment

Katy Perry has faced backlash after her Blue Origin space flight.(AFP Photo: Handout, Blue Origin)

Singer Katy Perry says recent online backlash has left her feeling "battered and bruised".

The pop star has faced a wave of criticism for her Blue Origin space voyage and recent music releases.

Perry told her fans she's "ok" and that's she's "looking to the light".

Pop star Katy Perry has said the online backlash over her recent space trip has left her feeling "battered and bruised", but reassured fans she was "ok".

It has been two weeks since Perry took a free 11-minute Blue Origin flight to space with five other women, a move which sparked aglobal pile-on, with people accusing them of being "out of touch".

This latest wave of criticism follows a slew of new music releases from Perry, which performed poorly on music charts.

Ahead of Perry's world tour, fans paid for a billboard in New York supporting the singer, saying they were "proud" of Perry and her "magical journey".

Katy Perry performs in Mexico.(Getty Images via AFP: Theo Wargo)

Responding to a video of the billboard on an Instagram fan page, Perry said she was "so grateful" for her fans.

"Please know I am ok, I have done a lot work around knowing who I am, what is real and what is important to me," she said in her comment.

"When the 'online' world tries to make me a human piñata, I take it with grace and send them love.

"I know so many people are hurting in so many ways and the internet is very much so a dumping ground for unhinged and unhealed."

Katy Perry has been criticised for her space flight.(Supplied: Instagram/ Katy Perry)

Several celebrities have criticised the Blue Origin voyage, with fellow pop star Lily Allen lambasting it as "out of touch" amid the current cost of living crisis.

"Like, we're on the brink of recession. People are really... struggling to make ends meet and put food on their tables," she said on her BBC podcast Miss Me.

Lily Allen has since apologised for "being mean" to Katy Perry.

However, in a follow-up episode this week, Allen apologised to Perry for "being mean".

"I've been thinking about it a lot, and it was just completely unnecessary to pile on with her," she said.

Actress Olivia Wilde also weighed in at the time of the all-female space expedition, sharing a meme featuring photos of Perry exiting the capsule on returning to Earth.

Katy Perry holds up a daisy after the Blue Origin space flight returns to earth.(Reuters: Handout via Blue Origin)

In the photos, Perry kisses the ground and holds up a daisy as a tribute to her daughter, Daisy Dove.

Wilde's caption read: "Billion dollars bought some good memes, I guess."

Meanwhile on Tik Tok, actress and model Emily Ratajkowski said the space voyage was "beyond parody".

"Look at the state of the world and think about how many resources went into putting these women into space. For what?" she said.

Perry has been copping backlash since therelease of her comeback singleWoman's World in July last year.

While Perry said the track had a "satirical" feminist message, it was derided as "tone deaf" and "regressive".

This was soured further by the fact that one of the song's producers was Dr Luke, who was accused of sexual assault by pop star Kesha in 2014.

Katy Perry received criticism for her single Woman's World.(Supplied/Katy Perry)

The claim was dismissed and Dr Luke has denied the allegations, with the tworeaching a settlementin 2023 after almost a decade of suits and countersuits.

But Woman's World became Perry's worst-performing single release from an album in her 16-year career.

Her subsequent album 143, released in September, was panned by critics as a "proper flop".

I've often wished we could all have a brief moment of hurtling around the Earth, not to posture or preen, but to show the opposite — we are small, we are humble, and we need to fiercely care for the Earth.

In her comments to fans on Wednesday, Perry said she would would continue to remain true to herself, despite the recent negativity directed towards her.

"I’m not perfect, and I actually have omitted that word from my vocabulary," she said.

"I’m on a human journey playing the game of life with an audience of many and sometimes I fall.

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