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Lily Allen apologises for 'being mean' to Katy Perry

Lily Allen apologises for 'being mean' to Katy Perry

Summary

Singer Lily Allen publicly apologized to Katy Perry for being overly critical of her participation in a recent all-female space flight led by the company Blue Origin. In her BBC podcast, Allen admitted she shouldn't have singled out Perry for joining the mission.

Key Facts

  • Lily Allen, a pop star from England, apologized to fellow singer Katy Perry for being unfairly harsh over Perry's part in a space travel mission.
  • Perry was part of an all-women team that flew to the edge of space aboard a rocket designed by Blue Origin, the company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
  • This flight was the first all-female space journey since 1963.
  • Other women who joined the flight include Lauren Sánchez, Bezos’s fiancée, TV host Gayle King, Aisha Bowe, a former NASA rocket scientist, Amanda Nguyen, a civil rights activist, and Kerianne Flynn, a film producer.
  • Allen's apology was made during her BBC podcast "Miss Me."
  • Katy Perry sang Louis Armstrong's song 'What a Wonderful World' and displayed her new tour's setlist during the flight.
  • The flight became a subject for criticism, with model Emily Ratajkowski and actress Olivia Munn among those expressing negative opinions.
  • Perry defended the space flight as an important milestone in commercial space travel and for women worldwide.
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