Katy Perry’s regrets after her Blue Origin space flight due to ongoing criticism of her unusual actions

The recent all-female space mission by Blue Origin has attracted significant attention, although not necessarily for the intended message of female empowerment that it aimed to convey to people on Earth.

Rather, the 11-minute journey has faced criticism for its exorbitant cost, potential environmental implications, and the unconventional behavior of the six-person crew upon their return to Earth.

Among the crew members were Katy Perry, Gayle King, Lauren Sanchez, as well as Aisha Bowe from NASA, Kerianne Flynn from the film industry, and activist Amanda Nguyen, who all participated in the historic launch from West Texas on Monday morning.

Despite their seemingly harmless intentions, the optics of the mission – funded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ space exploration company – have since been described as ‘tone deaf’ and ’embarrassing.’

Following the backlash, it seems now the Roar singer is experiencing second thoughts about her Blue Origin flight, as an inside source calls the criticism unexpected for the former American Idol judge and ‘disheartening’ for the rest of the all-female crew.

‘Katy doesn’t regret going to space. It was life changing. What she does regret is making a public spectacle out of it,’ the insider exclusively revealed to DailyMail.com.

Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez, Gayle King, Amanda Nguyen, Aisha Bowe and Kerianne Flynn were a part of the ‘historic’ all-female Blue Origin space mission on Monday

Upon arriving back on Earth, each of the ladies were seen exiting the rocket one by one – but Perry’s reaction to completing the journey left many people all across the web unamused

The pop star was seen kissing the ground as she descended from the Blue Origin capsule, before launching into an emotional post-flight interview with reporters

Perhaps the most ridiculed moment from Monday’s event was when the pop star emerged from the Blue Origin capsule. She immediately stopped and held a daisy up to the sky before descending from the capsule, dropping to her knees and kissing the ground.

Perry then waxed poetic about feeling ‘super connected to love,’ thanked a reporter who called her an astronaut, and declared how their all-female journey ‘has always been about love and belonging.’

‘It’s not about singing my songs. It’s about a collective energy in there. It’s about us. It’s about making space for future women and taking up space and belonging,’ she said in a post-flight interview.

‘And it’s about this wonderful world that we see right out there and appreciating it. This is all for the benefit of Earth.’

It didn’t take long, however, for the public to slam Perry’s behavior as dramatic and over-the-top, especially considering NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore were recently stranded in space for more than nine months.

The source admitted that Perry now regrets ‘kissing the ground’ after the flight as well as her ‘close-up camera moments’ inside the capsule – where she held a daisy up to the camera, promoted the setlist to her upcoming tour, and sang the lyrics to ‘What a Wonderful World’ all while suspended in microgravity.

Perry brought a daisy with her to space as a tribute to her four-year-old daughter, Daisy Dove Bloom, whom she shares with fiancé Orlando Bloom

The singer also took the opportunity to promote her upcoming Lifetimes tour by showing off the setlist while suspended in microgravity

It was previously revealed that Perry planned to bring the daisy to space as a ‘beautiful tribute’ to her four-year-old daughter Daisy Dove Bloom, who she shares with fiancé Orlando Bloom.

Her daughter was seen for the first time publicly on Monday, as she was dressed in an astronaut costume to watch her famous mom fly to the edge of space. 

The parents reportedly made the ‘difficult decision’ to introduce Daisy to the world because Perry wanted Daisy to be ‘proud of her and show her daughter that she can do anything.’

But now, the source shared that the pop star ‘regrets sharing the daisy with the world’ and ultimately ‘wishes the video footage from inside the pod was never shown’ at all.

It wasn’t just social media users who criticized the all-female Blue Origin space mission on Monday either. 

In fact, a slew of fellow celebrities – including Emily Ratajkowski, Olivia Wilde, Olivia Munn, and Amy Schumer – have slammed the spectacle as a frivolous publicity campaign for Bezos’ space company.

Perry’s Blue Origin space mission was mocked by fast food chain Wendy’s and her pop rival Kesha on Monday

After the official X account for Wendy’s questioned if we ‘can send her [Perry] back’ to space, Kesha piled onto the drama, posting a snap of herself enjoying a Wendy’s shake and smiling

Fast food chain Wendy’s even emerged as an unlikely critic of the Blue Origin flight when the company left a shady comment under a photo of Perry in her spacesuit, asking if we can ‘send her back’ to space.

What’s more, Perry’s long standing pop rival Kesha took pleasure in the backlash by posting a photo of herself drinking from a Wendy’s cup – a move that, according to the source, Perry felt was ‘adding fuel to the fire.’

In addition to the all-female crew’s bizarre post-flight behavior, a number of social media activists couldn’t help but question the environmental impact such a space mission will have on our planet here.

While Bezos’ rocket releases water vapor as a byproduct, resulting in virtually no direct carbon emissions, scientists said it is still an ozone-depleting greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming.

This was surprising for fans considering Perry’s long history of warning about the effects of climate change, most notably in a resurfaced video Perry filmed for UNICEF in 2015. 

She also became a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 2013 to highlight the effects of climate change on the world’s most disadvantaged populations, mainly children.

A source exclusively revealed to DailyMail.com that while Perry ‘doesn’t regret going to space,’ she does regret ‘making a public spectacle’ out of the Blue Origin space mission

A resurfaced video for UNICEF showed Perry in 2015, warning how children are suffering from man-made climate change

As the widespread backlash continued to spread online, Gayle King was the first member of the all-female fleet to hit back at critics. Appearing on CBS Mornings with crewmate Aisha Bowe, the journalist responded to accusations the suborbital flight had no real scientific purpose.

‘This is what bothers me, I’ve certainly read some of the stuff being said online and it’s coming from people I know, people I consider friends,’ she said during Tuesday’s broadcast.

‘They call it a ride, which I find very irritating because they never say men went for a ride,’ King continued. ‘It’s called a flight or a journey. A ride implies it’s something frivolous or light hearted. There’s nothing frivolous about what we did.’

‘I’m very disappointed and saddened by [the hate]. What it’s doing to inspire other women and young girls – please don’t ignore that.’

Much like the rest of her crewmembers, the source revealed that Perry ‘never expected this backlash’ and she’s equally as ‘disheartened’ by the ‘uncalled for and upsetting’ response to their Blue Origin flight.

‘And despite the accusations she is still an environmentalist,’ they added.

The Grammy nominee has yet to publicly address the criticism surrounding her Blue Origin space mission in any interviews or on social media. 

But what she did have time for yesterday, much like she did during the three minutes she was suspended in microgravity, was to promote her upcoming Lifetimes tour with a post shared to Instagram.