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Jessica Chastain takes aim at Blue Origin’s controversial space flight: ‘Utter defeat of American feminism’

April 17, 2025
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Jessica Chastain takes aim at Blue Origin’s controversial space flight: ‘Utter defeat of American feminism’
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Jessica Chastain is the latest star to call out the all-female crew of Blue Origin’s New Shepard — which included Katy Perry, Lauren Sánchez and Gayle King — that took off for outer space earlier this week.

The “Martian” star, 48, shared on X Thursday an opinion piece written in the Guardian titled, “The Blue Origin flight showcased the utter defeat of American feminism.”

Chastain did not pen the article herself. However, her sharing it with her nearly one million followers on the social media platform seemingly showed she approved of the message.

In the piece, columnist Moira Donegan writes in part that the star-studded Blue Origin flight “served as a kind of perverse funeral for the America that once enabled both scientific advancement and feminist progress – a spectacle that mocked these aspirations by appropriating them for such an indulgent and morally hollow purpose.”

The writer also slammed Jeff Bezos’ aerospace company as a “testament to the corruption and circumscribed possibilities of the profit motive run amok.”

Chastain’s X post was preceded by backlash from other celebs like Olivia Munn who said before take-off that the flight was “a bit gluttonous” because it costs “so much money to go to space.”

Olivia Wilde then remarked following Perry, Sánchez and King’s nearly 11-minute space flight and subsequent safe landing on Earth, “Billion dollars bought some good memes I guess.”

Emily Ratajkowski added that she was “disgusted” by the mission because of the possible harmful effects launching a rocket into space could have on the planet.

“You care about Mother Earth and it’s about Mother Earth, and you’re going up in a spaceship that is built and paid for by a company that’s singlehandedly destroying the planet?” the model, 33, asked.

The fast-food chain Wendy’s even got in on the criticism by jokingly asking, “Can we send her back,” while referring to the “E.T.” pop star’s return to Earth.

A source told Page Six Thursday Perry, 40, thought the restaurant’s diss was “inappropriate,” adding, “There’s a clear difference between humor and targeted hostility and this wasn’t harmless banter.”

Perry has defended her space flight, calling it a “supernatural” journey and disputing assertions that it was just a “ride” or a “destination.”

King, 70, meanwhile, also hit back at the backlash, saying at a post-flight panel, “Anybody that’s criticizing doesn’t really understand what is happening here. We can all speak to the response we’re getting from young women, from young girls about what this represents.”

Sánchez — who is engaged to Bezos, 61 — said she gets “fired up” over all the negative feedback.

“I would love to have them come to Blue Origin and see the thousands of employees that don’t just work here, but they put their heart and soul into this vehicle,” the philanthropist, 55, said. “They love their work, and they love the mission, and it’s a big deal for them.”

Jessica Alba has since backed Sánchez and the other members of the crew, which also included NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen and film producer Kerianne Flynn.

The “Honey” star, 43, co-signed a statement written by “View” co-host Ana Navarro that read, “I wish people would show [the] same energy and focus that anger toward fearlessly denouncing [President] Trump’s abuses of power. Which do affect countless lives in the US and the world.”

The post Jessica Chastain takes aim at Blue Origin’s controversial space flight: ‘Utter defeat of American feminism’ appeared first on Page Six.

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