Like a rising refrain of girls involved concerning the state of the nation, Olivia Munn isn’t shopping for the PR spin put forth by Gayle King, Katy Perry and, particularly Lauren Sanchez, claiming they’re making an “historic” assertion about feminine empowerment by happening an 11-minute area experience aboard certainly one of Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rockets.
Whereas showing on Thursday’s episode of “Today With Jenna and Friends,” Munn criticized the star-studded crew — whether or not “historically” all-female or not — for what she sees as an extreme, “gluttonous” waste of assets when common folks in America are hurting, based on Web page Six.
“I know this is probably obnoxious, but like, it’s so much money to go to space, and there’s a lot of people who can’t even afford eggs,” stated “The Newsroom” actor, referring to the numerous spike in egg costs over the previous couple of months.
Munn’s forthright feedback left Hager, a good friend of King’s, a bit flummoxed, based on Web page Six. The morning present host tried to steer the dialog away from severe questions concerning the necessity of the April 14 journey to the way in which Perry, Sanchez and different crew members have talked about how they are going to be “going in glam” on the journey — with their hair and make-up finished.
Munn seemed surprised and quipped, “What? They said this out loud?!”
The six-member crew had been featured on the duvet of Elle journal, with the duvet line, “For All Womankind.” Sanchez, the fiancée of Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, is “leading” the crew, whereas the opposite crew members embrace former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, film producer Kerianne Flynn and activist Amanda Nguyen.
In interviews accompanying the duvet, the ladies talked concerning the flight, previous the worldwide boundary of area, as if it’s a enjoyable ladies’ night time out. Maybe in an effort to appear fun-loving and relatable to common girls, Sanchez, donning certainly one of her standard cleavage-pushing necklines, talked about getting “lash extensions,” whereas pop star Perry stated she wished to deliver the “glam” to their area flight and Nguyen introduced she could be carrying lipstick.
“What’s the point?” Munn requested. “Is it historic that you guys are going on a ride? I think it’s a bit gluttonous.”
The aim of area flight, Munn stated, is to additional “our knowledge and to help mankind.” She requested: “What are they gonna do up there that has made it better for us down here?”
Munn additionally questioned “if all that rocket fuel is good” for the atmosphere. “This is a lot of resources being spent,” she stated.
Over on Elle Journal’s Instagram publish, selling their Blue Origin cowl, important feedback continued to pour in, although Eva Longoria, Sanchez’s good good friend, signaled her approval with a number of hearth emojis.
However others stated that the “CBS Mornings” host, Perry, Sanchez, Elle journal and the opposite crew members ought to “read the room.”
“The disconnect between this cover and the real world people are living in is palpable,” stated author Tiffanie Woods. Way of life author Minna Lee Jamison stated the duvet and the celebrities’ participation within the Blue Origin cowl was “making “oligarchy chic, while people are having their livelihoods ripped away, people are being taken on the streets, and public health dismantled.”
Stylist Julie Ragolia added: “This is the opposite of feminism, and not at all inspiring. This is a land grab for the last shred of “empowerment” girls have left in America, funded by model wielders for the oligarchy. I’m horribly upset.”
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