Martha Stewart Shades Blue Origin Space Flight with a Katy Perry Lyric and a Throwback Zero-Gravity Flex

Martha Stewart just reminded everyone she was floating in zero gravity before it was trending. On April 17, the 83-year-old lifestyle mogul posted a video of herself spinning mid-air inside a Boeing 727, casually reliving her 2007 weightless flight aboard G-Force One — and taking a very pointed jab while doing it.

 

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Over the clip, she dropped the opening line from Katy Perry’s hit “Firework”: “Do you ever feel like a plastic bag drifting through the wind?” The timing was unmistakable. Just days earlier, Perry had completed Blue Origin’s first all-female space flight and was met with a wave of memes, mockery, and online shade for the brief 11-minute trip — and for kissing the ground when she returned.

Stewart never mentioned Perry by name, but the lyric did the heavy lifting. Her caption leaned all the way in: “In case you spaced out in 2007, Martha has always been ahead of her time.” The internet did the rest. One comment summed it up best: “The drag we needed!”

Perry’s flight, which included Gayle King, Lauren Sánchez, Amanda Nguyen, Aisha Bowe, and Kerianne Flynn, was meant to be historic. But within hours of landing, the internet had turned it into a roast. Even Wendy’s threw a jab on social media, posting “Can we send her back,” a line that drew backlash of its own.

A source close to Perry called out the brand’s post, labeling it “disrespectful” and “irresponsible,” especially coming from a billion-dollar corporation. Wendy’s later walked it back, claiming they “bring a little spice” but have “a ton of respect” for Perry.

Through it all, Martha’s silent flex may have said the most — no press release, no apology, just a lyric, a wink, and a reminder: she did it first.