Katy Perry, Gayle King will journey to house in Jeff Bezos’ spaceship

Katy Perry completely knew what she was doing when she investigated interplanetary journey in her 2011 No. 1 single "E.T."

The pop star and journalist Gayle King are amongst a historic six-woman crew that may quickly blast off into house through billionaire Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin firm, King, 70, revealed Thursday on CBS Mornings.

"I don't know tips on how to clarify being terrified and excited on the similar time. It's like how I felt about to ship a child," King mentioned on the air, including that she consulted her youngsters and longtime buddy Oprah Winfrey earlier than agreeing to rocket into orbit.

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"As soon as Kirby and Will and Oprah was high quality with it, I used to be high quality," King added. "I assumed Oprah would say no, no. She mentioned, 'I believe in case you don't do it, once they all come again and also you had the chance to do it, you’ll be kicking your self.' She's proper."

She completed the announcement by expressing some mild concern over her impending journey however reassured her followers: "I really feel nicely ready. I imagine in Blue Origin, what they're doing. I’m actually excited and really wanting ahead to it."

A social media submit from Blue Origin, the house tech firm Bezos based in 2000, urged followers to "meet the New Shepard NS-31 crew launching this spring," and shared photographs of Perry, King, media producer Kerianne Flynn, civil rights advocate Amanda Nguyen, and journalist Lauren Sánchez — all of whom will even board the craft.

Leisure Weekly has reached out to representatives for Perry and Blue Origin for touch upon her addition to the crew.

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In 2021, Star Trek actor William Shatner traveled to house on a Blue Origin journey, although he later mentioned that the journey left him with a deep feeling of melancholy as a result of it made him notice that "magnificence isn’t on the market, it’s down right here, with all of us," he wrote in a Variety essay.

"It was among the many strongest emotions of grief I’ve ever encountered. The distinction between the vicious coldness of house and the nice and cozy nurturing of Earth beneath stuffed me with overwhelming disappointment," the 93-year-old wrote. "On daily basis, we’re confronted with the data of additional destruction of Earth at our fingers: the extinction of animal species, of wildlife… issues that took 5 billion years to evolve, and out of the blue we’ll by no means see them once more due to the interference of mankind. It stuffed me with dread. My journey to house was alleged to be a celebration; as an alternative, it felt like a funeral."

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