Mariah Carey has been accused of ‘shading’ Katy Perry after she was asked about the singer’s controversial Blue Origin space trip – claiming she had never heard of it.
WhenKaty, 40, went to space with an all female crew includingLauren Sanchezand Gayle Kingback in April,it seemed like everyone was talking about it.
But there’s one massive star who apparently didn’t hear about the controversial endeavor: pop sensation Mariah, 56.
The Obsessed songstress was recently asked during an interview if she had any interest in going into space like fellow musician Katy did – but the pop icon seemed to have no idea what the journalist was talking about.
It made for a pretty awkward interaction, and left many convinced that Mariah was throwing some subtle shade towards Katy with her response.
‘Would you fancy going to space? You know, likeKaty Perry did?’BBC Radio 2’s Scott Mills asked Mariah during a recent appearance on the Breakfast Show.
‘Did she go to space?’ a confused Mariah responded.
‘Mhm. Not for long,’ Scott told her, to which Mariah questioned, ‘Where’d she go?’
Mariah Carey has been accused of ‘shading’ Katy Perry (seen together in 2015) after she was asked about the singer’s controversial Blue Origin space trip and said she had never heard of it
Mariah was recently asked during an interview if she had any interest in going into space like fellow musician Katy did, but she seemed to have no idea what the journalist was talking about
Scott admitted that he wasn’t sure what part of space she went to before a crew member interjected from off camera, ‘Just into orbit and back.’
‘Into orbit and back?’ Mariah quipped. ‘She was, like, floating in the… and this is true?’
‘Yeah, I have not made this up. This is true,’ Scott told the hitmaker, who appeared to be flabbergasted by the news.
‘Wow. Alright Katy,’ she said. ‘I’m not mad at her, that’s pretty amazing.’
‘I mean, she hasn’t stopped talking about it since,’ Scott added, which sparked a chuckle from Mariah. ‘But it happened. Would you do it?’
‘I think I’ve done enough,’ she coolly replied.
The interaction quickly went viral on both Instagram and X, formerly Twitter, and many people rushed to the replies and comments to share their thoughts.
‘The subtle shade lol,’ one person wrote, while another added,’She totally knew.’
When Katy, 40, went to space with an all female crew including Lauren Sanchez and Gayle King back in April, it seemed like everyone was talking about it
‘Would you fancy going to space? You know, like Katy Perry did?’ BBC Radio 2’s Scott Mills asked Mariah. ‘Did she go to space?’ a confused Mariah responded
‘How could she pretend to not know?!’ asked someone else.
‘Of course she knows. She doesn’t care,’ read a fourth comment.
‘Ilove her shade,’ said a fifth.
‘”I think I’ve done enough” queen behavior,’ joked a different user.
‘I love her she’s a whole vibe,’ commented someone else.
Another person simply wrote, ‘Savage.’
Others believed Mariah truly didn’t know about the space trip and made jokes about her ‘living in her own bubble.’
‘Imagine being that off the grid that you missed Katy Perry went to space – sounds glorious,’ one user wrote.
‘I would love to be as unbothered as Mariah, she never knows ANYTHING nor ANYBODY,’ said another.
It made for a pretty awkward interaction, and left many convinced that Mariah was throwing some subtle shade towards Katy with her response
The women were in space for roughly 11 minutes; they crossed the Karman Line, often used as the boundary of space, and were treated to roughly three minutes of weightlessness
Katywas fiercely ridiculed afterwards, with people online branding her as ‘tone deaf’ and ‘dramatic’ for her actions during the trip and immediately after she returned to Earth
‘She lives on Planet Mariah. Lucky girl,’ joked someone else.
‘Mariah literally minds her own business,’ read a different comment.
Another user added,’The level of unbothered I’m striving for.’
The women were in space for roughly 11 minutes – they crossed the Karman Line, often used as the boundary of space, and were treated to roughly three minutes of weightlessness before they headed back down to the ground.
Katy she was seen floating inside the capsule holding a daisy in a nod to her daughter, Daisy.
Upon landing back to Earth she emerged with the flower in hand, which she held to the sky before dropping to her knees and kissing the ground.
But she was fiercely ridiculed afterwards, with people online branding her as ‘tone deaf’ and ‘dramatic’ for her actions.
The entire trip was heavily scrutinized by people on social media, as well as fellow stars.
