Katy Perry has a message for the haters.
Amid the singer, 40, receiving criticism over the historic Blue Origin space flight and her Lifetimes Tour, she took to Instagram to address the negativity she has been subjected to on social media.
“When the ‘online’ world tries to make me a human Piñata, I take it with grace and send them love, cause I know so many people are hurting in so many ways and the internet is very much so a dumping ground for unhinged and unhealed,” the musician wrote in a comment on Tuesday, April 29, underneath a post about a tribute fan sites made for her in New York City’s Times Square.
In the video, a huge billboard in Times Square could be seen projecting a message congratulating Perry on the opening week of her tour. “We are so proud of you and your magical journey. And we love you to the moon and back!” the message included, before being signed off, “From your worldwide cats,” in reference to the name given to Perry’s fanbase, Katy Cats.
Perry began her comment by thanking her fan sites for their support, writing, “I’m so grateful for you guys. We’re in this beautiful and wild journey together. I can continue to remain true to myself, heart open and honest especially because of our bond. I love you guys and have grown up together with you and am so excited to see you all over the world this year!”
“Please know I am ok, I have done a lot work around knowing who I am, what is real and what is important to me,” she continued. “My therapist said something years ago that has been a game changer, ‘no one can make you believe something about yourself that you don’t already believe about yourself’ and if I ever do have any feelings about it then it’s an opportunity to investigate the feeling underneath it.”
Addressing her fans again, Perry went on, “What’s real is seeing your faces every night, singing in unison, reading your notes, feeling your warmth. I find people to lock eyes and sing with and I know we are healing each other in a small way when I get to do that.”
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The mom of one added that she is “not perfect” and has “omitted that word from my vocabulary.”
“I’m on a human journey playing the game of life with an audience of many and sometimes I fall but… I get back up and go on and continue to play the game and somehow through my battered and bruised adventure I keep looking to the light and in that light a new level UNLOCKS ♥️,” she concluded.
Perry made headlines on April 14 when she was part of Blue Origin’s first all-female flight crew. Along with Perry, passengers included broadcast journalist Gayle King, philanthropist Lauren Sánchez, former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, bioastronautics research scientist Amanda Nguyen and film producer Kerianne Flynn.
The voyage lasted under 11 minutes in total and drew criticism about its cost and the privatization of space travel, with many celebrities speaking out and sharing their reactions.
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Days later, Perry kicked off her tour in Mexico City, taking to the stage at Arena CDMX on April 23. She was then hit with further criticism online for her choreography, with some calling her dancing “embarrassing” and “cringe.”
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