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Lily Allen apologises for 'being mean' to Katy Perry

Ian Youngs
Culture reporter
EPA Katy Perry walking away after emerging from the Blue Origin space capsule, wearing a blue Blue Origin-branded jumpsuitEPA
Katy Perry bore the brunt of the ridicule after the flight

Lily Allen has apologised to Katy Perry for "being mean" about her when she ed in the backlash against the recent space flight carrying the US singer.

"There was actually no need for me to bring her name into it, and it was my own internalised misogyny," Allen said on her BBC podcast Miss Me.

"I've been thinking about it a lot, and it was just completely unnecessary to pile on with her. I mean, I disagree with what it was that they did, but she wasn't the only person that did it."

The English pop star and actress was one of a number of high-profile critics of the Blue Origin flight, which briefly took Perry and five other women to the edge of space two weeks ago.

"She was possibly the most famous, and the one that divides people the most, and so there was something in me that decided to choose her as the person that should [be singled out]," Allen continued.

"Well, anyway, I'm just sorry. I would have been hurt if it had been me and someone in my industry used me and my name, and I saw that, and I'm sorry."

PA Media Lily AllenPA Media
Lily Allen said the flight was "so out of touch"

Allen's apology came after she discussed "Katy Perry and her mates all going up to space for 12 minutes" with co-host Miquita Oliver in a previous episode.

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