“We always bring a little spice to our socials, but Wendy’s has a ton of respect for Katy Perry and her out-of-this-world-talent,” the fast-food restaurant said in a statement to PEOPLE.
The magazine had reached out to Wendy’s seemingly fishing for an apology, citing a source close to Perry who claimed, “This wasn’t harmless banter, this was a billion-dollar brand using its platform to publicly demean a woman.”
As Breitbart News reported, Wendy’s began trending on X after it asked, “Can we send her back?” in response to a social media post by Pop Crave announcing that the “Last Friday Night” singer had returned to Earth on her Blue Origin space flight.
The fast-food chain went on to make a slew of additional remarks poking fun at Perry in replies to X users who commented on its post, quipping in one: “When we said women in stem this isn’t what we meant.”
In another X post, Wendy’s wrote, “I kissed the ground and I liked it,” in a post mocking Perry for kissing the ground — after her mere 11-minute space flight — using wordplay that spoofed the singer’s 2008 song, “I Kissed a Girl.”
A source close to the pop star later told PEOPLE that Wendy’s went too far, and Perry deserves an apology.
“Telling a woman that she should be ‘sent back’ is shameful bullying and reflects a troubling willingness to tear down in today’s society,” the source complained, adding that “what’s worse is that the face of Wendy’s is a woman.”
The source further claimed to the magazine that “Wendy’s didn’t make a joke — they made a choice,” saying the company’s “recent posts on X aimed at Katy Perry were not only disrespectful, but blatantly inappropriate.”
“This wasn’t harmless banter, this was a billion-dollar brand using its platform to publicly demean a woman,” the source continued, before insisting that Wendy’s is “not adding to the conversation” when it pokes fun at the all-female crew.
But Wendy’s wasn’t alone in its assessment, as an abundance of social media users were already mocking Perry and the rest of the all-female Blue Origin crew for what they saw as a cringeworthy stunt before the fast-food chain had chimed in.
Alana Mastrangelo is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow her on Facebook and X at @ARmastrangelo, and on Instagram.
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