Lorraine Kelly tells Katy Perry to 'just shut up' in furious Blue Origin rant

Lorraine Kelly has admitted that she's "fuming" over the recent Blue Origin rocket flight in a rant on , in which she urged to "just shut up". Katy, 40, was one of the earlier this month, with the journey sponsored by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos' space exploration company.

Appearing on to tease her upcoming show, Lorraine revealed that she'll be chatting to comedian about heading into space. GMB hosts Richard Madeley and then asked whether it would be like the Blue Origin flight, at which point Lorraine responded: "Don't get me started about that. I'm fuming. I'm fuming."

When asked why she felt so strongly about the rocket launch, Lorraine said: "Because they cannot call themselves astronauts. How can they call themselves astronauts when they were up on a jolly for 11 minutes. And there already has been an all-women crew up in space proper - proper astronauts. It was ridiculous.

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"That woman with her daisy. Shut up. Just shut up. Go away and leave me alone," she added, referring to passenger Katy Perry.

A stunned Susanna replied: "I'm looking forward to your next interview with Katy Perry!"

Last week, it was reported that out of going to space, with a source revealing: "Katy doesn't regret going to space It was life changing. What she does regret is making a public spectacle out of it."

A source told the Mail Online that she now regrets "kissing the ground" after the flight and her "close-up camera moments" inside the capsule - which saw her hold a daisy up to the camera, promote the setlist for her upcoming tour and singing the lyrics to What a Wonderful World while suspended in microgravity.

It came after Katy had previously just moments after departing the rocket. She said: "It's about a collective energy in there. It's about us. It's about making space for future women and taking up space and belonging. It's about this wonderful that we see right out there and appreciating it."

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