Blue Origin takes down video of ‘Space Gal’ Emily Calandrelliafter ‘sexualized’ by internet trolls
Blue Origin was forced to yank down a clip of astronaut Emily Calandrelli’s candid reaction to being in space when the post was attacked by misogynistic Internet trolls.
The responses were so hurtful that Calandrelli, instead of basking in her historic feat aboard billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Origin spacecraft, said“This all happened as I was flying home after experiencing the most perfect, wonderful dream-achieving experience of my life,” she wrote. “And instead of being on cloud nine, I’m crying in my seat staring out the window. Because of course this happened. Of course I should have expected this.
” ‘Don’t let them dull your shine,’ ” the flight attendant told Calandrelli, according to the astronaut in the post.Calandrelli, who is better known online as “Space Gal,” is a New York Times bestselling author and Emmy-nominated TV host who has amassed a major following talking about space and science.
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