Olivia Munn Blasts Jeff Bezos’ ‘Gluttonous’ All-Female Space Flight: ‘What’s the Point?’ | Video

The actress, who highlighted the country’s struggling economy, jokes it would be “fun” if the crew got stuck in space “just for a little bit”

Olivia Munn on "Jenna & Friends" (NBC)
Olivia Munn on "Jenna & Friends" (NBC)

Olivia Munn blasted the high-profile, all-female group of women heading to space as part of Jeff Bezos’ latest Blue Origin rocket trip. The actress called the trip “gluttonous,” particularly considering “there are so many other things that are important in the world right now.”

“What are they doing? Why? I mean, like, I’m just saying this … I know this is probably not the cool thing to say, but there are so many other things that are important in the world right now,” Munn said of the trip during a Thursday appearance on “Jenna & Friends.”

Boarding the flight to space are celebrities and public figures Katy Perry, Gayle King, filmmaker Kerianne Flynn, bioastronautics research scientist and civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen, and journalist (and Bezos’ fiancée) Lauren Sánchez.

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