‘A human piñata’: Katy Perry reflects on online abuse following Blue Origin flight and latest tour

Pop singer's tour has been mocked online and she was criticised for taking commercial spaceflight, but she tells fans please know I am OK'

Following criticism of her latest tour, new music and her trip to the edge of space on Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin craft, Katy Perry has written an emotional message explaining how the public opprobrium has affected her.

Perry wrote the message under an Instagram post by a fan group, who booked a billboard in Times Square to congratulate her on the opening week of her Lifetimes tour.