Gayle King’s journey to house was really out of this world — and so was her relatable response to it, which immediately went viral.
On Monday, the “CBS Mornings” host joined Blue Origin’s all-female suborbital voyage — which additionally included singer Katy Perry and Lauren Sanchez, the fiancee of Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos.
Earlier than catapulting into the nice past, every crew member rang the ceremonial bell, beaming with pleasure. King, nonetheless, wore her nerves on her sleeve. Her apprehensive look stood in huge distinction to her crewmates’ giddy enthusiasm.
“I didn’t realize that I was being photographed at that moment, nor did I realize that my expression looked so terrified,” King later confessed in an interview shared by the Instagram account Oprah Each day.
Nonetheless, the host stated she by no means thought-about aborting the mission, despite the fact that all individuals got the choice to again out earlier than the launch window closed.
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“We were told that if you’re going to back out, you have to do so before two minutes and thirty seconds,” King defined after saying that she “wasn’t going to be that guy.”
“The process of walking up there was a little daunting for me,” she added, acknowledging that getting on the ship was “a little scary” and that the memes circulating present she was “apprehensive.”
However King stated the photograph of her getting off the capsule — trying overjoyed to be again on Earth — is “the one that matters,” calling it her “victory speech.”
After touchdown safely, King admitted that she “just wanted to get inside the capsule and sit down.”
“Welcome home has a new meaning,” she joked.
