{"id":4002,"date":"2025-04-16T09:04:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T09:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4002"},"modified":"2025-04-16T09:04:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T09:04:04","slug":"gayle-king-claps-back-at-blue-origin-space-flight-critics-have-you-been","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4002","title":{"rendered":"Gayle King claps back at Blue Origin space flight critics: \u2018Have you been?\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
Gayle King is firing back at critics of her recent Blue Origin space flight, and she\u2019s not holding back.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, the CBS Mornings host addressed the growing backlash surrounding her April 14 launch part of a historic all-women crew that included Katy Perry\u2014with a simple but firm message:<\/p>\n

\u201cNumber one, Blue Origin is trying to figure out a way to put waste into space to make the Earth better,\u201d King said. \u201cNumber two, have you been? Have you been? If you\u2019ve been and you still feel that way after you come back, please, let\u2019s have a conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The message was crystal clear: critique is welcome but only if you\u2019ve left the atmosphere.<\/p>\n

King expressed that she was \u201cvery disappointed and very saddened\u201d by the negative reactions she’s seen, including\u00a0from people she considers friends.<\/p>\n

While she didn\u2019t name names, some A-list detractors made their opinions very public.<\/p>\n

Olivia Munn questioned the environmental impact of what she called a \u201cgluttonous\u201d 11-minute trip and noted the insensitivity of such an extravagance during a time when \u201csome people can\u2019t afford eggs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Olivia Wilde chimed in post-flight, sharing a photo of Katy Perry with the caption:<\/p>\n

\u201cBillion dollars bought some good memes, I guess.\u201d<\/p>\n

And Emily Ratajkowski went even harder, saying she was \u201cdisgusted\u201d by the whole thing in a TikTok video:
\n\u201cIt was \u2018beyond parody\u2019 to claim that the event was \u2018about Mother Earth\u2019 when you\u2019re going up in a spaceship that is built and paid for by a company that\u2019s singlehandedly destroying the planet.\u201d<\/p>\n

@emrata<\/p>\n

\u00a0
\n\u266c original sound – Emrata<\/p>\n

In response to the criticism, King also raised the issue of sexism in the public discourse surrounding the mission.<\/p>\n

She pointed out that many referred to her experience as a \u201cride,\u201d something she believes would not have been said had she been a man.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was nothing frivolous about what she did,\u201d she insisted.<\/p>\n

And while some celebrities took jabs at the mission\u2019s purpose and price tag, King emphasized that the journey had a meaningful impact on others.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo many women, girls, even men reached out to say, \u2018I now think I can go to space too.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

As for the cost of the trip, Blue Origin declined to say who paid what, though a spokesperson confirmed that some passengers purchased their seats.<\/p>\n

Still, as King sees it, the bigger picture is about possibility\u2014and she’s unapologetic about being part of the mission.<\/p>\n

Whether it\u2019s about access, optics, or environmental ethics, Gayle\u2019s stance is clear: if you haven\u2019t been to space, maybe don\u2019t come for those who have.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gayle King is firing back at critics of her recent Blue Origin space flight, and she\u2019s not holding back. Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, the CBS Mornings host addressed the growing backlash surrounding her April 14 launch part of a historic all-women crew that included Katy Perry\u2014with a simple but firm message: \u201cNumber one, Blue Origin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4002\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}