Despite the controversy on this month's Blue Origin trip, Gail King holds her head high.
“I'm not focusing on backlash,” King said. Hollywood Reporter On a 100 gala red carpet on a Thursday night. “All I know is we've done incredible things. We all feel proud and brave of what we did. And we know the difference it makes for young women, girls, and some boys. So I'm not focusing on negativity.”
But when asked if she would return to space in the future, King said, “I'm not going to go back anytime soon, but I'm definitely open to it.”
Time 100 Honoree explained that she “feels safe” on the trip. “It's strange to feel safe against something so dangerous. I know it is inherently dangerous. But I had that kind of trust in how we were trained and how the company was done,” she said. “Yes, I'll definitely take that into consideration.”
CBS morning The co-anchor embarked on a 10-minute trip from Earth on April 14th. She went with singer Katy Perry, Jeff Bezos' fiance Lauren Sanchez, film producer Kerian Flynn, aerospace engineer Aisha Bow and research scientist Amanda Nuguyen.
When the news that they were going to space was hit, Olivia Munn called it a “big eater” and wondered why the women were featured on the cover Elle magazine. “What are they doing? Why?” Mann said. “There are so many things in the world right now. What are you going to do in space?”
Model actress Emily Ratakovsky also criticized the trip, saying she was “fed up” with her Tiktok.
