Gayle King’s selfie with Fox News’ Jesse Watters – Business News
Gayle King posted a selfie alongside Fox News star Jesse Watters as the 2 occurred to be on the identical cross-country flight on Monday — prompting harsh criticism from liberals online.
King, the “CBS Mornings” co-host, was photographed smiling beside Watters on a aircraft, joking that the 2 “TV people from competing networks” have been seated collectively on a four-hour flight.
“Speaking for @jessewatters here: A good time was had by all! Hi, Jesse … saving your number!” King wrote on her Instagram account.
Gayle King of CBS News posted a selfie displaying her alongside Jesse Watters of Fox News. @gayleking/Instagram
That lighthearted tone didn’t land with progressives on social media, who torched King for what they known as tone-deaf chumminess.
“Gayle this is NOT IT,” one Bluesky person fumed.
Rapper Talib Kweli added, “Nah Gayle this ain’t it.”
Another account sneered: “All nazi Jesse does is … LIE!”
Dozens of others piled on. “Oprah’s tone-deaf bestie not reading the room,” wrote one commenter.
“EWWW,” stated one other.
A 3rd declared, “No principles. Not that I ever expected anything else of her.”
Some accused King of making an attempt to impress her new boss, CBS News chief Bari Weiss, who has signaled plans to overtake the community’s information operation.
Liberals on the social media platform Bluesky expressed their disapproval. @BlueskyLibs/X
One person wrote that the picture was “Gross!” whereas one other blasted King for having “no principles.” @BlueskyLibs/X
“Trying to impress Bari Weiss,” one person quipped on Bluesky.
The liberal outrage comes at a delicate time for King, whose future on the community has been the subject of hypothesis since Weiss’s arrival earlier this month.
As The Post beforehand reported, Weiss — the previous Free Press founder introduced in by Paramount Skydance — has been making an attempt to regular CBS News as staffers worry layoffs and shake-ups that probably contain King and fellow anchor Norah O’Donnell.
Insiders instructed The Post that King’s profitable $13 million-to-$15 million annual contract is set to run out in May and that her standing on the “penny-pinching” community is “murky.”
Some staffers consider Weiss might reshuffle the morning and night lineups, probably shifting O’Donnell back to “CBS Mornings” — a swap that might depart King out within the cold.
King’s future at CBS News has been the subject of hypothesis in mild of main adjustments on the community. Mike Marsland/WireImage
King’s seat-mate second with Watters additionally revived reminiscences of their 2019 dust-up, when the Fox News host confused her with “Good Morning America” anchor Robin Roberts.
Watters later apologized on air, holding up a signal that learn, “I’m sorry Gayle + Robin.”
Fox News is a subsidiary of Fox Corp — sister company to The Post’s company father or mother News Corp.
The Post has sought remark from CBS News and Fox News.
