Gayle King “felt one thing” within the presence of Pope Leo.
The 70-year-old broadcaster and her pals Oprah Winfrey and Maria Shriver attended the pontiff’s inauguration mass on Could 18 and although she isn’t Catholic, she was nonetheless moved when he handed by her and her buddies.
She instructed Individuals journal: “You’re sitting within the entrance row, and Pope Leo goes by within the popemobile! We’re like, ‘Chicago, Chicago!’
“You simply felt one thing being in his presence. You actually did.
“We have been excited to be there to witness historical past.”
King has been concerned in one other historic second actually as she was a part of an all-female crew that blasted off to house on a Blue Origin flight.
However the broadcaster — who was joined on the journey by pop star Katy Perry, Jeff Bezos’ fiancee Lauren Sanchez, aerospace engineer Aisha Bowe, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen, and movie producer Kerianne Flynn — not too long ago admitted she “disillusioned and saddened” by critics, who had branded the 11-minute flight “frivolous.”
Talking on “CBS Mornings,” she stated: “Area is just not an both or, it’s a each and, and since you do one thing in house doesn’t imply you’re taking something away from Earth. And what you’re doing in house is attempting to make issues higher right here on Earth.
“What Blue Origin desires to do is take the waste right here and determine a method to put it in house to make our planet cleaner. Jeff Bezos has so many concepts, and the individuals which can be working there are actually devoted and devoted to creating our planet a greater place. That’s No. 1.
“There was nothing frivolous about what we do.
“So, you already know, I’m very disillusioned and really saddened by it [the criticism]. And I additionally say this — what it’s doing to encourage different ladies and younger women? Please don’t ignore that. I’ve had so many ladies and younger women attain out to me, and males too, by the best way. Males too that say, ‘Wow, I by no means thought I may try this, however I see you doing it at this stage of your life.’ “
