Hey, Gail King!

[PJMcK]

I hope you enjoyed your rocket ride. It was especially cute that you, Katy Perry and the other ladies had matching outfits! Very cool.

Did your stunt really empower women? You got the free ride at the behest of one of the richest men in the world. Gosh, you're special.

Meanwhile, on planet Earth,. people are being illegally detained and renditioned to foreign countries by the Trump administration. He is violating court orders but boy, did you have a fun brief ride.

The economy is on the brink of collapse because of Trump's stupid tariffs and his erratic behavior that lacks a coherent plan.

The markets have lost in excess of a trillion dollars. Peoples' retirement accounts have been decimated. Millions of Americans-- that would be your audience, dummy-- will be drastically hurt by the policies of this administration. Thankfully, you have your millions so you'll never experience the pains of a great many of you fellow citizens. Good for you.

Trump did not lower prices on day one as he "promised." (Anyone who ever believes a Trump promise is an idiot.) Eggs in the U.S. are still expensive (as if that's a serious metric; use gasoline as a common denominator). Other food prices are increasing and so is everything else since the economy is rooted in globalism.

You take a joy ride on a billionaire's rocket and we're the disrespectful ones?! Is your next stop Disneyworld?

By the way, the man who gave you the free ride into space is the same guy who stifled real journalism at The Washington Post. But you were still okay with accepting this boondoggle yet you consider yourself a "serious" journalist. Quite pathetic, actually.

Your place of elite privilege is duly noted.

Kindly go fuck off.

[Srkdqltr]

1. They don't give a dam what we think.

[Skittles]

3. based on Ms. King's protestations

it would appear they do

[NJCher]

7. she just made her situation worse

with her entitled explanations:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/04/16/gayle-king-blue-origin-backlash-lauren-sanchez/83114585007/

These people really do live in a vacuum.

[TomSlick]

9. Ouch. A poor response.

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.

[PJMcK]

13. I gave up on TV "journalists" decades ago

They are all corporate tools.

These ladies are the worst, in my opinion, because they should be the ones fighting for women yet we have this kind of ass-kissing bullshit.

What a country.

Gail King is a part of the corporate take over of our democracy. Instead of kissing the ground after she landed, she can something else, in my opinion.

[NJCher]

18. LOL

Instead of kissing the ground after she landed, she can something else, in my opinion.

As I recently heard it "nicely" expressed: "She can go have a relationship with herself."

[PJMcK]

19. I like that!

Thanis, NJCher!

Greetings from Panama.

[NJCher]

23. It's cold here!

44 but feels like 27.

🥶

[mgardener]

56. We had snow yyesterday...

Way upstate NY

[PJMcK]

62. It's like a Prince lyric! (n/t)

[k_buddy762]

42. I agree with this take 100%

Spot on.

The price of those 10 minutes for that handful of ladies.... How many soup kitchens in the nation could have been kept open for a week with the same amount of money?

All of them?

[OMGWTF]

60. Tone deaf twat can fk all the way off and take your BFF Oprah with you.

[Cirsium]

20. OMG

"I wish people would do more due diligence," she said. "And then my question is, 'Have y'all been to space?' Go to space or go to Blue Origin and see what they do and then come back and say, 'This is a terrible thing.'"

So guess since I haven't been to space I can't comment on this.

"I think it's good that we can really address it … because I was one of those people before I went on this flight and before I became educated," she said, adding that Blue Origin's "intention" is more noble than she thought.

"To figure out a way to harness the waste here and put it in space to make the Earth a better place," King said, describing her view of Blue Origin's mission. "Every time a flight goes up, they get some type of information that can be used for something else."

[NJCher]

24. this was my fave

before I became educated,

Thanks, Gail. I guess we're just a bunch of dummies.

Has this woman no concept whatsoever of how she comes off?

[PJMcK]

43. She is a multimillionaire

Good for her.

However, she is completely out of touch with her audience. No amount of makeup, hair of faux-feminism will cover for her corporate acquiescence.

[PJMcK]

44. Gail is out of touch

Good for her.

However, she is completely out of touch with her audience. No amount of makeup, hair of faux-feminism will cover for her corporate acquiescence.

[UpInArms]

58. Let them eat cake!

Really? Smh

[travelingthrulife]

65. So outer space is to be used as a giant trash disposal system. Great.

Then she can buy lots more stuff.

[Cirsium]

67. I noticed that, too

I assume she heard that from Bezos or one of his lackeys. How horrifying.

[Skittles]

40. pretty much SOP for clueless folk

yes indeed

[Grins]

61. I have returned the favor for years! NM

[hlthe2b]

2. She went with Bezo's wife-to-be and who else? Wasn't there a third?

Just asking out of curiosity that only slightly rivals my disdain.

[choie]

4. Yes!

Foolish, stupid, entitled women.

[MIButterfly]

5. Thank you! I couldn't have said it better myself.

I agree with every word.

[karin_sj]

6. Great rant

I agree wholeheartedly.

[PJMcK]

14. Thanks

This publicity stunt was pointless.

It didn't provide science.

It didn't provide any metrics.

It didn't advance any knowledge of space flight or rocketry.

It was Bezos showing off. Period. What an ass.

And every one of the people on the flight are useless tools of the oligarchy.

Kerry Perry, whose music I once enjoyed, is a major disappointment.

[dem4decades]

30. It wasn't pointless, it was a study on the effects of weightlessness on botox.

[PJMcK]

36. It was a study on the effects of weightlessness on the empty skulls of the passengers (n/t)

[PJMcK]

45. Botox?

And yet I thought it was about hair and makeup and a TV spot.

Silly me.

[dem4decades]

54. It was a multi-faceted study.

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[TNNurse]

8. Someone needs to ask all those women (on camera) how they feel

about what this administration is doing by erasing actual women astronauts from all those records.

They took a joy ride, these astronauts did the work.

[PJMcK]

37. Gail King doesn't give a shit about women's rights

She is a multi-millionaire and a function of the oligarchy.

In my life, King is useless and irrelevant.

Also, she's a terrible journalist. As a TV personality, she sucks.

[Katinfl]

57. She owes her "success" to Oprah.

The only reason we even know Gayle King is because she is Oprah’s best friends for years. I also think she might have been her producer. That’s her only claim to fame…….just like “Dr. Phil”. Furthermore, we might say J.D. Vance owe his career to Oprah because she highlighted his book. You know, Oprah’s Book Club. She had him on her show and publicized the hell out of that lousy book. She is quite the “star maker”. Lol.

[tazcat]

66. Let's not forget oprah gave us Quack Oz & dr Phil Geez, just go away miss O

[Retrograde]

10. It diminishes the accomplishments

of the women of NASA who worked for their slots in space: rigorous training, multiple technical degrees, years of work.

Now, if someone offered to send me up on one of these shoots I'd seriously considered taking up the offer. But I wouldn't fool myself into thinking it was anything other than a tourism thing.

[PJMcK]

39. That is exactly right!

Space flight isn't a joy ride, it is serious business rooted in science.

A publicity stunt, such as this SUBORBITAL flight is a meaningless effort that cost many millions of dollars. What are the benefits? Katy Perry is going to write a song?! Really? That is bullshit to the highest degree.

Gail King, who apparently was frightened about the flight, is going to praise the owner of the WaPo who has acted to diminish Freedom of the Press. When they disembarked for the capsule, they kissed the ground? Please provide me with one photograph of NASA astronauts, or Soviet/Russian/Chinese who made a similar stupid and meaningless gesture.

Well done,Gail. You must be so proud. Loser.

Frankly, Gail King is completely disconnected from the American people. She is unable to express commonality with grass-roots Americans. Her experience and her description of it is less than informative.

Still, MAGA is steadfast...

[Native]

11. Loved that Olivia Munn spoke out about this before the launch.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8juMWjj/

[PJMcK]

46. Love her! (n/t)

[Pris]

12. I hope you put this on X

Well said!!

[PJMcK]

16. Thanks for your support

I don't have an X account. Guess why.

[Raine]

15. Thank you for the wonderful rant! 👍 nt

[PJMcK]

17. You're welcome

The status of our country is dismaying beyond belief!

That the media and especially the so-called journalists have bent their knee to Trump-- as have some universities-- is a pathetic display of cowardice by those who should be standing proud against this overthrow of democracy.

Oh, well. It was fun while it lasted.

[slightlv]

21. Wasn't Gayle King Oprah's best girlfriend?

If so... man, what happened to her? Or, on the other hand... give her an Oscar. Her performance as a caring individual all these years was a masterpiece. Surely who this is and who I'm thinking it is... isn't correct?

[BigmanPigman]

38. Yes, best pals.

I have zero respect for both of them.

[PJMcK]

41. I've never been a fan of Oprah

She gave us Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz (I think). Well done, Oprah!

By the way, Oscars go to movie stars but I completely understand your snark!

Corporate news is fundamental to the fascist/corporate take-over of the American democracy.

One fundamental element of fascism is when a government works with corporate power to dominate a population.

The American experiment is one the edge of collapse.

Thanks, GOP.

[BigmanPigman]

53. At one point during tRump's 2016 term

people were actually saying Oprah should run for POTUS. Even right here on DU. Just what we do NOT need, another celebrity in politics!

[Jamesm9164]

22. Bravo!

Well said. With ya 100%.

[PJMcK]

47. Time to move (n/t)

[BidenRocks]

25. All glam'd up!

Even had eyelash extensions.
Angry Astronaut went off on this.

[PJMcK]

49. In fact, astronauts are not allowed to take that kind of crap into space

Makeup creates uncontrolled dust that can interfere with equipment. The residents of the ISS are extremely careful about detritus floating around the station because it can negatively impact the equipment onboard the station.

This was a stupid publicity stunt that is emblematic of our dysfunctional society.

[Aussie105]

26. A publicity stunt.

An expensive publicity stunt.

A pointless publicity stunt.

An expensive, pointless publicity stunt that was meant to distract from important matters.

Slight level of disappointment from me that nothing went wrong.
Not wishing anything fatal on the gurls, just something to mess up their makeup, mess up their hair, dirty their cute uniforms, maybe make them wet their knickers. That sort of thing.

[FakeNoose]

27. "Anyone who ever believes a Trump promise is an idiot"

Well said!

Do you think Gayle King believes any of Chump's promises?
I doubt it, but also, she doesn't give a rat's ass. Because she got a free ride on Jeff Bezos' rocket ship.

[PJMcK]

51. Gail King is rich

She wanted clicks and views.

Perhaps her corporate overlords ordered her to climb aboard Blue Horizon.

Who gives a shit? It was a meaningless publicity stunt by Bezos.

I grew up during the historic space race where we beat the Soviets to the Moon. America was united.

Now, we're a stupid mess motivated by Tim Tok, X and FaceFuck.

Time to leave.

[Renew Deal]

28. Haters gonna hate

[FoxNewsSucks]

33. With good reason.

[Kcphyllis]

29. I am baffled by this backlash

If Gail King had stayed home, would the horrors listed above magically disappear? This is a positive, uplifting story. If one girl says I want to go to space, I want to learn about the stars, how does a rocket work, the trip was a good, worthwhile thing.

[GP6971]

31. But it wasn't about that. It was a publicity stunt.

[FoxNewsSucks]

32. Get real, maybe she should use her celebrity to bring attention to

those horrors instead of that little junket.

Because if MAGA isn't stopped, it won't matter if "one girl says I want to go to space", the menfolk in charge will quickly be putting her back in "her place". And every other woman.

[PJMcK]

35. Do you really believe that Bezos is interested in women's advancement

Okay.

Enjoy your stay.

Since I notice you have 1 post, build some credibility on this site before you express your contrarian views.

In fact, there are many women in the NASA astronaut corps who are far more qualified for a journey into space. Katy Perry? Other than celebrity, kindly inform me what she brings to the table other than popularity. There are numerous scientifically prepare women who are astronauts who can provide knowledge and experience from such an experience. Katy Perry is going to write a song?!

Your response is pathetic.

[progressoid]

48. If you want to learn about the stars or how a rocket works, you don't need celebrities for that.

Or maybe you do. If so, congratulations; you have been bamboozled by the marketing savvy of the private space industry.

FWIW, I have been a lifelong fan of space exploration. Luckily we have decades of information to glean without the expert commentary of Bezo's latest wife, Oprah's friend, or that fireworks lady.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

52. She didn't do any of that. She promoted rockets as a way to dispose waste into space. Her stupidity is NOT uplifting. nt

[FoxNewsSucks]

34. That's exactly the way it is.

[FHRRK]

50. This is going to be their New Coke moment

Except they aren’t a non-living object that can revert to Classic Coke.

I was basically neutral on all of these woman, now I dislike them all.

The ignorance is astounding, they watched Eloon ruin himself yet some how thought jumping on a Bezos ship in skin type suits, and talking down to the public would be a good idea.

Go sit in you mansions and STFU! And invite Sarandon and James Carville.

F them, F Oprah, F the billionaires.

[twodogsbarking]

55. People can spend their money as they like. Not my money.

[Sneederbunk]

59. Did Shatner and Strahan endure this?

[MontanaMama]

63. Gayle's question: "have y'all been to space?"

was tone deaf and condescending. None of the people on this space ride did anything important but agree to go. They aren’t astronauts and this whole thing took about 11 minutes. What these women don’t realize is that they were used by Bezos to distract from his bad press for being a terrible person.

[iscooterliberally]

64. She should have stayed up there. n/t

[Jean Genie]

68. Free Ride

For god's sake, quit your bitching! How many free rides to his golf courses has Donald had so far? "Free" at taxpayers' expense, I might add. How many "free" meals have we the taxpayers bought for our poor, needy congresspeople while cutting food stamps and lunches for hungry seniors and kids.
I'm not wild about Jeff Bezos - or any other oligarchs, either. However, one could accurately argue that he's spending his own money to do those self-glorification projects. Granted, it's money he's been gifted simply for being a rich, self-serving bastard. But then rich, self-serving bastards seem to be what we Americans like, or we would not have re-elected Trump.
Gail King? Give me a fucking break! Typical sour grapes. Let's pick on the black woman for getting "freebies." Just a welfare queen in designer clothing, I suppose.
Get over it! This is the "great" country we live in, the "land of the free," and the home of the duped. They love to see us get all worked up when "the other" gets something we don't get.
How many thousands of eggs is Donald going to lavish on the kiddies for the Easter egg roll this weekend? Did he open his wallet and pay for any of them? Or are we the gullible public footing the bill (while many families can no longer afford their typical Easter brunch meal)?
Seems to me it's all a distraction; a way to get us well and truly pissed off at our fellow human beings, a way to blame others and feel justifiably self righteous.while the truly culpable stand above the fray.and gloat.
Life is not fair - and probably never will be. Shut up and deal with it. Or do something to change what is into what ought to be.
Good luck with that!

[AverageOldGuy]

69. King is stuck on GMA

Because it’s entertainment, filled with fluff and nonsense. She can’t make it in hard news.