Gayle King posted a selfie alongside Fox News star Jesse Watters as the two happened to be on the same cross-country flight on Monday — prompting harsh criticism from liberals online.
King, the “CBS Mornings” co-host, was photographed smiling beside Watters on a plane, joking that the two “TV people from competing networks” were seated together 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. 4
That lighthearted tone didn’t land with progressives on social media, who torched King for what they called tone-deaf chumminess.
“Gayle this is NOT IT,” one Bluesky user fumed.
Rapper Talib Kweli added, “Nah Gayle this ain’t it.”
Another account sneered: “All nazi Jesse does is … LIE