But it wasn’t because she feared for King’s safety.

“When people saw her crying, people said, ‘Oh, she’s so worried.

She thinks something’s gonna happen,” theCBS Morningscohost, 70, recently toldE!

Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King attend the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures 3rd Annual Gala Presented by Rolex at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 03, 2023 in Los Angeles, California

Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King photographed in 2023.Credit:Emma McIntyre/Getty

News.But “that wasn’t it at all,” King explained.

King’s flight also includedKaty Perryand Bezos’ fiancee, Lauren Sanchez.Past flightshave included celebrities likeMichael StrahanandWilliam Shatner.

But King was able to rest easy, because Winfrey was able to rest easy.

Katy Perry and Gayle King touching back down from their space voyage

The all-female Blue Origin 2025 space expedition included Jeff Bezos' fiancée Lauren Sanchez, popstar Katy Perry, former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, film producer Kerianne Flynn, journalist Gayle King, and bioastronautics researcher Amanda Nguyen.Blue Origin/UPI/Shutterstock

The all-female Blue Origin expedition courted agood deal of controversy, to the surprise of its participants.

What are you doing up there?"

DAILY POP – Episode 190130 – Pictured: (l-r) Actress Mo’Nique chats about her “Mo’Nique Does Vegas” residency with Daily Pop Co-Hosts Justin Sylvester and Morgan Stewart, Oprah Winfrey attends a taping of “Queen Sugar After-Show” at OWN on November 7, 2017 in West Hollywood, California.

Blue Origin completed its 11th human spaceflight and the 31st flight of its New Shepard program on Monday, April 14, 2025, when (from left) Lauren Sanchez (Jeff Bezos' fiancé), popstar Katy Perry, former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, film producer Kerianne Flynn, journalist Gayle King, and bioastronautics researcher Amanda Nguyen, took off from Launch Site One in West Texas

The all-female Blue Origin 2025 space expedition included Jeff Bezos' fiancée Lauren Sanchez, popstar Katy Perry, former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, film producer Kerianne Flynn, journalist Gayle King, and bioastronautics researcher Amanda Nguyen.Blue Origin/UPI/Shutterstock