{"id":7168,"date":"2025-10-23T00:54:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T00:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=7168"},"modified":"2025-10-23T00:55:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T00:55:00","slug":"gayle-kings-selfie-with-fox-news-jesse-watters-prompts-liberal-meltdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=7168","title":{"rendered":"Gayle King&#8217;s selfie with Fox News&#8217; Jesse Watters prompts liberal meltdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>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 \u2014 prompting harsh criticism from liberals online.<\/p>\n<p>King, the \u201cCBS Mornings\u201d co-host, was photographed smiling beside Watters on a plane, joking that the two \u201cTV people from competing networks\u201d were seated together on a four-hour flight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpeaking for @jessewatters here: A good time was had by all! Hi, Jesse \u2026 saving your number!\u201d King wrote on her Instagram account.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Gayle King of CBS News posted a selfie showing her alongside Jesse Watters of Fox News. <span class=\"credit\">@gayleking\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That lighthearted tone didn\u2019t land with progressives on social media, who torched King for what they called tone-deaf chumminess.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGayle this is NOT IT,\u201d one Bluesky user fumed.<\/p>\n<p>Rapper Talib Kweli added, \u201cNah Gayle this ain\u2019t it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another account sneered: \u201cAll nazi Jesse does is \u2026 LIE!\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Dozens of others piled on. \u201cOprah\u2019s tone-deaf bestie not reading the room,\u201d wrote one commenter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEWWW,\u201d said another.<\/p>\n<p>A third declared, \u201cNo principles. Not that I ever expected anything else of her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some accused King of trying to impress her new boss, CBS News chief Bari Weiss, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/09\/media\/bari-weiss-vocal-in-cbs-news-meetings-on-coverage-of-israel-hamas\/\">who has signaled plans to overhaul the network\u2019s news operation.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Liberals on the social media platform Bluesky expressed their disapproval. <span class=\"credit\">@BlueskyLibs\/X<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\" \/>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>One user wrote that the photo was \u201cGross!\u201d while another blasted King for having \u201cno principles.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">@BlueskyLibs\/X<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cTrying to impress Bari Weiss,\u201d one user quipped on Bluesky.<\/p>\n<p>The liberal outrage comes at a delicate time for King, whose future at the network<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/10\/media\/bari-weiss-looks-to-calm-nerves-at-cbs-news-as-chatter-swirls-around-gayle-king-norah-odonnell-and-layoffs\/\"> has been the subject of speculation since Weiss\u2019s arrival earlier this month.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As The Post previously reported, Weiss \u2014 the former Free Press founder brought in by Paramount Skydance \u2014 has been trying to steady CBS News as staffers fear layoffs and shake-ups that possibly involve King and fellow anchor Norah O\u2019Donnell.<\/p>\n<p>Insiders told The Post that King\u2019s lucrative $13 million-to-$15 million annual contract is set to expire in May and that her standing at the \u201cpenny-pinching\u201d network is \u201cmurky.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some staffers believe Weiss could reshuffle the morning and evening lineups, possibly moving O\u2019Donnell back to \u201cCBS Mornings\u201d \u2014 a switch that could leave King out in the cold.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>King\u2019s future at CBS News has been the subject of speculation in light of major changes at the network. <span class=\"credit\">Mike Marsland\/WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>King\u2019s seat-mate moment with Watters also revived memories of their 2019 dust-up, when the Fox News host confused her with \u201cGood Morning America\u201d anchor Robin Roberts.<\/p>\n<p>Watters later apologized on air, holding up a sign that read, \u201cI\u2019m sorry Gayle + Robin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fox News is a subsidiary of Fox Corp \u2014 sister company to The Post\u2019s corporate parent News Corp.<\/p>\n<p>The Post has sought comment from CBS News and Fox News.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/21\/media\/gayle-kings-selfie-with-fox-news-jesse-watters-prompts-liberal-meltdown\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 \u2014 prompting harsh criticism from liberals online. King, the \u201cCBS Mornings\u201d co-host, was photographed smiling beside Watters on a plane, joking that the two \u201cTV people from competing networks\u201d were seated &#8230; <a title=\"Gayle King&#8217;s selfie with Fox News&#8217; Jesse Watters prompts liberal meltdown\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=7168\" aria-label=\"Read more about Gayle King&#8217;s selfie with Fox News&#8217; Jesse Watters prompts liberal meltdown\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Gayle-Kings-selfie-with-Fox-News-Jesse-Watters-prompts-liberal.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7170,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7168\/revisions\/7170"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}