When they asked me, they asked me around Thanksgiving, I was like, ‘no, no, no." Gayle King said. "Then I started thinking about it and I just thought ‘what a unique opportunity.‘"
CBS host Gayle King and Bezos’s fiancé Lauren Sánchez will also reach the edge of space on board the Blue Origin rocket.
The celebrities join three other women as the crew of the upcoming Blue Origin journey, which is set to launch this spring.
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is set to fly Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez and Gayle King as part of a six-person, all-female spaceflight.
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