Overview
- King wrote on Instagram that “a good time was had by all” during their four-hour flight and said she saved Watters’ number, while Watters later called her “cool” on his primetime show.
- Responses across Instagram and other platforms ranged from praise for civility to sharp criticism of King for posing with a polarizing conservative host.
- Coverage resurfaced Watters’ history of contentious on-air remarks about race, gender and the United Nations, which critics cited in objecting to the selfie.
- The encounter also revived a 2019 incident in which Watters mistakenly credited King for an interview done by Robin Roberts, for which he apologized on air.
- The episode arrives as CBS transitions under Bari Weiss, with outside reporting speculating about potential personnel changes and King’s contract timeline, and no disciplinary steps have been reported.