William Shatner had some lower than reassuring phrases of recommendation for Gayle King forward of her journey into house.
In 2021, the “Star Trek” actor made historical past when he turned the oldest particular person to journey to house after flying aboard Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin New Shepard rocket.
Throughout a Thursday look on “CBS Mornings,” Shatner joined King, 70, to debate the speak present host’s upcoming house flight, which she is going to take alongside Katy Perry and Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sanchez as a part of an all-female crew.
Firstly of the section, King recalled watching Shatner on TV after he returned from house, noting that he appeared “so euphoric” and “it was so blissful.”
“I watched you, and I thought, what must it be like to feel like that?” King requested.
“You’re going to feel it, Gayle. And I don’t want you to wear that dress because it’s the color of blood, OK?” the actor informed King, who was clad in purple.
“We don’t want any blood, Gayle.”
“No, we don’t want any blood,” King agreed.
“You’re right about that.”
Shatner suggested King to “take control of your emotions” whereas on the journey, telling her that she could be “on an adventure” and he or she needed to “embrace it.”
“Yes, that’s how I look at it,” King stated.
“You’re lying there waiting to take off — that’s the most exciting moment of all, because the G-forces that are going to be on you,” Shatner stated.
“You’re going to think, ‘I’m going to die.’ But you’re not going to die, Gayle! You’re on an adventure!”
“You’re on an adventure,” Shatner repeated as King laughed nervously.
“Embrace the adventure!”
“You are scaring the bleep out of me now!” King exclaimed.
“Gayle, Gayle, Gayle…” Shatner continued as King leaned over and coated her face along with her palms.
“Say a mantra! Say something,” he suggested.
“When I was lying there and aware the hydrogen was being poured into the ship, and the Hindenburg had burned with hydrogen, I’m thinking, ‘What’s going to be?’ The guy says over the earphones—”
“This is so not helpful!” King interjected.
Attempting to redirect the dialog, she requested Shatner, “Were you nervous?”
“Yes!” Shatner exclaimed.
“The nitrogen! And going up! The G’s! That’s frightening, girl! But embrace the adventure, embrace it. You’re on an exciting trip that you’ll never do again. You’re going to live through it, and you’ll be fine.”
“Got it,” King replied.
“Just mesmerize yourself,” Shatner added.
“It’s the adventure of a lifetime, and you’re going to see the world like nobody… only 600 people have seen it, and you’re going to see it.”
King informed him that she was “focusing on that,” however famous that she was “stepping way out of my comfort zone.”
When requested if she already had a mantra in thoughts, King stated that she did, and he or she had been meditating forward of the journey.
Shatner then recalled that he had been provided one final alternative to depart the rocket ship within the closing moments earlier than launch.
“‘If you want to get off. Now’s the time,” Shatner remembered being informed as King laughed and shook her head.
“And I thought, ‘I can’t go. I’m Captain Kirk.’ They might say that to you. It felt badly enough.”
“You remain in your seat,” he emphasised.
“You’re on an adventure. Embrace the moment. You’re on a voyage of exploration about your nature.”
The “Boston Legal” star then mirrored on experiencing zero gravity.
“There are no words in the English language to explain what weightlessness is like. It is the strangest feeling. Nothing is like it — not swimming in a pool where they have the exercise, the astronauts,” Shatner stated.
He continued, “That’s what you’re going to practice for days on end, and you know what, no matter how much you practice, you can’t imitate it.”
“For me, I wanted to see outside, so I didn’t hover around,” Shatner added.
“I went to the window to take a look out the window, and I advise you to do that because the voyage is over so quickly.”
Because the section was coming to a detailed, Shatner shared a closing warning about what King may count on from the journey.
“Oh and there’s one more thing,” the Golden Globe winner stated.
“Between the time you leave your bed and get to the ship and deal with the press and go up in the air and come back down and deal with the press, a long time. And there’s no bathroom facilities. So they’re going to give you diapers.”
King, Perry, and Sanchez shall be joined by movie producer Kerianne Flynn, NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, and civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen on the house flight, which is scheduled for April 14.
