Gayle King breaks down why her longtime friend Oprah Winfrey grew visibly emotional watching her rocket into space — and it's not because she was worried for King's safety.

Winfrey shed a few tears as she watched King blast off into space with an all-female crew on Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket on April 14

Following her trip to outer space with the first-ever all-female space crew, Gayle King is revealing new details about how longtime best friend, Oprah Winfrey, reacted when the 11-minute trip came to an end. Speaking with E! News during last night's Time100 Gala, the CBS Mornings host told the publication that Winfrey was "so welled up."