Breaking New: Gayle King says she finds it “disrespectful” that their Blue Origin space flight is being called “a ride.”

The day after Gayle King was part of the historic all-female Blue Origin space flight, she spoke to “Extra’s” Mona Kosar Abdi about the exhilarating experience.

Gayle, who is a nervous flier, said she was “terrified” before takeoff!

While conceding she had “great training,” she said the idea of “putting your butt on a rocket” was still nerve-wracking.

As for how she overcame her fears, she noted, “You start looking at the bigger picture here and I’d said in January… I want to be open to new adventures, whether it’s dating, whether it’s a job… I didn’t dream this big. This was not something that I ever even saw coming.”

She said, “When I watch the video, I’m blown away by it myself that I was up there in seat #5.”

King has seen all the memes and admits her scared face was “not a cute look.”

She shared, “I do wish, you know, looking at those pictures, that I would have smiled a little bit. Normally, it’s not good to be a meme, but I actually think these are kinda funny because you see everybody ahead of me and behind me, they’re smiling, they’re so happy.

They can’t wait to get on board, and I’m just thinking, ‘I gotta follow this instruction.’ I’m saying my mantra. I want to get in the seat. I want to strap in correctly, and I was just trying to get it right, and I was also afraid