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Gayle King Slammed for Kissing Stingray in Vacation Video: ‘Leave Nature Alone!’
Gayle King is facing backlash after sharing a vacation video that shows her holding and kissing a stingray for “seven years of good luck.” On Tuesday, January 20, the CBS Mornings co-host, 71, posted the clip to her Instagram from Grand Cayman’s popular Stingray City attraction, where she and her sister were filmed getting up close with the marine animals.
In the footage, a tour guide tells King that kissing a stingray — “without tongue” — is considered good luck. King happily obliged, later captioning her post: “Rumor has it you get good luck for seven years if you kiss a stingray — so I kissed that sucker twice!”
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But many fans weren’t feeling the charm.“Why are you doing that? Good God, leave nature alone! They’re not here for your entertainment!”
Other commenters, per Daily Mail, wrote: “Imagine the germs WE are spreading into their world! Get over yourselves.”
And, another fan slammed: “Gross… leave them alone. Kissing them upsets the natural bacteria on their skin.”
The controversy lands at a sensitive time for King, who is reportedly facing an uncertain future at CBS Mornings.
As the National Enquirer recently reported, the journalist’s role on the network will be “drastically reduced,” along with her salary.
