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

Gayle King exclusively revealed to E! News at the TIME100 gala what her longtime best friend Oprah Winfrey told her upon her return from the Blue Origin space flight.

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."