A simple in-flight selfie was enough to send the liberal internet into a full-blown tailspin this week—because civility between people with differing views is apparently now offensive.

CBS “Mornings” anchor Gayle King dared to do the unthinkable on Monday: post a friendly photo with Fox News host Jesse Watters after the two happened to be seated together on a cross-country flight. Naturally, left-wing keyboard warriors descended into outrage.

King captioned the Instagram post with light humor, writing:

“Speaking for @jessewatters here: A good time was had by all! Hi, Jesse … saving your number!”

The smiling selfie showed King and Watters seated side by side, clearly getting along just fine despite their networks’ ideological divide.

But progressives weren’t having it. Online rage quickly bubbled over on platforms like Bluesky, where the outrage brigade blasted King for daring to be friendly to someone outside her political bubble.

“Gayle this is NOT IT,” one melodramatic user scolded.

Rapper Talib Kweli joined the dogpile, contributing his usual nuance-free commentary:

“Nah Gayle this ain’t it.”

One commenter went so far as to label Watters a Nazi and accused him of lying for a living—because apparently that’s the level of discourse now expected from self-described “tolerant” liberals.

Others dragged King personally, calling her “tone-deaf,” “gross,” and without principles. One snide comment even claimed King was trying to curry favor with Bari Weiss, the newly appointed CBS News chief who has already triggered panic among progressive staffers by signaling an intent to bring some sanity—and perhaps even balance—to the struggling network.

“Trying to impress Bari Weiss,” sneered one user on Bluesky, clearly distressed by the possibility of CBS veering away from its leftist orthodoxy.

This firestorm comes at a precarious time for King, whose future at CBS appears uncertain. As The New York Post previously reported, her eye-popping $13–$15 million contract is set to expire in May, and network insiders say her position is far from secure. The newly “penny-pinching” CBS, now under the Skydance-Paramount merger, is reportedly considering a shake-up that could see Norah O’Donnell return to the morning show—possibly bumping King from the lineup altogether.

All this makes the faux outrage even more transparent. For the left, it’s not about principles or ethics—it’s about tribalism. And anyone, even a veteran liberal journalist like Gayle King, who dares step out of line or show a moment of civility toward the “wrong” people, becomes a target.

Ironically, this isn’t even the first time King and Watters have made headlines together. In 2019, Watters mistakenly referred to King as fellow anchor Robin Roberts—a mix-up he later owned with a public apology on air, complete with a handwritten sign reading:

“I’m sorry Gayle + Robin.”

Apparently, that past apology wasn’t enough for the perpetually offended.

The Post has reached out to CBS and Fox News for comment, though frankly, one wonders why anyone would bother. The photo speaks for itself: two professionals sharing a moment of decency—something that, in today’s divisive climate, is treated by some as scandalous.