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Gayle King Calls Oprah Winfrey ‘One of the Best Therapists Ever’ After Helping Her Through Divorce

Gayle King has opened up about how her long-time friend, Oprah Winfrey, helped her through her divorce from her ex-husband, William Bumpus.

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On iHeartPodcast’s Now What? With Brooke Shields, King revealed that Winfrey was the first person to know about her ex-husband’s infidelity.

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Keep reading to find out more…

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King has had an impressive career as a news anchor and a talk show host.

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She was born in December 1954 in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

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She spent the majority of her time in Maryland and Turkey, where her military father was stationed, and he took his entire family with him.

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By the time she reached University, King earned herself a degree in Psychology and Sociology from the University of Maryland.

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With King’s degree, she found herself in broadcasting, working as a news anchor and reporter for Kansas City.

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Her experience working at Kansas took her to Hartford, Connecticut.

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At Hartford, King worked as a news anchor at a local station.

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Her career in news reporting led her to meet her best friend, Oprah Winfrey.

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But at the time, they just didn’t know how close they would really be.

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The pair met at the Baltimore television station way before they entered the public eye.

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Working at Baltimore’s television station, Winfrey was the station’s news anchor, and King was a production assistant.

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But how did they become such good friends?

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It all started when there was a snowstorm in Baltimore.

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Winfrey suggested that King makes the perilous journey back home to her parent’s house.

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But King was reluctant to go home at first, nothing that she didn’t have any clothes to change into.

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Winfrey then ended up letting King borrow her clothes.

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The pair spent the evening talking, laughing, gossiping, and forming their friendship.

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But what drew them even closer is the fact they share the same philosophies in life.

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And not only that but even disliked the same people at work!

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King would eventually move to Kansas City to become a news anchor.

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As for Winfrey, she was making her mark in Chicago.

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But they didn’t let distance get in the way of their friendship.

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King then became a talk show host for quite some time.

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She co-hosted a show called Cover to Cover before headlining her own show, The Gayle King Show, back in 1997.

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Since then, King and Winfrey have made quite a name for themselves.

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And their relationship continues to grow stronger as the years go by.

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King has recently hit headlines…

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The CBS Mornings host said that she was having trouble after her divorce from her husband, William Bumpus…

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And her long-time friend came to her aid.

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The sixty-seven-year-old said that Winfrey was the first person to know about Bumpus infidelity on iHeartPodcast’s Now What? With Brooke Shields.

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“I was married to someone who found monogamy very challenging — which is difficult in a marriage,” King said.

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“I think if I didn’t have children, I would’ve never spoken to him again.”

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She continued: “Oprah — who has never been married and never had children — she is one of the best therapists ever.

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“If she had a second career, It would be a therapist.

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“When I first caught my ex I didn’t tell anyone but Oprah and my mother.

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“I knew I could trust them.”

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King and Bumpus got married in 1982, but their eleven-year marriage came to an end in 1993.

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