Gayle King has opened up about how her long-time friend, Oprah Winfrey, helped her through her divorce from her ex-husband, William Bumpus.
On iHeartPodcast’s Now What? With Brooke Shields, King revealed that Winfrey was the first person to know about her ex-husband’s infidelity.
Keep reading to find out more…
King has had an impressive career as a news anchor and a talk show host.
She was born in December 1954 in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
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.
By the time she reached University, King earned herself a degree in Psychology and Sociology from the University of Maryland.
With King’s degree, she found herself in broadcasting, working as a news anchor and reporter for Kansas City.
Her experience working at Kansas took her to Hartford, Connecticut.
At Hartford, King worked as a news anchor at a local station.
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.
The pair met at the Baltimore television station way before they entered the public eye.
Working at Baltimore’s television station, Winfrey was the station’s news anchor, and King was a production assistant.
But how did they become such good friends?
It all started when there was a snowstorm in Baltimore.
Winfrey suggested that King makes the perilous journey back home to her parent’s house.
But King was reluctant to go home at first, nothing that she didn’t have any clothes to change into.
Winfrey then ended up letting King borrow her clothes.
The pair spent the evening talking, laughing, gossiping, and forming their friendship.
But what drew them even closer is the fact they share the same philosophies in life.
And not only that but even disliked the same people at work!
King would eventually move to Kansas City to become a news anchor.
As for Winfrey, she was making her mark in Chicago.
But they didn’t let distance get in the way of their friendship.
King then became a talk show host for quite some time.
She co-hosted a show called Cover to Cover before headlining her own show, The Gayle King Show, back in 1997.
Since then, King and Winfrey have made quite a name for themselves.
And their relationship continues to grow stronger as the years go by.
King has recently hit headlines…
The CBS Mornings host said that she was having trouble after her divorce from her husband, William Bumpus…
And her long-time friend came to her aid.
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.
“I was married to someone who found monogamy very challenging — which is difficult in a marriage,” King said.
“I think if I didn’t have children, I would’ve never spoken to him again.”
She continued: “Oprah — who has never been married and never had children — she is one of the best therapists ever.
“If she had a second career, It would be a therapist.
“When I first caught my ex I didn’t tell anyone but Oprah and my mother.
“I knew I could trust them.”
King and Bumpus got married in 1982, but their eleven-year marriage came to an end in 1993.
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