Gayle King

Gayle Patrice King (born December 28, 1954) is an American television personality, author and broadcast journalist for CBS News, co-hosting its flagship morning program, CBS Mornings, and before that its predecessor CBS This Morning. She is also an editor-at-large for Oprah Daily. King was named one of Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People of 2019".

Early life King born on December 28, 1954, in Chevy Chase, Maryland, a suburb of Washington D.C. Her parents are Peggy Tucker and Emmett Scott King. From age six to eleven she lived in Ankara, Turkey, where her father was deployed. In 1966 she returned with her family to the United States, where her father worked as an electrical engineer. King graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, with a degree in psychology. After working at WJZ, she moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where she was a weekend anchor and general-assignment reporter at WDAF-TV. In 1981, she was hired as a news anchor for WFSB in Hartford, Connecticut, where she worked for 18 years. In September 2006, King began to host The Gayle King Show on XM Satellite Radio.

On January 3, 2011, King began hosting a new show, also called The Gayle King Show, on OWN. The Gayle King Show ended on November 17, 2011, as a result of King going to CBS to co-anchor CBS This Morning alongside Charlie Rose and a series of third co-anchors including for a time Norah O'Donnell. The show succeeded in the ratings. King and Rose were noted as having good on-air chemistry. The two became friends as well, and remained friends even after Rose exited from CBS due to the sexual misconduct allegations against him.

Network news King interviews Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on CBS This Morning in 2019. Before joining CBS News, King worked as a special correspondent for Good Morning America. She received recognition for remaining stoic during an interview with R. Kelly, who rose from his chair and began to scream and beat his chest in an interview discussing the sexual abuse allegations made against him.

In 2018, King was inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame. She was also chosen as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people of 2019.

In 2020, shortly after the death of Kobe Bryant, King received social media criticism for a CBS This Morning interview with former WNBA player Lisa Leslie, in which King brought up Bryant's sexual assault allegations from 2003. Rapper Snoop Dogg was among those who criticized King, though he later apologized.

In January 2022, King had extended her contract with CBS News to continue as co-anchor of CBS Mornings.

On April 22, 2023, CNN announced that King will co-host with Charles Barkley on their weekly primetime show King Charles which debuted that fall and ended the next spring. King continued her role as co-anchor of CBS Mornings.

Personal life

King has been a close friend of Oprah Winfrey since 1976. In a 2010 interview with Barbara Walters, Winfrey said of King, "She is the mother I never had; she is the sister everybody would want; she is the friend everybody deserves; I don't know a better person".

From 1982 to 1993, King was married to William Bumpus, an attorney and an assistant attorney general in Connecticut. They share a daughter, Kirby, and a son, William Bumpus Jr. This flight made King and Sánchez the first female journalists to fly to space as well as part of the first flight in which everyone onboard was female since Valentina Tereshkova's solo 1963 flight on Vostok 6.

Filmography Year Title Role Ref. 1985 The Color Purple Church-goer uncredited 2004 The Manchurian Candidate Media Icon 2012 30 Rock Herself Episode: My Whole Life is Thunder 2015 Being Mary Jane Herself Episode: No Eggspectations 2015 Saturday Night Live Herself Episode: Tina Fey & Amy Poehler/Bruce Springsteen 2016 The Boss Herself 2017, 2021 Queen Sugar Herself 2 episodes 2019 Queen and Slim Herself 2021 The Game Herself Episode: Snips, Clips, and Chair Sits 2022 Billions Herself Episode: The Big Ugly 2024 The Trainer

Awards and nominations Emmy Awards Year Award Nominated workResult Daytime Emmy Awards 2014 Outstanding Morning Program CBS This Morning 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 News and Documentary Emmy Awards 2017 Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Newscast CBS Evening News: "Orlando Pulse Nightclub Shooting" 2018 CBS Evening News: "Las Vegas Massacre" 2019 Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Newscast CBS Evening News: "Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal" 2020 Outstanding Hard News Feature Story in a Newscast CBS This Morning: "R. Kelly Breaks His Silence" 2021 Outstanding Investigative Report in a Newscast CBS This Morning: "Toxic Legacy" CBS This Morning: "Escaping Justice: U.S. Sex Crime Suspects Using Legal Loophole to Move to Israel" 2022 Outstanding Technical Achievement The Queen Carries On: A Gayle King Special Outstanding Live News Special CBS This Morning

Miscellaneous awards and honors Year Organization Award Nominated workResult 2018 Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame Herself 2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards Best Host CBS This Morning