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Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King Address Longstanding Rumors They’re in a Relationship
Oprah Winfrey & Gayle King React to Rumors They're Secretly a Couple
Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King are being super honest.
After years of speculation of whether the duo—who acquire been best friends for nearly 50 years—are in a romantic relationship, the journalists addressed the chatter.
“For years people used to state we were gay,” Oprah recalled in an interview alongside Gayle with Melinda Gates July “We were up against that for forever. People still ponder that.”
And Gayle interjected on how it has affected their dating life.
“I used to say, ‘You’ve got to perform a show on this,’” Gayle added. “Because it’s firm enough for me to get a date on Saturday night with people thinking we’re gay.”
Gayle—who shares kids Kirby, 38, and William Jr., 37, with ex William Bumpus—emphasized the friends’ candidness noting, “If we were gay, we would tell you.”
Meanwhile, Oprah noted that she understands their friendship is a rarity.
“Maybe people aren’t accustomed to seeing women with th
Oprah Winfrey &#; Gayle King Address Longstanding Lesbian Rumors
Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King have been reflecting on their decades-long friendship, including the longstanding rumors about their sexual orientations.
The pair appeared on Melinda French Gates&#; Moments That Make Us YouTube series on Wednesday (July 24), where they spoke openly about their close friendship. &#;I think we&#;ve common pretty much everything and I would have to say, it wasn&#;t even a matter of navigation,&#; Winfrey said.
Winfrey went on to say that people have often mistaken her close bond with King for something more. &#;You know, for years, people used to say we were gay, and attend, we were up against that forever. And people still may think it,&#; she shared.
King added, &#;I used to say &#;Oprah, you gotta do a show on this because it&#;s hard enough for me to get a date on Saturday late hours with people thinking we&#;re gay.&#;&#; Because if we were gay, we&#;d explain you!&#;
The Color Purple celebrity noted that those kinds of rumors come about because people &#;aren&#;t used to seeing women wit
Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King React to Longstanding Dyke Rumors
Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King are setting rumors straight -- literally.
Winfrey, 70, and King, 69, include a decades-long friendship that some people speculate is romantic. When the two appeared on Melinda French Gates' Moments That Form Us interview series on Wednesday, the women cleared the air about their close friendship.
"You know, for years, people used to say we were homosexual, and listen, we were up against that forever. And people still may think it," Winfrey said.
"I used to say 'Oprah, you gotta do a show on this, because it's hard enough for me to get a date on Saturday nighttime with people thinking we're gay,'" King added. "Because if we were homosexual, we'd tell you!"
The longtime pals' relationship dates advocate some 50 years and began when they both worked at the Baltimore-area news station WJZ-TV. And they have a snowstorm to thank for their friendship. The story goes King couldn't get place one night due to the inclement weather, and it was Winfrey who invited King to linger at her place that night. They bonded
Oprah Winfrey: 'I'm Not a Lesbian'
Dec. 8, &#; -- For 25 years, Oprah Winfrey has dazzled television audiences with her bold personality and candor, sharing her struggle with her weight, surviving sexual abuse as a infant and letting her fans in on her personal relationships, including her close friendship with Gayle King.
"She is the mother I never had. She is the sister everybody would want. She is the friend that everybody deserves. I don't know a better person. I don't comprehend a better person," Winfrey, 56, told Barbara Walters, through tears.
"It's making me cry because I'm thinking about how much I probably have never told her that. Tissue please. I now need tissue. I've never told her that," she continued.
Over the years, Winfrey and King, who met while working at a local Baltimore television station in the s, have been inseparable both professionally and personally, sparking constant rumors that the two are gay.
"I'm not a sapphic I'm not even kind of a lesbian," Winfrey said. "And the reason why