- Who is Gayle King?
- Gayle King’s professional career has taken her to WDAF-TV, CBS, and NBC.
- King’s Short Biography (Age) & Married Life
- Gayle King’s Massive Contract: Hefty Salary & Net Worth
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Who is Gayle King?
Gayle King, an American television personality, has over three decades of expertise in the journalism sector, and her job has rewarded her with riches in every manner. The Maryland native currently co-anchors CBS This Morning, a morning broadcast on CBS News.
She is also an editor-at-large for O, The Oprah Magazine, which was founded by the famous American presenter Oprah Winfrey.
Gayle King’s professional career has taken her to WDAF-TV, CBS, and NBC.
Gayle began her career in media as a reporter and weekend anchor at WDAF-TV.
She has also worked for WJZ-TV in Baltimore, Maryland, and WTOP-TV in Washington, D.C.
Later that year, she was employed as a television news anchor for WFSB-TV, a CBS affiliate in Hartford, Connecticut.
She worked there for 18 years while also anchoring her syndicated daytime show.
Gayle co-hosted NBC’s daytime chat show Cover to Cover with Robin Wagner in 1991, but the show was canceled after 13 weeks.
Later that year, she was offered her chat show, The Gayle King Show, which aired for one season only.
In 1999, King became an editor-at-large for ‘O, The Oprah Magazine,’ which is owned by her best friend Oprah Winfrey.
She’s also been a special correspondent for The Oprah Winfrey Show and Good Morning America.
Meanwhile, in September of 2006, she relaunched The Gayle King Show on XM Satellite Radio.
Later that year, she presented the show on OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network).
King’s Short Biography (Age) & Married Life
The renowned television host was born on 28 December 1954 as a daughter of father, Scott King, and mother Peggy King.
She grew up under the wings of her parents in Turkey where she joined an American school and eventually returned to Maryland.
She is a graduate of the University of Maryland where she obtained a double degree in sociology and psychology in 1976.
Despite her excellent job, Gayle has not found prosperity in her marriage life.
She was married to an American attorney, William Bumpus in the year 1982.
Their romance lasted for 11 years and they were divorced in 1993.
Gayle and William share two children, a son named William Bumpus Jr. and a daughter named Kirby Bumpus.
Gayle seems to have a strong link and attachment with both her children Kirby and William as
she continually keeps uploading cute photographs of both on her own Instagram account like the one above where she bids her daughter a warm happy birthday.
In July 2016, in an interview with Vanity Fair the veteran CBS host opened up about her failed marriage upon recalling
the infamous incident dated almost three decades ago when she caught her husband cheating on her.
She criticized her spouse saying: “I was married to a cheater…
She went to marital counseling.
I have been divorced since 1993, so I’m all recovered and all. I have worked it out. I’m not bitter. I’m OK.
In response to this, William apologized to Gayle via a statement on Page Six saying:
“I have been haunted by this life-altering choice…
Though I have dealt with this privately … I publicly apologize for the major transgression that dramatically changed all of our lives.”
William even put on words of praise for his ex-wife stating that she has his utmost respect even labeling Gayle as a great wife,
an excellent mother, and a fantastic co-parent.
Hopefully, these words will soothe the tension between the two in the future.
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Gayle King’s Massive Contract: Hefty Salary & Net Worth
Gayle signed a deal with CBS to co-anchor CBS This Morning and began working in January of 2012.
After four years of working she signed a new long-term deal to stint on the show for three years earning $5.5 million a year.
She is one of the highest-paid anchors on the CBC news network.
Moreover, she has also earned a remarkable amount of income for her long tenure working as an editor-at-large for O, The Oprah Magazine.
For her longtime contribution to the field of journalism, she has amassed a massive net worth of $20 million.
Gayle resides in an apartment, Penthouse in Manhattan, which she bought for $7 million.
The house is spread over an extensive area of the 2,530-square-foot.
