Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King Address Longstanding Lesbian Rumors

As Winfrey, 70, and King, 69, appeared on Melinda French Gates‘ Moments That Make Us interview collection on Wednesday, July 24, the duo—who’ve been greatest buddies for almost 50 years—spoke with Gates, 59, about their relationship and emphasised that if there was something extra to inform, they’d.

“I feel we’ve shared just about every little thing and I must say, it wasn’t even a matter of navigation,” Winfrey stated of their bond.

“You recognize, for years, individuals used to say we have been homosexual, and pay attention,” Oprah recalled. “[We] have been up in opposition to that perpetually. And other people nonetheless might imagine it.”

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Gayle then interjected on the way it has affected their courting life.

“I used to say [Oprah], ‘You gotta do a present on this,’” Gayle added. “As a result of it’s arduous sufficient for me to get a date on Saturday night time with individuals considering we’re homosexual.”

Gayle—who shares children Kirby, 38, and William Jr., 37, with ex-husband William Bumpus—emphasised the battle with the continuity of the rumors, noting, “If we have been homosexual, we’d inform you.”

Winfrey then identified that she believes these rumors swirl as a result of individuals “aren’t used to seeing ladies with this type of true bond.”

“The rationale why I feel our friendship has labored is as a result of Gayle is happier—not glad—for me in any form of success or victory or problem I get by than I’m for myself.”

Oprah and Gayle’s bond has confirmed stronger than most friendships, courting again some 50 years. It started when each ladies labored on the Baltimore-area information station WJZ-TV.

“We bonded as a result of we had very like philosophies,” Gayle mirrored. “We have been so in sync about so many alternative issues, and I’d by no means met anyone like that.”

Oprah—who met her lifetime companion Stedman Graham in 1986—went on to construct an empire with The Oprah Winfrey Present, which ran for 25 years till 2011. And Gayle has been glad to be by her facet by all of it.

“Who doesn’t need to be her greatest good friend?” Gayle beforehand instructed the New York Occasions.

“If I didn’t assume I introduced one thing to the desk, or if I wasn’t safe sufficient with myself then perhaps it will trouble me. However you already know, I’ve been anchoring the information for a very long time. I gained three Emmys. I’ve confirmed that I can try this. I by no means really feel I’m in her shadow. I really feel I’m in her gentle, that’s how I take a look at it.”