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via BlackAmericaWeb/NY MaGee, EURweb.com: Gayle King has opened up to her bestie Oprah about the public backlash she received over asking about the Kobe Bryant rape case in an interview with WNBA star Lisa Leslie following his death in January. On Saturday, at the final stop of “Oprah’s 2020 Vision: Your Life in Focus Tour,” King recalled the “very painful” situation. “I […]

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via BlackAmericaWeb/eurweb: Gayle King says she accepts Snoop Dogg’s apology, and the CBS anchor says she’s sorry that her interview last week added to the pain of people grieving over Kobe Bryant’s death. The rapper had posted a profane, threatening video directed toward King last week following her interview with WNBA star Lisa Leslie. He was mad […]

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via nbcnews: Recently Rapper Snoop Dogg issued an apology to CBS Morning Show Host Gayle King after attacking her on social media for asking about the Kobe Bryant rape case in an interview with WNBA star Lisa Leslie. King asked Leslie last week in a “CBS This Morning” interview whether she thought Bryant’s legacy was “complicated” […]

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via BlackAmericaWeb: CBS News chief called threats against journalist Gayle King “reprehensible” Saturday as backlash grew against rapper Snoop Dogg and others critical of King for an interview where she asked about a sexual assault charge against the late Kobe Bryant. In a profane video posted on Instagram and shared on other social media platforms, Snoop Dogg criticized King for […]

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Via TMZ: This Just In…Gayle King is super upset about CBS releasing an interview clip with Kobe Bryant‘s good friend Lisa Leslie in which King asks about Kobe’s rape case. Social Media went ham on her saying her line of questions to Lisa was insensitive and inappropriate. CLICK HERE to read full story

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viaBlackAmericaWeb: Wow!!! Recently Gayle King interview former LA Sparks Lisa Leslie about her thoughts on Kobe Bryant…some people are saying that some of the questioning was bad? King asked Lisa Leslie did she think supporting him was ‘complicated.” A poised Leslie said that in her twenty-year friendship with Kobe she’d never seen him being aggressive with […]

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via eurweb: Wendy Williams is out here shopping a tell-all interview about her divorce, son’s recent arrest and her battle with addiction. But veteran journalist Gayle King wants no parts of it. Williams reportedly thought King was the perfect media personality to spill the tea to, but the CBS anchor considers Wendy’s personal drama “a little too trashy […]

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via Joy105: Gayle King, staying with CBS This Morning, will be joined by Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil next season. CBS News isn’t talking, because it wanted to made the announcement closer to its Upfront presentation in Manhattan the second week of May, but sources agreed with intel first appearing in King’s de facto newsletter, Page Six. […]

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via Joy105: An American tourist kidnapped in East Africa three weeks ago has opened up about the harrowing ordeal for the first time to “CBS This Morning” co-host Gayle King. Kimberly Endicott was on a safari vacation in Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth National Park when four men abducted her and her guide. She was held for […]

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voa BCNN1/PageSix: Gayle King is poised to sign a new multimillion-dollar contract to stay at CBS News. Insiders believe King — who already has a $5.5 million-a-year deal — is much needed on struggling “CBS This Morning,” as news chiefs attempt to boost the show’s plunging ratings. Meanwhile, all negotiations over whether her co-host Norah […]

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via madamenoire: Gayle King impressively kept her cool during her sit-down with the disgraced R. Kelly to address the allegations of sexual relationships with underage girls over the past two decades. In order for the two to have the interview, King had to agree to not bring up Kelly’s marriage to singer Aaliyah when she […]

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via eurweb/CBSNews: Gayle King is reportedly renegotiating a multimillion-dollar contract with CBS News to remain on “CBS This Morning” — and she wants “George Stephanopoulos money” to stay, Page Six reports. King has one year left on her deal and a source said: “Gayle is holding the show together, she wants George money — he got between $15 […]