Gayle King Biography, Age, Wiki, Height, Weight, Boyfriend, Family & More

May 2024 · 5 minute read

Happiness is the true sense of fulfillment that comes from hard work, this line has been very well proved by Gayle King who is an author, journalist and television personality from the United States. In 2012, she joined CBS as a co-anchor of CBS This Morning, a CBS News morning show.

She has been co-anchoring CBS This Morning since then. She has been referred to be one of CBS’s top anchors. She also works for O, The Oprah Magazine as an editor-at-large. Her Instagram account has almost 612k followers.

Born on 1954-12-28, this renowned personality has turned 68 years old. She seems enough tall with her height which is 178 centimeters and 5’10” in feet and inches. She seems very fit and healthy with a weight of 68 kilograms and 150 lbs in pounds.

Her figure measurements are 35 inches breast, 27 inches waist, and 36 inches hips. She looks more pretty with her dark brown eyes and shiny black hair.

Gayle King, who just joined CBS News, has a 5.5 million-per-year contract with the network. Her net worth is estimated to be $20 million as of 2019.

Gayle was born and raised up in Chevy Chase, Maryland, and belongs to African-American ancestry. She is born to her father Scott King and her mother Peggy King. As for her education, she went to an American school in Turkey.

Later, the family relocated to Maryland, in the United States. She attended the University of Maryland and graduated in 1976 with a double major in psychology and sociology.

Nick NameGayle King
Birth PlaceChevy Chase, Maryland
Date of birth28 December 1954
Age69 Years
HeightIn feet & inches: 5’10”

In centimeters: 178 cm

WeightIn kilograms: 68 kg

In pounds: 150 lbs

Eye colorDark Brown
Hair colorBlack
ProfessionTelevision Personality
Sexual orientationStraight
SchoolAmerican school in Turkey
CollegeAmerican school, University of Maryland
ReligionChristian
NationalityAmerican
Home townChevy Chase, Maryland
Zodiac SignCapricorn
Fathers nameScott King
Mothers namePeggy King
BrothersNot Known
SistersNot Known

She began her television career as a production assistant at Baltimore’s WJZ-TV. At the time, Oprah Winfrey was an anchor on the show. Later, King worked as a reporter for Washington, D.C.’s WTOP-TV. After working at WJZ, she relocated to Kansas City, Missouri.

She began her career at WDAF-TV as a weekend anchor and general assignment reporter. In 1981, she was employed as a news anchor by WFSB in Hartford, Connecticut. She spent 18 years working at WFSB. She went on to earn an Emmy Award for her work as a news anchor.

She was a special correspondent for Oprah Winfrey’s show. In 1991, she co-hosted an NBC daytime discussion show, Cover to Cover, with Robin Wagner. In 1997, she launched her own syndicated talk program, The Gayle King Show.

Due to low ratings, it was terminated after one season. In September 2006, she began anchoring The Gayle King Show on XM Satellite Radio. In January 2011, she began presenting a new show on OWN called The Gayle King Show.

The Gayle King, her show, concluded in November 2011. Her show was canceled because King was leaving to co-anchor CBS This Morning. In 2006, she was believed to be filling in for Star Jones, Rosie O’Donnell in 2007, and Elisabeth Hasselbeck in 2013.

Before joining CBS News, she worked as a special reporter for Good Morning America. In November 2011, she agreed to co-anchor CBS This Morning with CBS. When it was discovered that CBS intended to keep the findings of sexual assault and harassment at CBS hidden, she made a public declaration on air demanding that CBS be fully transparent.

In December 2018, it was reported that King was enraged by the problems and the way things were being handled at CBS This Morning. She was recognized for maintaining calm during an interview in which R. Kelly jumped up from his chair and proceeded to scream and beat his chest in response to sexual assault charges leveled against the singer.

Gayle King was previously married to Bill Bumpus, who was an attorney and associate attorney general. In 1982, they got married and in 1983, they took divorce. She is the mother of two children, a boy, and a daughter. In 2006, she dated politician Cory Anthony Booker.

BoyfriendAnthony Booker

Marital statusDivorced
HusbandWilliam G. Bumpus

ChildrenDaughter – Kirby Bumpus

Son – William Bumpus Jr.

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