The Unexpected Orig Of Gayle And Oprah's Friendship Fally Revealed

Contents:

• OPRAH WEY AND GAYLE KG EXPLA THE SECRET TO THEIR LONG-TERM BT IENDSHIP
• DID GAYLE KG JT E OUT? OPRAH WEY’S BTIE SAYS ‘I’M GAY’ ON CBS THIS MORNG
• OPRAH WEY AND GAYLE KG SHARE THEIR 46-YEAR FRIENDSHIP’S ORIG STORY
• HOW OPRAH AND GAYLE’S 46-YEAR FRIENDSHIP BEGAN—AND WHY IT’S LASTED
• OPRAH WEY AND GAYLE KG REVEAL WHAT LED TO THEIR ‘BETIFUL’ 46-YEAR IENDSHIP
• HOW A SNOWSTORM AND SLEEPOVER LED TO OPRAH WEY AND GAYLE KG'S 'BETIFUL' 46-YEAR FRIENDSHIP
• STRANGE THGS ABOUT OPRAH AND GAYLE'S FRIENDSHIP
• OPRAH AND GAYLE REFLECT ON HOW THEY’VE REMAED BT FRIENDS FOR 45 YEARS—AND COUNTG
• OPRAH WEY & GAYLE KG: INSI THEIR 35-YEAR FRIENDSHIP
• OPRAH WEY CELEBRAT BFF GAYLE KG'S 65TH BIRTHDAY WH SPECIAL DNER PARTY
• HERE'S HOW OPRAH AND GAYLE ACTUALLY MET
• THE UNEXPECTED ORIG OF GAYLE AND OPRAH'S FRIENDSHIP FALLY REVEALED
• OPRAH TEARFULLY SAYS GAYLE KG ‘NOT DOG WELL’ MIDST OF KOBE BRYANT NTROVERSY
• OPRAH THOUGHT HER FRIENDSHIP WH GAYLE KG MIGHT END FOR THIS SURPRISG REASON
• OPRAH EXPLAS WHY SHE AND GAYLE KG "WILL ALWAYS BE EACH OTHER’S CORNER"
• MEET GAYLE KG: US TV STAR AND MEGHAN AND OPRAH’S CLOSE IEND
• HOW DID OPRAH WEY AND GAYLE KG BEE FRIENDS?

OPRAH WEY AND GAYLE KG EXPLA THE SECRET TO THEIR LONG-TERM BT IENDSHIP

Oprah Wey’s btie says ‘I’m gay’ on CBS This MorngAFTER years of nyg she and talk-show queen Oprah Wey are a relatnship, Gayle Kg appears to have outed herself on live closer-than-close iendship wh talk-show queen Oprah Wey has long been the subject of mours and speculatn. Now, after s of nyg that she and the media mogul are a relatnship, journalist Gayle Kg may have jt outed herself on live is reportg that Kg, 59, allegedly uttered the words “I’m gay” durg a discsn about choosg partners on the latt episo of CBS This Morng.

”SO CLOSE: Oprah Wey opens up about iendship wh Gayle Kg GALLERY: Oprah Wey fans h Sydney durg star’s vis BOOM: Oprah effect pays off for Atralia’s tourism Sourc om CBS have told TMZ that Kg — who has been bt iends wh Wey sce they met 1976 while workg at a lol TV statn — did not make the statement and was jt stutterg after jokg wh Rose. Like, ‘Oh, my God, I don’t want people to thk I’m gay — I’m tryg to get a date!

DID GAYLE KG JT E OUT? OPRAH WEY’S BTIE SAYS ‘I’M GAY’ ON CBS THIS MORNG

Gayle and Maria, I met around the same time; Gayle and I [have been iends for] 42 years, Maria and I [have also been iends for] 42 years. Te iendship is one of life’s most prec gifts, which is why Oprah Wey and Gayle Kg don’t take theirs for granted.

OPRAH WEY AND GAYLE KG SHARE THEIR 46-YEAR FRIENDSHIP’S ORIG STORY

“Gayle was my regulatn, ” she said tearfully on TheDrew Barrymore Show April 2021. We may be a ltle b biased here at Oprah Daily, but Oprah and Gayle are our absolute favore celebry bt iends.

The pair’s close-kn relatnship is legendary, wh fans often dubbg their own bti the “Gayle to their Oprah” and vice versa.

HOW OPRAH AND GAYLE’S 46-YEAR FRIENDSHIP BEGAN—AND WHY IT’S LASTED

While Oprah grew up impoverished, often movg between her parents’ hom Nashville and Milwkee, Gayle spent part of her childhood Turkey, where she had a hoekeeper and a swimmg pool. ”To celebrate the forever iends, we’ve put together a timele of some of Gayle and Oprah’s standout moments—om their ial meetg the 1970s to more recent updat, like when Gayle shared the sweet story of her diamond necklace om Oprah on Watch What Happens Live December 2022.

1976: Oprah and Gayle first meet as young were twenty-somethgs the early days of their reers, both employed at Baltimore's WJZ statn. Oprah, now 68, was an anchor for the 6 o’clock news, and Gayle, now 67, was a productn assistant. Lady O ved Gayle to stay wh her for the night after Gayle uldn’t make home durg a snowstorm.

“We beme iends that first night bee for the first time, I met somebody who I felt was like me, ” Gayle said. ”1986: Gayle mak her first appearance on The Oprah Wey the but season of the inic The Oprah Wey Show, Gayle ma her first of many gut meos over the years. In one of our favore moments om The Oprah Wey Show archiv, Gayle pulled off the ultimate surprise by unexpectedly poppg on Oprah the middle of an episo.

OPRAH WEY AND GAYLE KG REVEAL WHAT LED TO THEIR ‘BETIFUL’ 46-YEAR IENDSHIP

But jt as Knight was providg some wisdom, a clearly shocked Oprah terpted to make a special announcement: “Gayle is here!

“This is so touchg to me, bee Patti was here and Aretha me, and then everyone was g, I thought, Gee, I wish Gayle uld be here to see this, ” she was equally grateful to be attendance, offerg the most humble rponse. It would bee one of the show’s most unfettable no technology, nng water, or electricy, Oprah and Gayle set out to spend a weekend as the lonials did—tradnal garb and all. Oprah even relled Gayle’s hilar mov, burstg to lghter as she told the story.

HOW A SNOWSTORM AND SLEEPOVER LED TO OPRAH WEY AND GAYLE KG'S 'BETIFUL' 46-YEAR FRIENDSHIP

“After Gayle got thrown down the square-dancg episo the night before—the guy went do-si-do, and she went down—we cid to leave a ltle early. 2006: Our rint bti set out on a grand cross-untry road a fan-favore Oprah Wey Show episo, Oprah and Gayle ped on the ultimate road trip. “All you had to do today was listen to my sgg, which should have been very pleasurable, ” Gayle said as Oprah plaed about the trip.

Michael Kovac//Getty ImagBoth media legends their own right—Oprah is a billnaire bs mogul, and Gayle is an Emmy-wng journalist and member of the Broadstg and Cable Hall of Fame—each of the BFFs had a banner year up was Lady O January. Along wh Oprah’s partner, Stedman, Gayle was also Oprah’s date that night.

STRANGE THGS ABOUT OPRAH AND GAYLE'S FRIENDSHIP

”In June, for a segment on CBS This Morng, Gayle joed Oprah for a first peek at Lady O’s new exhib at the Natnal Mm of Ain Amerin History and Culture, which showsed Oprah’s monumental life and reer.

And four months later, the tabl were turned when Gayle took the spotlight as she was officially ducted to the Broadstg & Cable (B&C) Hall of Fame. ”January 2019: The OG Chronicl is a move that was long overdue for the dynamic duo, a jot vio seri was officially lnched, lled The OG Chronicl, starrg Oprah and Gayle. In the first episo, we learned that Gayle once donned Saran wrap and a trench at to spice up a relatnship, while Oprah oks soul food to keep romantic wh Stedman.

“When we first met, Gayle was always very happy wh her life, ” Oprah said. Kelly documentary, the disgraced artist sat down wh Gayle his first terview sce he was arrted Chigo on 10 unts of aggravated crimal sexual explosive segment garnered Gayle wispread praise as she kept her ol while Kelly proceed to lose his.

OPRAH AND GAYLE REFLECT ON HOW THEY’VE REMAED BT FRIENDS FOR 45 YEARS—AND COUNTG

You may be able to fd the same ntent another format, or you may be able to fd more rmatn, at their web 2019: Oprah regniz Gayle’s big Time magaze over a month later, Gayle’s hard work was put on display aga when she was named one Time’s 100 Most Influential People of 2019. Tom Cooper//Getty ImagIn Denver, durg the last leg of Oprah’s WW 2020 Visn Tour, Gayle was terviewed by Oprah for the first time ever their s-long iendship.

The two vered a lot of ground durg their nversatn, cludg the story of how they first met (which we tail above), Gayle’s divorce, and ter trolls. I tst you totally, even if I disagree wh you, I still tst you, ” Gayle said.

OPRAH WEY & GAYLE KG: INSI THEIR 35-YEAR FRIENDSHIP

After months of livg on oppose asts—Gayle New York and Oprah California—Gayle joed Oprah at her Santa Barbara home for a socially distanced lunch. In the days followg, Oprah proved to be an excellent host, liverg ice cream to Gayle’s doorstep, who was stayg her gut after quarantg for 13 days, Oprah and Gayle fally rned wh a hug after the latter tted negative for Covid-19.

September 2021: Gayle be a grandmother—and Oprah be a ’s dghter, Kirby Bump, and Kirby’s hband, Virgil Miller, weled their first child, Lu Lynn Miller, 2021. Gayle announced the arrival on CBS Morngs, sayg, “I’ve wanted to be a grandmother for a long time, and ’s really somethg when you see your own child bee a parent. ” Gayle also later revealed her special nickname for Lu on The Late Show wh Stephen Colbert.

OPRAH WEY CELEBRAT BFF GAYLE KG'S 65TH BIRTHDAY WH SPECIAL DNER PARTY

You may be able to fd the same ntent another format, or you may be able to fd more rmatn, at their web Oprah is such an important part of Gayle’s life, ’s only natural that she has a role Kirby and Lu’s liv, too.

April 2022: People magaze honors Gayle and Oprah’s s-long 50 years after they first met, the dynamic duo’s iendship was celebrated People’s Betiful Issue 2022. Along wh pairs like Octavia Spencer and Allison Janney, Sarah Plson and Amanda Peet, and Mandy Moore and Mka Kelly, Oprah and Gayle got glammed up for shoot wh a photographer they know and love, Joe Puglie, who also ptured Kirby’s ZambranoThis was only the send time Oprah and Gayle had done a profsnal shoot together—the first was for the ver of O, The Oprah Magaze, September 2019.

Gayle even suggted Oprah should sli down to the spls—but they opted for some classic power pos stead. December 2022: Gayle reveals the sweett gift Oprah has ever given wearg the heart-shaped necklace om Oprah this snap om 2004. Mathew Imagg//Getty ImagDurg an appearance on Watch What Happens Live, Gayle explaed the story behd the heart-shaped diamond necklace she wears almost all the time.

HERE'S HOW OPRAH AND GAYLE ACTUALLY MET

“One day your heart will sg, om your heart to me, ” Oprah told Gayle when she gave her the gift. It was even more signifint bee Gayle was gog through a particularly difficult time—she was on the heels of her divorce—and Oprah’s support meant the ntent is imported om twter. (Getty Imag for Oprah)Oprah Wey and Gayle Kg have opened up about their lengthy iendship and revealed how first started nearly 46 years ago.

THE UNEXPECTED ORIG OF GAYLE AND OPRAH'S FRIENDSHIP FALLY REVEALED

“Every night after the show, I would e home, and I would have the ssns wh Gayle where we talked about what happened on the show, or what didn’t happen on the show, and that was the way I kd of regulated myself, ” Wey explaed. “I realised: ‘Oh Gayle was what I ed for my sense of regulatn, ’ and is still the person my life, ” she add.

Oprah Wey was a 22-year-old news anchor at WJZ-TV Baltimore when she offered Gayle Kg, then a 21-year-old productn assistant/wrer at the statn, a place to crash for the night. For more on Oprah and Gayle's iendship and terviews wh other famo BFFs, please pick up PEOPLE Magaze, on newsstands Friday.

OPRAH TEARFULLY SAYS GAYLE KG ‘NOT DOG WELL’ MIDST OF KOBE BRYANT NTROVERSY

Her name is Gayle Kg, and she's the jelly to Wey's peanut butter, her ri or die, and a permanent fixture the media mogul's life. Their closens, as well as the strange thgs about Oprah and Gayle's iendship, fely pgs our creep-o-meter om time to time. I don't know any man I've ever dated who uld tolerate that, but Stedman knows Gayle's gog nowhere, " Barbara said.

In an Instagram post, Kg reposted a screenshot of her outf, along wh a ptn that read, "Note @oprah sent to my [assistant] this am "plz tell Gayle I'm on treadl & 's hard to foc w/the circ around your neck" I thk she's WRONG thoughts? Surely iends who spend the majory of their time together are bound to have petty tiffs om time to time, and Oprah and Gayle are no different. "The therapy that I didn't have, and the therapy that I don't need, is bee of my thoands and thoands of hours on the phone wh Gayle, " she said.

OPRAH THOUGHT HER FRIENDSHIP WH GAYLE KG MIGHT END FOR THIS SURPRISG REASON

Bee they rarely leave each other's si, Oprah and Gayle have had to dispel mors that they're a romantic relatnship. In an issue of O, The Oprah Magaze, Wey ntued, "I unrstand why people thk we're gay.

Even Kg addrsed the mors after Rosie O'Donnell allud to the duo beg the "emotnal equivalent" of a gay uple durg an terview wh Howard Stern's Siri XM show. Kg told Accs Hollywood November 2009, "The thg [is], if we were gay, we would tell you...

OPRAH EXPLAS WHY SHE AND GAYLE KG "WILL ALWAYS BE EACH OTHER’S CORNER"

Oprah met "CBS This Morng" host Gayle Kg the 1970s when the two were young journalists workg at WJZ Baltimore, Maryland. Most recently, Oprah praised Gayle Kg's poise and profsnalism durg her explosive terview wh R. In this week's special msage, Gayle jos Oprah for a chat about iendship.

Oprah: I’m so glad to be able to say Happy Sunday to you wh my btt of iends, Gayle Kg, who is here visg. Over the years, Gayle has always been happier, I would have to say, for my I do thk that’s And you know, we beme iends not knowg, of urse, that was gog to last all of the years.

Oprah: When we first met, Gayle said, “I’ve never met another Black girl like you... She uld go for weeks and never turn on a And Gayle has to have a TV on all the time. I thk, you know, durg all of those years of the Oprah Show when I was risg and beg known by lots of people, Gayle was always, always cheerg me on.

MEET GAYLE KG: US TV STAR AND MEGHAN AND OPRAH’S CLOSE IEND

And I was prepared for that bee I thought…Gayle: Right after I had Kirby, Oprah to my hoe, Oprah Daily people, she has a T-shirt that says: “Hbands e and go. The only time that I have ever sensed a ht of "God, I wish that was me was…"Gayle: And that wasn’t even jealoy. It was jt that I wished I uld do , And that was when I was sgg on stage wh…Oprah and Gayle: Ta Turner.

Friends who tell you the Oh, I remember that time…Gayle: Oprah’s very good at tellg you the tth, even when you don’t want to hear . When she's not on air, Gayle is divg to all thgs news, trendg topics, and pop culture. They've talked their way through a road trip, 140 appearanc on Oprah and those gay mors.

Oprah Wey has lled Gayle Kg the "origal Oprah Show ultimate viewer, " her O magaze edor-at-large and, most importantly, her BFF – err, her "MSF, " as she lovgly poted out at the 2010 Matrix Awards (where they cintally both wore orange).

HOW DID OPRAH WEY AND GAYLE KG BEE FRIENDS?

While workg as an anchor at Baltimore's WJZ-TV, Oprah, 22, offers Gayle, 21, a productn assistant at the channel, a place to crash durg a snow storm. "We beme iends that first night bee for the first time, I met somebody who I felt was like me, " Gayle tells O magaze 2006.