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strong{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-weight:bold;}</style><p data-no-id="0" class="body-text css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">We may be a <em>ltle b</em> biased here at Oprah Daily, but <style data-emotn="css 9cezh6">{-webk-text-ratn:unrle;text-ratn:unrle;text-ratn-thickns:0.0625rem;text-ratn-lor:her;text-unrle-offset:0.25rem;lor:#E61957;-webk-transn:all 0.3s ease--out;transn:all 0.3s ease--out;}{lor:#595959;text-ratn-lor:borr-lk-body-hover;}</style><a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Oprah and Gayle" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">Oprah and Gayle</a> are our absolute favore <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="celebry bt iends" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">celebry bt iends</a>. </p><p data-no-id="1" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">The pair’s close-kn relatnship is legendary, wh fans often dubbg their own bti the “Gayle to <em>their</em> Oprah” and vice versa. The women themselv even marvel at their story. </p><p data-no-id="2" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">While Oprah grew up impoverished, often movg between her parents’ hom Nashville and Milwkee, Gayle spent part of her <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="childhood Turkey" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">childhood Turkey</a>, where she had a hoekeeper and a swimmg pool. But spe their vastly different upbrggs, the women found one another and never looked back.<em></em></p><p data-no-id="4" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">“Somethg about this relatnship feels otherworldly to me, like was signed by a power and a hand greater than my own,” Oprah said the Augt 2006 issue of <em>O, The Oprah Magaze</em>. “Whatever this iendship is, ’s been a very fun ri—and we’ve taken together.”</p><p data-no-id="5" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">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 <em>Watch What Happens Live </em> December 2022. <em></em></p><style data-emotn="css 117ibkt">{m-height:733px;}@media(max-width: 30rem){{m-height:531px;}}@media(m-width: 30rem){{m-height:648px;}}@media(m-width: 40.625rem){{m-height:818px;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{m-height:732px;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{m-height:573px;}}@media(m-width: 73.75rem){{m-height:679px;}}@media(m-width: 75rem){{m-height:687px;}}{ntent:"";clear:both;display:table;}</style><div data-embed="stagram" data-no-id="6" class="embed align-center css-117ibkt e1dhx11l2"><div supprsHydratnWarng class="embed css-0 e9hzx6g0"><style data-emotn="css 10klw3m">{height:100%;}</style><div data-embed="stagram" class="embed align-center css-10klw3m ez8lbhw1"><style data-emotn="css m3d82h">{-webk-align-ems:center;-webk-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-ems:center;background-lor:#F5F5F5;lor:#000;display:-webk-box;display:-webk-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webk-flex-directn:lumn;-ms-flex-directn:lumn;flex-directn:lumn;height:100%;-webk-box-pack:center;-ms-flex-pack:center;-webk-jtify-ntent:center;jtify-ntent:center;marg-bottom:0.9375rem;m-height:733px;}@media(max-width: 30rem){{m-height:531px;}}@media(m-width: 30rem){{m-height:648px;}}@media(m-width: 40.625rem){{m-height:818px;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{m-height:732px;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{m-height:573px;}}@media(m-width: 73.75rem){{m-height:679px;}}@media(m-width: 75rem){{m-height:687px;}}</style><div class="css-m3d82h ez8lbhw0"><style data-emotn="css 1msakm2">{width:3.125rem;height:3.125rem;}</style><img data-dynamic-svg src="/_assets/sign-tokens/e/static/ins/social/;id=lk-out-embed" loadg="lazy" alt="stagram in" height="to" width="to" class="css-1msakm2 ez8lbhw2" /><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" href=" aria-label="View full post on Instagram" class="css-0 e1c1bym14">View full post on Instagram</a></div></div></div></div><style data-emotn="css 18pb4rg">{borr:0;borr-bottom:th solid black;marg:1.875rem 0;clear:both;}</style><hr data-no-id="7" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><style data-emotn="css 1dsife4">{font-fay:Juana,Geia,Tim,Serif;letter-spacg:-0.005em;}@media(max-width: 48rem){{font-size:1.75rem;le-height:1.1;}}@media(max-width: 64rem){{font-size:1.875rem;le-height:1.1;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{font-size:2rem;le-height:1.1;marg-top:1.875rem;marg-bottom:1.875rem;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{font-size:2.125rem;le-height:1.1;}} b, strong{font-fay:her;font-weight:bold;} em, i{font-fay:her;font-style:alic;}</style><p data-no-id="8" class="body-h3 css-1dsife4 et3p2gv0">1976: Oprah and Gayle first meet as young journalists.</p><p data-no-id="9" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">They 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. Dpe workg different partments, both were around the same age and sgle young Black women. The two stck up an immediate bond.</p><p data-no-id="10" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">In the<em> </em>Augt 2006 issue of <em>O, The Oprah Magaze</em>, the two reunted their iendship orig story. Lady O ved Gayle to stay wh her for the night after Gayle uldn’t make home durg a snowstorm. And as they say, the rt is history.</p><div data-embed="stagram" data-no-id="11" class="embed align-center css-117ibkt e1dhx11l2"><div supprsHydratnWarng class="embed css-0 e9hzx6g0"><div data-embed="stagram" class="embed align-center css-10klw3m ez8lbhw1"><div class="css-m3d82h ez8lbhw0"><img data-dynamic-svg src="/_assets/sign-tokens/e/static/ins/social/;id=lk-out-embed" loadg="lazy" alt="stagram in" height="to" width="to" class="css-1msakm2 ez8lbhw2" /><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" href=" aria-label="View full post on Instagram" class="css-0 e1c1bym14">View full post on Instagram</a></div></div></div></div><p data-no-id="12" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">“We beme iends that first night bee for the first time, I met somebody who I felt was like me,” Gayle said. “I’d never met anybody like that. Certaly not another Black girl. I grew up an all-whe muny.”</p><p data-no-id="13" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">The two explaed that both of them uld relate to the fact that even their mil tast put them at odds wh peers. Gayle loved Barry Manilow, and Oprah was a fan of Neil Diamond.</p><p data-no-id="14" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">“It’s that whole beg-the-odd-girl-out thg—we didn’t f to everybody else’s perceptn of what ’s like to be a Black girl,” Oprah said.</p><p data-no-id="15" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Gayle add: “But we still had a very strong sense of beg Black and were very proud of beg Black. So to meet another Black girl like that was, wow!”</p><hr data-no-id="16" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><p data-no-id="17" class="body-h3 css-1dsife4 et3p2gv0">1986: Gayle mak her first appearance on <em>The</em> <em>Oprah</em><em> Wey Show</em>.</p><div data-embed="stagram" data-no-id="18" class="embed align-center css-117ibkt e1dhx11l2"><div supprsHydratnWarng class="embed css-0 e9hzx6g0"><div data-embed="stagram" class="embed align-center css-10klw3m ez8lbhw1"><div class="css-m3d82h ez8lbhw0"><img data-dynamic-svg src="/_assets/sign-tokens/e/static/ins/social/;id=lk-out-embed" loadg="lazy" alt="stagram in" height="to" width="to" class="css-1msakm2 ez8lbhw2" /><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" href=" aria-label="View full post on Instagram" class="css-0 e1c1bym14">View full post on Instagram</a></div></div></div></div><p data-no-id="19" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Durg the but season of the inic <em>The Oprah Wey Show</em>, Gayle ma her first of many gut meos over the years. <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Apparently, the episo’s topic" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">Apparently, the episo’s topic</a> was about celebri and their bt iends (ftg, huh?), and the duo spent the show entertag each other by “reuntg stori about ill-ftg drs and disastro hairdos.”</p><hr data-no-id="20" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><p data-no-id="21" class="body-h3 css-1dsife4 et3p2gv0">1994: Gayle surpris Oprah for her 40th birthday. </p><p data-no-id="22" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">In one of our <a href=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="favore moments" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">favore moments</a> om <em>The</em> <em>Oprah Wey Show</em> archiv, Gayle pulled off the ultimate surprise by unexpectedly poppg on Oprah the middle of an episo. </p><p data-no-id="23" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">For an on-air party for her tone birthday, celebry guts like Gladys Knight, <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Phylicia Rashad" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">Phylicia Rashad</a>, Aretha Frankl, and Patti LaBelle were all attendance, talkg about how they lived their bt liv their 40s. 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To sum all up one word: epic.</p><hr data-no-id="50" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><p data-no-id="51" class="body-h3 css-1dsife4 et3p2gv0">2018: Oprah and Gayle support each other at reer-fg moments.</p><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="52" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="Moet & Chandon At The 75th Annual Goln Globe Awards - Insi" tle="Moet & Chandon At The 75th Annual Goln Globe Awards - Insi" loadg="lazy" width="3896" height="2608" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-bdkd9 e6iqd2">Michael Kovac</span><span class="css-1vsj591 e6iqd0">//</span><span class="css-bdkd9 e6iqd1">Getty Imag</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="53" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Both 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 2018.</p><p data-no-id="54" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">First up was Lady O January. Wh <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="words heard around the world" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">words heard around the world</a>, she accepted her Cecile B. DeMille Award at the Goln Glob wh <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="a roarg speech" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">a roarg speech</a> that sparked #Oprah2020 printial race mors. Along wh <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Oprah’s partner, Stedman" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">Oprah’s partner, Stedman</a>, Gayle was also Oprah’s date that night. Oprah even took to Instagram to show a glimpse of their glam ssn, which she poked fun at her iend’s lack of moisturizer.</p><div data-embed="stagram" data-no-id="55" class="embed align-center css-117ibkt e1dhx11l2"><div supprsHydratnWarng class="embed css-0 e9hzx6g0"><div data-embed="stagram" class="embed align-center css-10klw3m ez8lbhw1"><div class="css-m3d82h ez8lbhw0"><img data-dynamic-svg src="/_assets/sign-tokens/e/static/ins/social/;id=lk-out-embed" loadg="lazy" alt="stagram in" height="to" width="to" class="css-1msakm2 ez8lbhw2" /><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" href=" aria-label="View full post on Instagram" class="css-0 e1c1bym14">View full post on Instagram</a></div></div></div></div><p data-no-id="56" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">“Get your elbows,” she told Gayle. “Hey, a ltle Ash Wednday on the elbows, there.”<em></em></p><div supprsHydratnWarng data-no-id="57" data-embed="edorial-lk" class="embed css-0 e9hzx6g0"><asi class="css-y6rgkz e6pr2lz5"><h6 class="css-whsy2b e6pr2lz3"><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p0"></span><span class="css-8lle59 e6pr2lz1">Related Stori</span><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p1"></span></h6><ul class="css-c4s2gi e6pr2lz4"><li class="css-1b7ml99 e6pr2lz2"><a href="/life/g23131540/gifts-for-bt-iends/" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="50 Unique Gift Ias to Treat Your Bt Friend" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Edorial Lks" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" class="css-1bn7a5e e1c1bym14"><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p0"></span><img src="" alt="bt gifts for iends 2023" tle="Bt Gifts for Friends 2023" width="120" height="100%" dg="async" loadg="lazy" image-align="left" class="css-1l0u1 e6pr2lz0" /><span class="css-8lle59 e6pr2lz1">50 Unique Gift Ias to Treat Your Bt Friend</span><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p1"></span></a></li><li class="css-1b7ml99 e6pr2lz2"><a href="/entertament/a26358673/oprah-gayle-iendship-og-chronicl/" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Oprah and Gayle Live From the Girls Getaway Cise" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Edorial Lks" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" class="css-1bn7a5e e1c1bym14"><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p0"></span><img src="" alt="Gture, Human, Fun, Fger, Conversatn, Child, Happy, Se, Thumb, Step cuttg, " tle="Gture, Human, Fun, Fger, Conversatn, Child, Happy, Se, Thumb, Step cuttg, " width="120" height="100%" dg="async" loadg="lazy" image-align="left" class="css-1l0u1 e6pr2lz0" /><span class="css-8lle59 e6pr2lz1">Oprah and Gayle Live From the Girls Getaway Cise</span><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p1"></span></a></li></ul></asi></div><p data-no-id="58" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">In June, for a segment on <em>CBS This Morng, </em>Gayle joed Oprah for a first peek at Lady O’s <em></em>new exhib at the Natnal Mm of Ain Amerin History and Culture, which showsed Oprah’s monumental life and reer. </p><div data-embed="stagram" data-no-id="59" class="embed align-center css-117ibkt e1dhx11l2"><div supprsHydratnWarng class="embed css-0 e9hzx6g0"><div data-embed="stagram" class="embed align-center css-10klw3m ez8lbhw1"><div class="css-m3d82h ez8lbhw0"><img data-dynamic-svg src="/_assets/sign-tokens/e/static/ins/social/;id=lk-out-embed" loadg="lazy" alt="stagram in" height="to" width="to" class="css-1msakm2 ez8lbhw2" /><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" href=" aria-label="View full post on Instagram" class="css-0 e1c1bym14">View full post on Instagram</a></div></div></div></div><p data-no-id="60" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">And four months later, the tabl were turned when Gayle took the spotlight as she was officially <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="ducted to the Broadstg & Cable (B&C) Hall of Fame" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">ducted to the Broadstg & Cable (B&C) Hall of Fame</a>. Oprah prented her iend the award at the ceremony wh a heartfelt toast.</p><p data-no-id="61" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">“She serv to be celebrated, not jt for her news acumen, but for beg her nsistently joyful, vibrant, bt-outlook-on-life, bt-outlook-on-everybody self,” Oprah said. “We are here tonight to celebrate you for ntug to build a legacy the space of nice. We are here to honor your cursy, we are here to honor your quisive tert all of humankd. We’re here to honor your sire to know the tth.”</p><style data-emotn="css 1v2eakg">{marg-bottom:0.9375rem;posn:relative;}{marg-left:to;marg-right:to;width:100%;}@media(m-width: 48rem){{width:90%;}}{marg-left:to;marg-right:to;width:95%;}@media(m-width: 30rem){{width:75%;}}@media(m-width: 40.625rem){{width:65%;}}</style><div data-no-id="62" data-teractive="VioPlayer-1" class="embed aspect-rat-1x1 css-1v2eakg e3dq3y0"><style data-emotn="css 1t11zu4">{marg-bottom:0.9375rem;--aspect-rat:100%;}</style><div class="__rp-ntaer css-1t11zu4 e6l0f0"><style data-emotn="css 1yu8e3d">{marg-bottom:0.9375rem;width:100%;height:100%;} .__rp-ntaer{height:to;}</style><div data-embed="embed-vio" class="vio-player css-1yu8e3d e1ou1fny0"><div class="css-1uds6oo e1f7ylgd6"><button aria-label="Play Vio" class="css-1iiivv4 e1f7ylgd1"><svg xmlns=" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" style="fill: var(--primary, #000);" role="img" tle="Play" class="css-1lhf7lq e1f7ylgd2"><tle>play in</tle><sc>The triangle in that dit to play</sc><path d="M22 12 7 20.66V3.34L22 12Z"></path></svg></button><img alt="preview for Gayle Kg's Broadstg & Cable Hall of Fame Speech" tle="Vio player poster image" loadg="lazy" width="2000" height="1000" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="e1f7ylgd5 css-g939jb exi4f7p0" /></div></div></div></div><hr data-no-id="63" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><p data-no-id="64" class="body-h3 css-1dsife4 et3p2gv0">January 2019: <em>The OG Chronicl</em> is born.</p><p data-no-id="65" class="body-text css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">In a move that was long overdue for the dynamic duo, a <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="jot vio seri" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">jot vio seri</a> was officially lnched, lled <em>The OG Chronicl, </em>starrg <strong>O</strong>prah and <strong>G</strong>ayle. (See what we did there?)<em></em></p><p data-no-id="66" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">For the show, the two share the small screen as they dish out advice for their fans. As they ment on love liv and iendships, we’re also treated to some super-fun personal stori om the BFFs. 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.</p><div data-no-id="67" data-teractive="VioPlayer-2" class="embed aspect-rat-16x9 css-1v2eakg e3dq3y0"><div class="__rp-ntaer css-1ui7hop e6l0f0"><div data-embed="embed-vio" class="vio-player css-1yu8e3d e1ou1fny0"><div class="css-1uds6oo e1f7ylgd6"><button aria-label="Play Vio" class="css-1iiivv4 e1f7ylgd1"><svg xmlns=" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" style="fill: var(--primary, #000);" role="img" tle="Play" class="css-1lhf7lq e1f7ylgd2"><tle>play in</tle><sc>The triangle in that dit to play</sc><path d="M22 12 7 20.66V3.34L22 12Z"></path></svg></button><img alt="preview for The Datg Game | The OG Chronicl" tle="Vio player poster image" loadg="lazy" width="2000" height="1000" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="e1f7ylgd5 css-g939jb exi4f7p0" /></div></div></div></div><p data-no-id="68" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">“I ma some rnbread yterday, and you would have thought I stripped myself butt naked,” she revealed.</p><p data-no-id="69" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">One thg that’s obv? We’ll never get tired of the women and their long-lastg iendship. It’s clear that they have a bond like nothg else, and ’s betiful to see. So what’s their secret?</p><p data-no-id="70" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">“When we first met, Gayle was always very happy wh her life,” Oprah said. “And, therefore, happit for my life... You nnot have a iend that’s unhappy wh their life be happy wh your life. You’ve gotta have happs to give happs to other people.”</p><hr data-no-id="71" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><p data-no-id="72" class="body-h3 css-1dsife4 et3p2gv0">March 2019: Oprah prais Gayle for her ntent R. Kelly terview.</p><p data-no-id="73" class="body-text css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0"> Followg Lifetime’s explosive <em>Survivg R. Kelly </em>documentary, the disgraced artist <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="sat down wh Gayle" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">sat down wh Gayle</a> his first terview sce he was arrted Chigo on 10 unts of aggravated crimal sexual abe.</p><div data-embed="stagram" data-no-id="74" class="embed align-center css-117ibkt e1dhx11l2"><div supprsHydratnWarng class="embed css-0 e9hzx6g0"><div data-embed="stagram" class="embed align-center css-10klw3m ez8lbhw1"><div class="css-m3d82h ez8lbhw0"><img data-dynamic-svg src="/_assets/sign-tokens/e/static/ins/social/;id=lk-out-embed" loadg="lazy" alt="stagram in" height="to" width="to" class="css-1msakm2 ez8lbhw2" /><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" href=" aria-label="View full post on Instagram" class="css-0 e1c1bym14">View full post on Instagram</a></div></div></div></div><p data-no-id="75" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">The explosive segment garnered Gayle wispread praise as she kept her ol while Kelly proceed to lose his. And one person who was her rner durg her glowg show of profsnalism? Her btie, Oprah, of urse. </p><p data-no-id="76" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">“Bravo @GayleKg for lm and steady foc durg #RKelly terview. Outstandg job! Tell @CBSThis Morng we want to see the whole thg,” Wey tweeted.</p><style data-emotn="css 1m81y1o">@media(max-width: 30rem){{m-height:209px;}}@media(m-width: 30rem){{m-height:225px;}}{ntent:"";clear:both;display:table;}</style><div data-embed="twter" data-no-id="77" class="embed align-center css-1m81y1o e1dhx11l2"><div data-ad-exclu class="css-8c6v ehha8ut0">This ntent is imported om twter. You may be able to fd the same ntent another format, or you may be able to fd more rmatn, at their web se.</div><div class="css-ky2lhl e14n76iz1"><style data-emotn="css 44bwek">{grid-lumn:1;grid-row:1;z-x:-1;}@media(max-width: 30rem){{font-size:1.1rem;le-height:1.4rem;}}@media(m-width: 40.625rem){{max-width:550px;}}</style><div class="css-44bwek e1v57j5l0"><blockquote class="twter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bravo <a href=">@GayleKg</a> for lm and and steady foc durg <a href=">#RKelly</a> terview. Outstandg job!<br />Tell <a href=">@CBSThisMorng</a> we want to see the whole thg.</p>— Oprah Wey (@Oprah) <a href=">March 6, 2019</a></blockquote></div><style data-emotn="css 47ss7b">{grid-lumn:1;grid-row:1;}@media(max-width: 40.625rem){{width:100%;max-width:lc(100vw - (1rem * 2));}}</style><div data-width="550px" class="css-47ss7b e14n76iz0"><blockquote data-align="center" data-nversatn><a href=" class="twter-timele"> </a></blockquote></div></div></div><hr data-no-id="78" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><p data-no-id="79" class="body-h3 css-1dsife4 et3p2gv0">April 2019: Oprah regniz Gayle’s big <em>Time </em>magaze honor.</p><p data-no-id="80" class="body-text css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Jt over a month later, Gayle’s hard work was put on display aga when she was named one <em>Time’</em>s 100 Most Influential People of 2019. <br /></p><div data-embed="stagram" data-no-id="81" class="embed align-center css-117ibkt e1dhx11l2"><div supprsHydratnWarng class="embed css-0 e9hzx6g0"><div data-embed="stagram" class="embed align-center css-10klw3m ez8lbhw1"><div class="css-m3d82h ez8lbhw0"><img data-dynamic-svg src="/_assets/sign-tokens/e/static/ins/social/;id=lk-out-embed" loadg="lazy" alt="stagram in" height="to" width="to" class="css-1msakm2 ez8lbhw2" /><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" href=" aria-label="View full post on Instagram" class="css-0 e1c1bym14">View full post on Instagram</a></div></div></div></div><p data-no-id="82" class="body-text css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">“It feels surreal & WONDERFUL to not only be clud <a href=" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="#time100" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">#time100</a> list but to make one of the vers,” the honoree wrote on Instagram. “Wow! thank YOU <a href=" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="@ava" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">@ava</a> for a tribute that moved me tears .. to <a href=" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="@cbsthismorng" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">@cbsthismorng</a> team who cheers me on . <a href=" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="@eneida821" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">@eneida821</a> & <a href=" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="@laz2020" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">@laz2020</a> who killed on hair & make up, & photographer <a href=" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="@paridovic" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">@paridovic</a> who said he had the perfect photo. Thk’ I’ll get extra pi of @ <a href=" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="@TIME" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">@TIME</a> this week .. thanx time edors!!!”</p><p data-no-id="83" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">And should e as no surprise that Lady O was right there to support her aga—jt as they have always done the past 45 years. </p><div data-embed="twter" data-no-id="84" class="embed align-center css-1m81y1o e1dhx11l2"><div data-ad-exclu class="css-8c6v ehha8ut0">This ntent is imported om twter. You may be able to fd the same ntent another format, or you may be able to fd more rmatn, at their web se.</div><div class="css-ky2lhl e14n76iz1"><div class="css-44bwek e1v57j5l0"><blockquote class="twter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So Proud of you <a href=">@GayleKg</a>! And you <a href=">@ava</a> for pturg the spir of her your words. <a href=">#Time100</a> <a href="></a></p>— Oprah Wey (@Oprah) <a href=">April 17, 2019</a></blockquote></div><div data-width="550px" class="css-47ss7b e14n76iz0"><blockquote data-align="center" data-nversatn><a href=" class="twter-timele"> </a></blockquote></div></div></div><p data-no-id="85" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">“So proud of you<em> </em><a data-focable="te" dir="ltr" href=" role="lk" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="@GayleKg" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">@GayleKg</a>! And you <a data-focable="te" dir="ltr" href=" role="lk" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="@ava" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">@ava</a> for pturg the spir of her your words. <a data-focable="te" dir="ltr" href=" role="lk" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="#Time100" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">#Time100</a>.”</p><p data-no-id="86" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">So simple, but oh-so-sweet.</p><hr data-no-id="87" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><p data-no-id="88" class="body-h3 css-1dsife4 et3p2gv0">March 2020: Oprah terviews Gayle for the first time. </p><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="89" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="oprah's 2020 visn your life foc tour wh special gut gayle kg" tle="Oprah's 2020 Visn: Your Life In Foc Tour Wh Special Gut Gayle Kg" loadg="lazy" width="1024" height="683" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-bdkd9 e6iqd2">Tom Cooper</span><span class="css-1vsj591 e6iqd0">//</span><span class="css-bdkd9 e6iqd1">Getty Imag</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="90" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">In 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. But they end on a sentimental note about their iendship.</p><p data-no-id="91" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">“The secret to me is tst. I tst you totally, even if I disagree wh you, I still tst you,” Gayle said. “I have this joke wh Oprah where people say, I found my bt iend wh my hband...I say to Oprah, ‘If you ever walked and ught me wh Stedman, you should not be mad, you should take me to the mental stutn. Don’t be mad, I need help!’ But I mean, we’re hont wh each other and tst each other and actually are very like-md.”</p><hr data-no-id="92" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><p data-no-id="93" class="body-h3 css-1dsife4 et3p2gv0">June 2020: Oprah and Gayle rne after quarantg separately. </p><div data-embed="stagram" data-no-id="94" class="embed align-center css-117ibkt e1dhx11l2"><div supprsHydratnWarng class="embed css-0 e9hzx6g0"><div data-embed="stagram" class="embed align-center css-10klw3m ez8lbhw1"><div class="css-m3d82h ez8lbhw0"><img data-dynamic-svg src="/_assets/sign-tokens/e/static/ins/social/;id=lk-out-embed" loadg="lazy" alt="stagram in" height="to" width="to" class="css-1msakm2 ez8lbhw2" /><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" href=" aria-label="View full post on Instagram" class="css-0 e1c1bym14">View full post on Instagram</a></div></div></div></div><p data-no-id="95" class="body-text css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">After months of livg on oppose asts—Gayle New York and Oprah California—Gayle joed Oprah at her Santa Barbara home for <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="a socially distanced lunch" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">a socially distanced lunch</a>. In the days followg, Oprah proved to be an excellent host, liverg ice cream to Gayle’s doorstep, who was<a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn=" stayg her gut hoe" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"> stayg her gut hoe</a>.</p><p data-no-id="96" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">But after quarantg for 13 days, Oprah and Gayle fally rned wh a hug after the latter tted negative for Covid-19.</p><div data-embed="stagram" data-no-id="97" class="embed align-center css-117ibkt e1dhx11l2"><div supprsHydratnWarng class="embed css-0 e9hzx6g0"><div data-embed="stagram" class="embed align-center css-10klw3m ez8lbhw1"><div class="css-m3d82h ez8lbhw0"><img data-dynamic-svg src="/_assets/sign-tokens/e/static/ins/social/;id=lk-out-embed" loadg="lazy" alt="stagram in" height="to" width="to" class="css-1msakm2 ez8lbhw2" /><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" href=" aria-label="View full post on Instagram" class="css-0 e1c1bym14">View full post on Instagram</a></div></div></div></div><hr data-no-id="98" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><p data-no-id="99" class="body-h3 css-1dsife4 et3p2gv0">September 2021: Gayle be a grandmother—and Oprah be a grand-godparent.</p><p data-no-id="100" class="body-text css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Gayle’s dghter, Kirby Bump, and Kirby’s hband, Virgil Miller, <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="weled their first child" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">weled their first child</a>, Lu Lynn Miller, 2021. Gayle announced the arrival on <em>CBS Morngs</em>, 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 <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="her special nickname for Lu" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">her special nickname for Lu</a> on <em>The Late Show wh Stephen Colbert</em>. “I have a ltle song,” Gayle said, clearg her throat. “Lu-e-lele, what a pretty baby!”</p><div data-ad-exclu class="css-8c6v ehha8ut0">This ntent is imported om youTube. 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Durg the fal stop of their Joy Ri road trip throughout Santa Barbara, Oprah and Gayle gave advice to Beyonce, Michelle Williams, and Kelly Rowland.

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

Until recently, Oprah Wey hadn't "expand" her close circle of iends outsi of Maria Shriver, Gayle Kg and Bob Greene" emprop="scriptn * oprah gayle friendship *

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.

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.

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

To celebrate Oprah and Gayle's endurg iendship, we put together a timele of their standout moments, startg om how they met the 1970s. * oprah gayle friendship *

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

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

In an tentn vio msage exclively for Oprah Insirs, Oprah is joed by her btie, Gayle Kg, for a chat about their iendship. * oprah gayle friendship *

“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.

STRANGE THGS ABOUT OPRAH AND GAYLE'S FRIENDSHIP

Oprah Wey and Gayle Kg have a tly unique iendship. * oprah gayle friendship *

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

 For O's September iendship issue, Oprah reflects on her nearly 40 year iendship wh Gayle Kg—and why the two will "always be each other's rner." * oprah gayle 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.

”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.

THE STATE OF OPRAH WEY AND GAYLE KG'S DES-LONG FRIENDSHIP IN 2023

Oprah shar why her iendship wh Gayle Kg is so special to her life. * oprah gayle friendship *

”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. 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.

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.

IS THIS A REAL PIC OF TOM HANKS WH GAYLE KG AND OPRAH AS PART OF A 'BLACK EYE CLUB'?

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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.

OPRAH AND GAYLE GIVE FRIENDSHIP ADVICE TO BEYONCé, KELLY, AND MICHELLE

In the latt episo of The OG Chronicl, Oprah Wey and Gayle Kg discs iendship—dishg advice for viewers wh dicey suatns. Watch the full clip here. * oprah gayle friendship *

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.

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.

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

Gayle and Oprah are THE celebry iendship. Here's a timele of their relatnship, cludg how they met and how they keep the iendship alive. * oprah gayle friendship *

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.

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

Oprah Wey and Gayle Kg shared their 46-year-long iendship’s orig story. Here, learn how a snowstorm brought them together. * oprah gayle friendship *

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. 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.

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 . 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. 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. 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.

OPRAH AND GAYLE WEIGH ON WHAT TO DO IF YOU THK YOUR FRIEND’S PARTNER IS CHEATG

Our iendship has stood the tt of may have heard me tell the story, which I’ve told often over the years: In the wter of 1976, when Gayle Kg was a productn assistant at the Baltimore televisn statn where I was anchor of the eveng news, a snowstorm prevented her om gettg back home to the suburbs.

WE KNOW THE SECRET BEHD GAYLE KG AND OPRAH'S LONG-LASTG FRIENDSHIP

Courty of Gayle KgI believe God put the two of each other’s path to do exactly what we’ve been dog sce that night Baltimore when I was 22 and she was 21.

And the reason ’s worked all the years, whout arguments or fallouts, is that we’ve always each been happy wh our own that Gayle’s a shg star on CBS This Morng, people often ask her how she felt beg the shadow of my succs.

READ OPRAH AND GAYLE'S UNCENSORED INTERVIEW ABOUT THEIR FRIENDSHIP BACK 2006

Courty of Gayle KgAnother story I’ve told a few tim: Once, back the ’80s, when Gayle was visg me Chigo for the weekend, I went to put on my at and was surprised to fd a wad of bills my pocket.

“I didn’t want you to ever thk I was out to get somethg or take advantage, ” she so we’ve moved through our iendship wh rpect and of Gayle’s many appearanc on The Oprah Wey Show, BurnsWhen Gayle got the ll to go to CBS, she was workg for OWN and didn’t want to leave for fear that the perceptn would be that even my bt iend was abandong “the stgglg work.

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

I’ll tell you this: No matter what glass she’s actually wearg, she’s seeg the world through sunny-lored boundls posive outlook; the more-is-more approach to necklac; the love of a great burger, a warm doughnut, a cupke wh yellow ostg; the apparent faiary wh every pop/rap/untry/R&B song on Apple or Spotify; the endls cursy—that’s my Gayle. Dpe the fact that those 47 years have seen Oprah and Gayle transform to pletely different people, they are grateful for their iendship and openly exprs their gratu for each other. Gayle Kg also shared a snippet of the duo's trip, showg a vio of herself gettg a Dead Sea float and mud bath and jokg the ptn, "Oprah often tells me we have different ias of fun...

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

A real photograph shows Tom Hanks wh a black eye, standg between Oprah Wey and Gayle Kg, showg he is part of a "Black Eye Club. Sce at least 2019, a photograph featurg Tom Hanks, Oprah Wey, and Gayle Kg has been the subject of numero nspiracy theori. I thought I knew a lot about iendship until I spent 11 days travelg across the untry a Chevy Impala wh my bt iend, Gayle Kg.

First, they ma a stop at an Oprah Daily Insir's hoe, and then they met Katy Perry at a baby boutique to shop for Gayle's grandson. The iends' third and fal stop was visg another Oprah Insir, who creded Oprah wh spirg her own reer while drivg, Oprah and Gayle answered more qutns om rears and Oprah fans—cludg a very well-known iend group. Oprah and Gayle immediately were game—but clarified that they'll only go as long as 's tly glampg, the word ed to scribe a luxury mpg experience.

Oprah DailyOprah DailyNow, to make this ultimate glampg trip a realy, all Oprah and Gayle need is nfirmatn om Beyoncé, Kelly, and Michelle.

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Gayle Kg and Oprah Wey's Friendship Timele Explaed .

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