Just in Gayle King found a fun way to show her frustration with ’10 people’ in her office asking her how her BFF of 48 years – Oprah Winfrey – was doing following her admission to the emergency room on Monday for a stomach virus and dehydration.
The CBS News chief anchor – who boasts 1M Instagram followers – donned a black T-shirt on Wednesday emblazoned with the announcement: ‘Oprah is fine! Thank you for asking. She appreciates your concern!’
Gayle’s mini-scandal started Tuesday when she attempted to explain to the CBS Mornings audience why the 70-year-old OWN CEO couldn’t join her on the show to announce that her summer book club pick was David Wroblewski’s newly-published novel Familiaris
‘She had some kind of stomach thing — stomach flu — stuff was coming out of both ends,’ King said during the broadcast.
‘I won’t get too graphic. Needless to say, she ended up in the hospital, dehydrated, and had to get an IV.’
Hours later she shared her video call with Oprah, who confirmed she wasn’t mad at her about the oversharing, insisting: ‘I was too weak to get on the plane.’
‘I’m not 100, I’m on my way to a 100,’ Winfrey updated. ‘Five people in my household had the same thing.’
Gayle later sarcastically noted: ‘Everyone that I’ve ever known and has access to my email has called me to say, “Are you alright?” Thanks!’
