Oprah Winfrey shut down the longstanding rumor that she and her longtime best friend, Gayle King, have secretly been in a decades-long romantic relationship
While appearing on Melinda French Gates’ Moments That Make Us interview series, the 70-year-old media mogul, who has been with partner Stedman Graham for over 35 years, reflected on her close bond with King, 69.
‘I think we’ve shared pretty much everything and I would have to say, it wasn’t even a matter of navigation,’ the former daytime TV legend said. ‘For years, people used to say we were gay, and listen, we were up against that forever. And people still may think it.’
King quipped that she use to ask Oprah to do a show clarifying they were just friends as it was ‘hard enough for’ her ‘to get a date on Saturday night without people thinking they were together.
‘If we were gay, we’d tell you!’ the mother-of-two assured viewers.
As for what she thinks sparks speculation that they are more than just friends, Winfrey said it’s because people ‘aren’t used to seeing women with this kind of truth bond.’
‘The reason why I think our friendship has worked is because Gayle is happier, not happy, but happier for me for any kind of success or victory or challenge I get through than I am for myself,’ the 20-time Emmy winner stated.
She continued: ‘And I feel as happy as she does — I can’t be happier than, cannot surpass Gayle. You cannot out-happy her. I am equally as happy for her.’
Winfrey noted that even a ‘hint of jealousy about anything’ between friends can ruin the relationship.
‘I just assumed everybody had a really good friend,’ King said of her and Winfrey’s friendship. ‘I just assumed every woman – maybe not for men – but I just assumed every woman had at least one.’
King also noted that she’s not afraid to be real with her BFF.
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