Gayle King Once Turned Down Opportunity To Take Over ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’
Gayle King and Oprah are best friends, and it has been revealed that Gayle once had the opportunity to take over ‘The Oprah Winfrey’ show!
While speaking to actress Drew Barrymore on her online show, The Art of the Interview, Gayle revealed that she could have taken over Oprah’s show if she stepped down.
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Apparently, Oprah wanted to pass the torch onto Gayle, and take a different career path after 25 years.
“She wanted go to into acting, she wanted to act full-time because she loved acting,”King said to Barrymore. “So her plan was, you move to Chicago and we’ll incorporate you in the show, so at the end of the year, I can sort of pass the baton.”
Despite the amazing role, at the time Gayle did not think it would be fair to her kids because she was a single mother and the show would require a lot of time.
“And I was really…imagine a huge opportunity,” she added. “I was really excited about that. And the kids were, you know, we were divorced so they were still young and then I realized that that wouldn’t be fair to them. So in the end, I just decided to not take her up on that offer.”
Her kids Kirby and Will Jr.’s “well-being to me was more important than whatever career opportunity I could have had at the time. And I don’t regret that.”