Gayle King Reveals Who Pays When She and Oprah Go Out

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00:00 Who picking up the tab when you and Oprah go out?

00:02 Her security.

00:03 [laughter]

00:05 Her security's there and they've just already taken care of the bill.

00:08 Well, seems neither Gayle King nor Oprah Winfrey say, "Check please."

00:12 Y'all can't just go have a coffee. Y'all have to fly to Greece and have a coffee, right?

00:17 The CBS Mornings host stops by the Pivot podcast

00:20 and looks back at her longtime friendship with the media mogul,

00:23 a tight-knit bond forged in their early 20s while working at the same news station.

00:28 We were 21 and 22.

00:30 In newsroom hierarchy, as you know, the production assistant is here

00:34 and the news anchor is here,

00:36 but we clicked because we were single, we were black,

00:39 we found that we had similar philosophies.

00:42 This friend has always wanted more from me than I ever wanted from myself.

00:46 Flash forward over 40 years later.

00:48 Gayle's now at the anchor desk.

00:50 And Oprah, well, think about it like this.

00:53 Who picking up the tab when you and Oprah go out?

00:55 Her security.

00:57 [laughter]

00:59 Y'all can't just go have a coffee.

01:00 Y'all have to fly to Greece and have a coffee, right?

01:03 No, it's funny.

01:04 I will sometimes go and say, you know, "Here, I'll pick up,"

01:07 and they go, "Oh, no, it's already taken care of."

01:09 Wow. That big time.

01:11 Yeah, her security, her security is there and they've just already taken care of the bill.

01:15 Gayle also answers an age-old question.

01:18 What do you get the person who has everything?

01:21 Oprah says, "I don't want presents. I don't need anything."

01:23 But I think everybody likes a present.

01:25 I'll find something that I know she likes and just give it,

01:28 even though it may not be a special occasion.

01:30 [cheering]

01:33 And speaking of gifts.

01:35 That you will love, honor, and cherish him.

01:37 If you blinked, you will miss me in that movie.

01:40 Yeah, did you know about Gayle's big screen debut?

01:43 When she got that job as Sophia in "Color Purple,"

01:45 which is now back in the theaters, please go see it,

01:48 I was so excited for her.

01:51 So I said, "Can I come see you on the set?"

01:52 And then I'm there and they said, "Hey, would you like to be an extra?"

01:55 "Okay." Yeah. That's how that happened.

01:58 As Gayle said, "The Color Purple,"

02:00 a beloved novel-turned-movie-turned-Broadway hit,

02:02 is now a movie musical.

02:04 I come here out of respect.

02:08 Sophia is a character that resonates with people

02:10 over and over again.

02:12 Playing that character changed me,

02:14 and one of the great, great joys for me

02:17 was to be on set watching Danielle Brooks

02:21 take it on and make it her own.

02:23 One of the great, deep joys for your life

02:26 is the satisfaction of being able to pass it on to someone else.

02:30 Another one of those joys?

02:32 How about a 40-year friendship?

02:34 I will sometimes go and say, "You know, here, I'll bake,"

02:36 and they go, "Oh, no, it's already taken care of."

02:38 Anybody who's done any growing in their life

02:41 knows that some of your friends didn't make the mountain.

02:44 Yeah. They lost oxygen.

02:46 Yeah. Oxygen. Yeah.

02:47 They lost oxygen. Yes.

02:49 They couldn't take-- They're happy for it now.

02:50 They couldn't take the higher altitude,

02:52 and you lose them because they cannot be happy for you

02:55 in your happiness.

02:56 So that's the reason why we're besties.

02:59 ♪ ♪

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