Gayle King Biography
Gayle King is a TV personality, magazine editor, and broadcast journalist for CBS News. She is the co-host of CBS This Morning since 2012, She has appeared in films such as The Manchurian Candidate(2004), Queen & Slim(2019), and The Boss (2016).
How old is Gayle King?-Age
Gayle is 68 years old as of 28 December 2022. She was born in 1954 in Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States of America.
Gayle King Education
She earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Maryland, College Park.
Gayle King Height
She stands at a height of 5’10” (178 cm) tall.
Gayle King Family- Mother- Siblings
King was born and raised in Chevy Chase, Maryland the first of four daughters to Scott and Peggy King. Her father was an electronic engineer stationed in Ankara, Turkey, and she spent much of her childhood there before the family relocated to the United States.
Is Gayle King still married?- Husband – Daughter
She is divorced and has not disclosed if she is in another relationship. She was married to Bill Bumpus, an attorney, and an assistant attorney general in Connecticut. The couple married in 1982 and divorced in 1993. They have two children; a daughter, Kirby Bumpus, and a son, William Bumpus Jr.
Gayle King Career
Gayle King’s television career began while she was still a student at WTOP-TV in Washington, DC. She began working as a production assistant at WJZ-TV in Baltimore in 1976. She later worked as a news anchor and general assignment reporter for WDAF-TV in Kansas City, Missouri. She began working as a television news anchor for CBS affiliate WFSB-TV in Hartford, Connecticut in 1981 and remained there for the next 18 years. She also pursued other employment opportunities. Working as a special correspondent for The Oprah Winfrey Show and co-hosting NBC’s daytime talk show Cover to Cover were two examples (1991). The Gayle King Show, a half-hour syndicated talk show, debuted in 1997.
In 2006, she started hosting a show called The Gayle King Show on the XM Satellite Radio channel (a satellite and online radio service). After a few years, in 2011, an hour-long daily televised version of the show began airing on OWN – Oprah Winfrey Network. The show featured discussions on a wide range of topics, from politics to culture. Gayle King was later hired by CBS to co-host the channel’s morning television show, CBS This Morning, in 2011. (premiered in 2012). As its host, King has conducted a number of high-profile interviews with notable figures from various fields. Former US President Barack Obama, singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, stand-up comedian Dave Chappelle, actor Dylan Farrow, and business magnet Elon Musk are among those honored.
She also covered Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s royal wedding and contributed to CBS News’ election night coverage in 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020. She has also hosted and appeared in several television specials and documentaries, including An Evening of Stars: Quincy Jones Tribute (2005), Princess Diana: Her Life, Her Death, and the Truth (2017), Meghan and Harry Plus One (2019), John Lewis: Celebrating a Hero (2020), Becoming (2020), and Say Her Name: The Untold Story of Breonna Taylor (2020). (2020). Aside from the work mentioned above, Gayle King has appeared in a few films and television shows. Movies like A Little Bit of Lipstick (entertainment reporter – 2000) and The Manchurian Candidate are examples (media icon – 2004).
She collaborated with SiriusXM to host a weekly call-in show called Gayle King in the House. She has received numerous awards for her work. She has received three Emmy Awards, for example. In addition, in 2008, she received the AWRT’s (American Women in Radio & Television) Gracie Award for Outstanding Radio Talk Show. In 2010, she bagged a couple of awards including the Matrix Award given by NYWICI (New York Women in Communications) (New York Women in Communications). In 2017, she received the Variety Power of Women award, and a year later, she was inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame. In 2019, she was named to the TIME 100, an annual list compiled by Time Magazine of the world’s 100 most influential people.
Gayle King’s Net Worth
King has an estimated net worth of $40 million as of 2022.
How much does Gayle make a year?-Salary
King earns $5.5 million a year.
Gayle King Films
- 1985 The Color Purple
- 2004 The Manchurian Candidate
- 2012 30 Rock
- 2015 Being Mary Jane
- 2015 Saturday Night Live
- 2016 The Boss
- 2017 Queen Sugar
- 2019 Queen and Slim