Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King are finally putting the rumors to bed about their sexuality in their friendship.
Although there has been a topic of many conversations, Winfrey and King addressed the rumors in a recent interview with Melinda Gates for her “Moments That Make Us,” series. “You know, for years, people used to say we were gay, and listen, we were up against that forever. And people still may think it,” Winfrey said to Gates.
Winfrey also shared that the rumors about her relationship with King began because people were not used to seeing “women with a true 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. 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.”
King added, “I used to say Oprah, ‘You gotta do a show on this because it’s hard enough for me to get a date on Saturday night with people thinking we’re gay.’ Because if we were gay, we’d tell you!” She continued, “ I just assumed everybody had a really good friend.”
Watch the entire interview here.