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Gayle King

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  1. “Nobody would say that. That's good. I'm not even trying to be a gift. I don't know how to do anything else, honestly. I thank you. I thank you for coming here today. Thank you, Tuesday.”

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  2. “And it's not fake and it's not phony. That was not a phony thing she was saying. That was a mother whose daughter was going off to college for the first time and you just have that in your gut when you know that they're leaving home. And I thought, boy, I wish people could see more of that about her.”

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  3. “You always know. But Chelsea, her favorite daughter, went to Stanford, and Kirby, my favorite daughter, also went to Stanford, and we were having a conversation. And she said, Don't you know when you go to bed bath and beyond and you're pushing the cart? I mean, it was such a small thing, but it was so true. And I thought, gosh, if people saw that about her, she goes, I remember pushing that cart and just crying because Chelsea was leaving, you know, when people can see that about you.”

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  4. “I am not from the school that because you're a Democrat you don't have a good idea because you're a Republican you don't have a good idea. I really do feel that there are good ideas in both parties.”

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  5. “She did. She won the popular vote. I think that's a better conversation because I think that when you win, when you have more votes at the end of the day, I think you should have won whatever the race is.”

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  6. “I think the fact that Bernie Sanders could get so close to Hillary Clinton and stir up division in the Democratic Party should have been a big sign that we are not united, that the Democratic Party was not united as a party. And I think that, you know, it sort of splintered. I think there was a”

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  7. “I feel no bitterness No binners. I want to know how she really felt. I mean, you know, there are so many times, you know, the fact that she didn't win was shocking to many people. And now I feel that she's getting a lot of negativity because people feel she's whining. Maya Angelou used to always say, you know, never whine because it lets them know there's a victim in the neighborhood. But I really do want to know when she realized that there was a problem in the campaign. And what does she think that problem was and what's her responsibility to that problem?”

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  8. “Or just be ready because, as you know, they weren't hard questions, they were just relevant questions about how the Red Cross was handling Hurricane Harvey.”

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  9. “And so I did think that was a fair question, and I was surprised that she didn't know the answer to how much money have you raised.”

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  10. “Because where do they go? I hear all these complaints about you give money to Red Cross. Does it really go to Hurricane Harvey or is it going to subsidize other thing that the Red Cross are doing, operating expenses or other catastrophes? When you give, you want to know I'm giving to the Harvey people. That's where I want my money to go. Right.”

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  11. “You must have related to her. I love local news. I do. I still love local news. But she had the presence of mind to flag down someone to get this guy out of his truck and pull him out. She literally did save his life while it's all happening live on TV. That was not there was something in you feel this when you see people, that was not what was happening with this girl. She was genuinely concerned and when it was all over she said, can I just give you a hug because she was so amped up and her adrenaline was going about what had happened? That was just very, very sweet to me I mean, I will remember a story like that longer than somebody who may have been the most important interview of the day just because I was touched by her humanity.”

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  12. “Found really fascinating. Well, I mean, I like what we did the other day on the news following the flooding in Houston. That reporter who just, her name's Brandy Smith, she was the only one who her station was flooded out. She was the only one who was broadcasting on the air through Facebook, and she and her crew ended up rescuing a guy and you saw it in real time. I was fascinated by this young woman that she had the presence of mind to do that, and then at the end when they”

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  13. “Well, I don't know. You also have to remember that you have a job, and there are some hard questions that sometimes need to be asked. And I never felt that being friends meant that you couldn't bring up topics that may be uncomfortable. I never felt that. And I don't think they did either. I don't think they did either. You would know the answer to that. I never felt that they did. And I think when you're president of the United States, you know, there is a certain scrutiny that is. That there's no getting away from the scrutiny, and you're under the microscope. And if I'm anchoring the news that day and there's some questions that have to be asked, I never did shy away from that. You know, I always, you never like it when your friends are going through something difficult, I will say that.”

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  14. “I think it makes him nervous because you do socialize with people that you're covering. I mean, you know, I socialize with a lot of people that I'm covering. I think it makes them nervous when it's President of the United States. But I know a lot of political figures, I know a lot of actors and actresses. Does it make it hard?”

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  15. “I've always liked Michelle Obama. We had Michelle Obama early in art when we came on, and she agreed to do an interview. And it came just at the same time as Jody Cantor's book, and I kept thinking she's going to cancel, she's going to cancel, she's going to cancel. And she didn't. Reporter for the New York Times who had written a book about. About the Obamas and Michelle Obama in particular. But I think it's not celebrity driven. Quite often the story is like, I love the women.”

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  16. “They were number one, so CBS hasn't been number one since Captain Kangaroo. And so they've tried. There have been many iterations of the morning news, but this is the first time. David, that they can see a noticeable shift in the numbers.”

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  17. “Since you started, we haven't been number one, David, since, and I know you'll know this, Zane. You won't. Captain Kangaroo. Zane, do you know Captain Kangaroo? Zane is shaking his head. No!”

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  18. “Well, you know, the thing was the news is back in the morning, aren't just Hollow Words, and our mantra was that we were going to deliver hard news and that we were going to do a newscast that it would be professional and it would be smart. And I think we've delivered on that. But the beauty is there's something for everybody in Morning TV, but every day somebody says to me, I used to watch X and now I watch you guys because I like what you're doing.”

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  19. “Tableau, if you will, that there's enough for everybody But chemistry is an imperfect science, and you could pick people that look really good on paper, and then you put them together and you go, what the hell, that just isn't working. We didn't have that. We really blended very, very quickly, I have to say.”

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  20. “Well, yeah, I mean, I think they're going through it now with Megan Kelly's new show is starting soon. There was just an article this morning about how people are saying, oh, what's going to happen? What's it going to be like? I like her very much, and I'm cheering her on. But already you have people that are drinking big old glasses of hater aid. And I just think that there is enough in this morning.”

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  21. “People want to believe that Well, it makes it uncomfortable for people to watch a morning crew that they don't think gets along. And nobody wants to be made to feel uncomfortable in the morning. So you look at some of the other stations. Oh, so it happened at the time.”

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  22. “Yeah, so she came maybe eight months in. They decided they wanted to make a change. And she came and I really don't remember a time when it wasn't the three of us to be honest with you. I don't really remember that.”

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  23. “At three in the morning. Well, he has adjusted because we know that Charlie is a night owl. Yeah. But you know, he's also a consummate profession professional. We're both very curious, and knock on wood so far so good. It's worked out.”

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  24. “So it would have to be something really great. So they finally told me that it was Charlie Rose and I go, does he know you're talking to me? That was my first reaction. Well, you know how this business works, they wouldn't have approached me if he hadn't signed off”

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  25. “If he was, I never heard about it. If he was, I never heard that. In fact, I think that he was actually encouraging it, to be honest with you. I think that. You know, he was hearing very good things in the streets about, you know, I love the chemistry between the two of them. We want to see more of her. I think that from the very beginning, and I didn't know him well, you know, he went to do favorite son Will went to Duke, so I would see him at Dookie events. And I knew, of course, that he was Charlie Rose, and I'd see him at social things, but I didn't really know him the way I know him today. But I think it's funny when they came to me, David, and they said, you know, we're doing something new. And I said, who would the co-anchor be? They said, well, we can't tell you because we want to find out, gauge your interest. I said, well, I can't tell you if I'm interested, if I don't know who the coinker is. Am I interested in news? Yes. Am I interested in morning TV?”

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  26. “and that the first hour would be hard news, the second hour would be hard news, and we would add other things. Pop culture related things, politics, it would be more diverse. So that was original game plan. And then, you know, gradually they started adding me at 7.30. And then they added me at 8. And now we have the team, me, Nora, and Charlie.”

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  27. “Because I'd used to do morning Joe from time to time. So I said I would have loved to be in the room when you proposed my name. Did you hear crickets? What happened when you said, you know, it would be good, Gail King. But it was proposed that we're going to do two hours. Charlie would drive the first hour and you would drive the second.”

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  28. “He's with Stephen Colbert. He looked pretty well in the look at Chris's record, by the way, because he started Morning Joe. And people thought, What's that going to be about? Then he started CBS this morning. He's the reason why I'm here.”

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  29. “No, you're not imagining it. You didn't see me smiling face till 8 o'clock. But I was told that in the beginning, I was told that, so it's not like I felt snubbed. I was told by Chris Licht, who you know. This is what we're going to do”

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  30. “And people would say Charlie Rose and Gail King, how is that possibly going to work? As a matter of fact, Oprah said to me, that's the worst idea I ever heard. But if they offer it to you, you should take it. But it's the worst idea I ever heard. It's never going to work, blah, blah, blah.”

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  31. “So he's used to being alone. He's the only child. And so what you know about him is that he plays nicely with others, and he's very generous. But just think about that pairing for a second. In the beginning of his me, Charlie and Erica Hill.”

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  32. “And I cracked it. And then I realized they really do want the structure of that because I thought maybe I am being too tough. Maybe okay. He was 13. Maybe I should loosen the reins a little bit. And then it was quite a lesson to me to realize they do want the structure. They really do.”

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  33. “When Will was maybe eleven, twelve, you know, he had asked to go to a friend's house. I said, Will you can't go? You know, I just don't think that that's good. Then his friends came in. So please, Mrs. Kink, can he go? Can he go? And I said, no. And I looked at Will. And I said, Will, do you want to go? He goes, yeah, I really want to go. And I said, all right, you can go, but you have to be home by X amount of time. They left the room. Will came running back and said, why did you say yes? I go, you told me you wanted to go. Well, I never thought you'd say yes. He said, because he told his friend, come and ask my mom, he goes, I never thought you'd say yes. Why did you say yes? I don't want to go.”

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  34. “I wanted them to know that, you know, what they thought, I wasn't a parent that wanted to be best friends with their kids. I think parents make a big mistake with that. We are not equals. We are not peers. And this is not a democracy. I want to hear your opinion, and your opinion matters to me, but at the end of the day, I'm going to make the call. I would call it mommy decisions when they would say, why can't I? That's wrong. I said, well, I heard your opinion, and sometimes I could be swayed, but I was very, I don't think I was strict, but I had very definite dues and don'ts. And I think kids ultimately, David, you don't think they do, but they really do want structure.”

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  35. “And I said, I'm asking you. He said, What did Kirby say? And when I called Kirby, Kirby said, I hear choppers. So I never thought of myself that way, but I was very engaged and very involved. And I think that that's a good thing.”

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  36. “No, because I wanted to be very engaged in their lives and I was. You know, there was an article somebody said something about helicopter parenting and I called Kirby and Will and I said Did you guys think I was a helicopter pilot? And Will said, well, what did Kirby say?”

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  37. “And, you know, you read all these stories about kids of divorce are all screwed up or it's going to be very difficult. I was very fortunate if you can be fortunate in a divorce because divorce is very painful and nobody I know wants a divorce in most cases. But I was very fortunate in that when I got a divorce, I didn't have to move. You know, so many women have to either move out of the house that they were in or they're left with nothing. You know, he moved and I didn't miss a beat. We still stayed in a really lovely home. They still went to the same school. So their lives weren't uprooted. And neither was mine in terms of, you know, I no longer have income coming in. So knock on wood, I'm very grateful to that. And so mine isn't the typical story of your life is turned upside down other than a personal level. That was turned upside down, but in terms of security, emotional security.”

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  38. “No, there's no doubt about it. You have a story to tell because really you have a front row seat and you can talk about it. And it doesn't have to have negativity about it. You can talk about what you went through”

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  39. “And they want you to just, and when they say, what can you tell us about Obama or what you can tell us about Oprah? It's really about the dirt. They don't want to hear any of the good stuff.”

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  40. “So, and I also feel that when you've been in the inner circle, I don't like seeing people in the inner circle write books that betrays what happened in the inner circle. When people approach me, although the other day somebody asked me if I wanted to write a book about parenting, but normally they want to talk about friendship and what that was like and bumps. And I would just never do that”

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  41. “Well, you know what I realized, David, the older I get. A lot of women don't have a best friend. And I just assumed everybody had a best friend or had somebody that they're close to, and I'm seeing now a lot of people don't have it, or they have friends that they don't trust, or they have friends that aren't really friends that are not wishing the best for them. I mean, I think Oprah and I both feel we are always honest with each other. I've never had a time where I said something or she said something that I thought she's saying it to be mean, even if I disagreed. I never thought it was something that she was saying because it was hurtful. And I think she feels the same about me. And that you can totally trust. It's good to have somebody you can totally trust. That's why people, I've been approached many times about writing a book, you'll like this. And I go, what's my book about? Well, you know, you went to school in Turkey and you were married and divorced. I said, okay.”

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  42. “Well, I think that we're both very similar. I mean, we just had, we were talking the other day about something and we said that phrase at the exact same time when we were referring to something. So, you know, there are times that when we were younger, people would say, I can't tell you guys apart if you're on the telephone because people would say your inflections are the same, you all speak a lot together, and I'd say, she's stealing my line. I said that.”

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  43. “Synthetic, it does. I can never think. I just, it sounds very extra as the kids of today say. And I see these young Zane, you know that word extra. So, you know, I see these young people saying, oh, well, that's not good for my brain. I go, Brand, who are you? People don't even know who the hell you are, and you're talking Oh, that's not good for my brand. I can't do that. So I'm very resistant to people say, well, what is your brand?”

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  44. “Wow, what if when you turn 30 you make 30,000? So and at the time I was married, I had kids and I would come home and their stuff would be all over the place after leaving Oprah's very posh place and I would come home and I would just be so happy that I was home. So I never coveted anything that she had. And I think when you're happy with your own life, you can feel that. So that's why it's never been an issue for me to feel lesser than or God, I wish people knew who I was because I was always happy doing what I was doing where I was doing.”

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  45. “Well, because you know why? Because I always liked my life. You know, I would go to her house, and it's wonderful, as you might imagine. You know, she's always made a gazillion dollars in comparison to me. You know, I was making twelve. She was making twenty two. And I remember thinking, God, what if you made $30,000? About $1,000. Yes. Never been million, 12,000. And now, you know, and I'd say.”

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  46. “Yes, I dropped Charlie Rose's name. You know, I anchor the news with Charlie Rose. But now that I'm on CBS, a lot of people know me in a different light. And you know, it's funny when I first started on this show, people thought, oh, she got that job because she's Oprah's friend. And then people saw me went, whoa, how did you learn how to do that so fast? I go, well, I had been doing it for really over 20 years, and people were surprised. Yeah. I even had a job, David. They thought you've actually had a job. I go, Yes. I've been working a very long time, so that was always a”

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  47. “That's true Well, you know, what's interesting is I never felt I lost my identity. I always saw myself honestly shining in her light not in her shadow. So I take, you know, I'm proud that I'm her best friend. I think, listen, I think it's cool to be her best friend. I have never seen a downside to be the best friend of Ooper Winfrey. In fact, if you're trying to get in somewhere and you can't get in, I'm thinking, God, I wish I had an opra t-shirt on right now. Jar somebody's memory. So I have never shied away from that. But now”

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  48. “Take over her show when she was going to get when she was leaving. People would say, if I would meet somebody and they'd say, hey, Gail, I just assumed they were from Connecticut. Oh, are you from Connecticut? No, I'm from Detroit. I said, you're from Detroit? Then how do you know? Oh, because you're Opa's best friend. I saw you on the... So that was always like, oh, okay. To me, my identity was anchoring the news in Hartford, Connecticut”

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  49. “I would say Oprah's best friend. Sidekick makes it sound like a comedy duo, but I was known as Oprah's best friend. No question about that.”

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  50. “That you continue to work on? Yeah, I'm still. That's my other job. So I have CBS this morning, and then I go over to O the Oprah Magazine. And so it really is two full-time jobs. And they say, you know, it's always bad to work with friends. And I think both of us never really worried about that because at the end of the day, it's called Oh the Oprah magazine, not G the Gale magazine. So at the end of the day, you know she always has final word. And so that was never going to be an issue for me. It still isn't.”

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