Gayle King: He Cheated with My Close Friend
episodePreviously titled “Gayle King: He Cheated with My Best Friend” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 5, 2026
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
What is up, Daddy Gang? It is your founding father, Alex Cooper, with Call Her Daddy. Gail King, welcome to Call Her Daddy. I'm thrilled to be here. Thank you so much. I'm so, so happy to be here with you. I know you're also very busy, so thank you for taking the time to sit down with me. Like you're not busy.
We are, as the kids say, booked and busy. And you are one of the kids. No.
What insights does Gayle King share about her career journey?
Who are you, Gail? Okay.
I feel like one of the kids. Honest to God, I feel like one of the kids.
No, you just told me, you're like, you did your whole morning show. You're here and then you're going to be on Broadway later. Yes, yes, yes. And no time for that.
Broadway tonight. Broadway tonight.
Okay. For the past 14 years, you have been hosting the CBS Morning Show. And in addition to that, you are the editor at large of Oprah Daily.
Yes.
You have had such a successful career, and I'm just so excited to get into all of it with you today. I realized something, though. What? Last time we were together. Yep. We kind of went viral. Actually, you went viral. No, you went viral. No, no, no. You went viral because... What happened? Okay, let's tell the people if they're not familiar.
What happened?
So I went on Gail's show and... CBS Mornings. Yes, she did. CBS Mornings, you know. And Gail proceeds to ask me what my favorite sex position with my husband is. Like that's an unfair question to you. And... Absolutely fair question. However, I swore I saw like the cameraman dropped to the ground. The lights are like falling. People are running in the background. You're on air calling standards, literally. And your co-hosts were like they everyone looked shocked. The paramedics came rushing in. Did anyone know that you were planning to ask me that?
No, no. Okay, I figured. And it's not like I was thinking what would be fun. It's just that, Alex, my thing is I believe anything can be asked. It depends, but you have to have the right setting, the right inflection, the right person. And I wouldn't ask that of most people. But because you are you and what you do, I knew you would get the joke. I knew you would get the joke.
I so got the joke. And it's so crazy when the internet runs with things because I'm like, guys, this is what I got started on. This is how I did get my success or my money or whatever you want to say. That was the origin days, right? And so I love that you paid ode to it. But literally people's faces were like... I was also laughing because I'm like, what if I did answer it? Like they like tackle me to the ground. Okay, but being on a morning show. Yes. We need just to hear it from you. Like what is the morning routine and how early are you waking up? What's going on?
I mean, it's crazy. I wear this watch so I can figure out how much sleep I'm not getting, which I'm very worried about. You as a mother-to-be, you're going to have to do better than I am. Like last night, I got four hours and eight minutes of sleep. Gail. That is not good. That's not good. But this schedule that I have, for me, there's no way around it. So I don't get great sleep. You know, you get hot flashes sometimes. Yours are coming later. You can wait for that. So my schedule's nuts. I like to take a bath every day. Some people do showers. I like baths. Do you like showers or baths? I like both, but I have to be in a specific mood for my bath. Oh, no. I have a bath every day. So I'm sitting there in the tub with all the bubbles.
I like bubbles. Car comes and picks me up. Then you go to the studio. We have meetings before the show. I have, you know, hair and makeup. You know a little something about that because I don't wake up this cute. It takes a village. And then we're off to the races. What time do you wake up? The alarm goes off at 3.24. So I need three snoozes. I'm not one of these people. Maybe you are, that the alarm goes off, you jump out of bed. Absolutely not. No, I need three snoozes. I need a little bit of time, too. No, I sort of crawl out of bed, turn on the bathwater, crawl back into bed and do three snoozes. Oh, you go right into the bath. Yes, yes, yes.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–0:28
2
What insights does Gayle King share about her career journey?
0:28–15:09
3
What advice does Gayle offer to young women entering the workforce?
15:09–18:12
4
How did Gayle King navigate her friendship with Oprah Winfrey?
18:12–19:12
5
How does Gayle King define true friendship?
19:12–1:13:46
6
What led to the end of Gayle King's marriage?
1:13:46–1:17:25