Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King have stepped forward to address longstanding rumours about their relationship, clarifying the nature of their close bond.
In an interview with Melinda French Gates's podcast, Moments That Make Us, on Wednesday, the TV celebrities and close friends discussed the long-running speculation that they had been concealing their genuine relationship.
“I think we've shared pretty much everything and I would have to say, it wasn't even a matter of navigation,” the former daytime TV legend said.
Winfrey added, “For years, people used to say we were gay, and listen, we were up against that forever. And people still may think it.”
King then joked It's 'hard enough for' her to find a date on a Saturday night without people assuming they were dating, so she used to beg Winfrey to do a show explaining they were just friends.”
'If we were gay, we'd tell you!' the mother-of-two assured viewers.
Winfrey said that the reason the rumours took off is that most people "aren't accustomed to seeing women" link with one another that strongly, referring to it as a "truth bond."
She continued, “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.”
To note, King even designated Winfrey as Kirby Bumpus's 38-year-old godmother and William Bumpus Jr.'s 37-year-old godmother.
