Gayle King makes a shock revelation about her dating life a year after denying rumors about her and Oprah

Now that Gayle King It has come back from the room. She is ready to tackle an even more mysterious limit: dating.

The 70-year-old American TV personality (usually known as being Oprah Winfrey’s right hand woman) was recently opened for entertainment tonight to confirm something that she said earlier in interviews – she is interested in dating someone younger.

At a launch party for Hoda KotbThe new company Joy 101, King was asked if she believes in finding love for herself, which she said she is doing.

She then asked the interviewer: “Why do you have someone for me?”

The interviewer, an ET reporter, said she could find someone for her.

“I am alert and available!” King Chimde inside.

When asked what she was looking for, King replied: “The same as you want … The same as you have!”

The interviewer then asked King to tackle a rumor that she loved younger men.

Gayle King told Entertainment Tonight that she is ‘alert and available’ when it comes to dating

This is not the first time King said she would like to be with a younger man

King and old best friend and Cohost Oprah Winfrey would secretly go out, but they denied the rumors in 2024

King agreed and said, “Well, I’ve always said that.”

“I just don’t want someone to be young enough,” she clarified.

“But I’m not angry with younger. I am not a cougar, but yes. I just say this … you remain open to all options. ‘

However, a possibility that King was fervently closed was that of her and old best friend and Cohost Oprah Winfrey Dating.

For years the audience speculated whether the two were romantically connected, but in July 2024 they finally spoke to the rumors.

“For years people always said we were gay,” Oprah said in an interview that had her and king with Melinda Gates.

“We were against that forever. People still think so. ‘

King even admitted that it influenced her dating life.

King’s last marriage ended in 1993 and has not confirmed any relationship since then

“I always said,” You have to do a show about this because it’s hard enough to get a date on Saturday night with people who think we’re gay, “said King.

But dating with younger men? That is something that she has previously confirmed about herself.

In 2024, after making the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit, King went on the Tamron Hall show and spoke about wanting a younger man.

But just like this time, she clarified that she didn’t want someone to be ‘too’ young.

Regarding the age of a potential partner, she said: ‘Would like it to start with a five, and I don’t want to be a nurse or a wallet. I don’t want that. ‘

I [would] I like that they have all their teeth. That would be nice, “she went on.

“Because it’s not really about money, guys. It’s about someone who has his own company, their own thing.

‘They have very faith in their own skin. You know, I remember that I was once told by my ex: “I’ll be tired if this gayle king is over.”

‘So you want someone you celebrate, who is enthusiastic for you, who is very comfortable in their own skin. And that is very difficult.

‘But no compassionate party for me. I’m really okay. ‘

King was married to William Bumpus for 11 years before he was separated in 1993.

Since then, the only time she was romantically connected to someone else to Senator Cory Booker in 2006, but even then nothing was confirmed.