'It couldn't have come at a better time for me.' GayleKing recalls the serendipitous timing of the famous RKelly interview – her two-year deal with CBSNews was set to expire in November. After the interview, she got a new deal worth $11 million annually
Following a year of scandal and upheaval, King takes the lead at 'CBS This Morning' as she opens up on Charlie Rose, that R. Kelly interview, advice from Oprah and becoming the face of the news division:"I am now a part of that history. Let's see what we do."
King's overriding attribute is her humanity . But she's also pragmatic. Even as she was starting out in local news in the mid-1970s, she was strategic in her approach, targeting stations in the 20th through 30th markets, not the top 10. "I asked to speak to the assistant of the news director," she explains. "And I would say, 'Hi, my name is Gayle King. I'm 22, I'm black.
"I feel a lot of privilege," says King, calling up the legacy of Edward R. Murrow. "I am now a part of that history. Let's see what we do." "I said, 'Holy Moses, that will never work!' Who in the world thought of that?' " recalls Winfrey. Still, she knew that her friend would rather be in a newsroom than hosting a cable chat show. "I called her Gayle King Eyewitness News because I didn't have to watch the news," Winfrey says. "At the end of our conversations every day, she would inform me of everything that happened, with commentary.
In the early aughts, when she was without a daily news perch, King was miserable, she says: "When 9/11 happened, I thought. 'God, I cannot believe I'm not on television. I can't believe I'm not telling this story somewhere.' It was the biggest story of our generation and I had no place to tell it. And that was difficult. I just love the news. I do."
"My morale was never in the toilet," maintains King. "I knew that, 'Houston, we have a problem.' But that didn't consume me. I just thought, 'What can we do to make this right?' "Face the Nation For King, it was a game-changer. Asked if she would still be at CBS News had Zirinsky not been named to head up the division, she quickly says: "No, I would not. I had other things that were interesting to me, and I was giving them serious consideration. But I believe in her and I think she believes in me. Let's just start with that."
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