Gayle King could also be severely eyeing a second likelihood at eternal love. The “CBS Mornings” co-host seems to be feeling unstoppable after overcoming her fears of orbiting 66 miles above the Earth’s floor within the epic Blue Origin house flight on April 14.
Now, it appears as if her subsequent massive feat could also be going from Miss to Mrs for a second time.
The veteran journalist, 70, was amongst those that attended the 2025 TIME 100 Gala on April 24 in New York Metropolis. When she spoke with Individuals on the occasion, King joked the following expertise on her bucket listing is “getting married” earlier than she playfully quipped, “No, piercing my ears.”

A critic commented, “How callous are you able to be placing ‘getting married’ on a bucket listing? Love is meant to be sacred and spontaneous, not one thing you place in your To Do Record. Ridiculous!”
On Reddit, a second individual joked, “Watch her attempt to marry an astronaut to allow them to speak about house collectively.”
A 3rd famous, “She’s been married earlier than. Aren’t bucketlists for stuff you’ve by no means completed?
Good luck to her.” Another person added, “She appears actually good for her age. On matter, it’s all the time good to have bucket listing. I’m undecided I might qualify marriage as one, however, at the very least Gayle has one to work in direction of.”
Now that me & @gayleking are pals I believed I may give her some courting recommendation. To her the names Oprah, Michael Jordan, & Obama are merely elements of her life, however to the boys who try to date her it’s a giant deal.
She instructed us her man wants to have the ability to go from the, “White… pic.twitter.com/tqOMl7qUMv
— Ryan Clark (@Realrclark25) January 23, 2024
The information persona has candidly spoken about her eventful makes an attempt at courting in recent times. When she appeared on “The Pivot Podcast” in 2024, she revealed that she as soon as loaned a date $4,000 to cowl a toddler assist fee and furnishings bills. The romance fizzled out quickly after.
That very same yr, she appeared on “The Tamron Corridor Present” and outlined some parameters for her subsequent beau. “Positively youthful… I don’t wish to date anyone I may’ve given start to,” King instructed Corridor.
Gayle King explains one among her courting experiences. pic.twitter.com/BKzz3uauoc
— KB⚜ (@kbradley087) February 5, 2024
As for the age, she mentioned, “I would love for it to begin with a 5, and I don’t need it to be a nurse or a handbag. I don’t need that.”
Amid the gang’s roar of applause and laughter, King clarified that her listing of necessities “just isn’t actually about cash, guys. It’s about anyone who has their very own enterprise, their very own factor. They’re very assured in their very own pores and skin.”
Regardless of hypothesis that she had a “thriller man” in her life final summer time, the three-time Emmy Award winner has not confirmed her relationship standing.
King was beforehand married to lawyer William Bumpus for 11 years after they divorced in 1993. She has lengthy boasted about catching him in mattress with a lady she as soon as thought-about her pal. The previous couple are mother and father to grownup youngsters, William Bumpus Jr. and daughter Kirby Bumpus.