Her love don’t cost a thing but if you happen to ask her for a loan it may cost you greater than you bargained for.
When it comes to dating, Gayle King is similar to most single gals looking for love…. often disillusioned
The star of “CBS This Morning” recently sat down for an interview with The Pivot Podcast and discussed her dating life with hosts Ryan Clark, Channing Crowder, and Fred Taylor.
The 69-year-old, who has not been in a significant public relationship since her divorce in 1993 from Bill Bumpus, a Connecticut assistant attorney general, revealed that her level of success and fame have often hurt her probabilities of finding a suitable match.
“What’s difficult is that folks say, ‘Oh, you’re so intimidating,’” she shared. “Anyone said to me once, ‘Gayle, have a look at your shoes … have a look at your bag, have a look at your coat. You’re friends with Oprah [Winfrey].’ A guy looks at that and says, ‘I can’t compete with that.’ But my thing is, it’s not a matter of competing. I’m not looking for someone to compete.”
“You wish someone who has a humorousness, who’s very secure,” she added. “Who’s not intimidated by whatever all of that is that just sees you for you.”
King, who shares two children together with her ex, a daughter, Kirby, and a son, William Jr., remains to be on the prowl and shared what caused her to kick her last beau to the curb.
“I went on a date. I used to be really excited, very enthusiastic about it,” she said. “We’d gone out possibly two months after which he said he really needed to talk to me. He wanted to have a private conversation…[he said,] ‘Do you’re thinking that you could possibly lend me $4,000?’ I’m like, oh God.”
When Oprah Winfrey, 70, learned of the request, her response to her best friend of many years was quite epic.
“You understand what Oprah said, ‘God, I might have felt higher if he had said $40,000,” King explained. “I used to be so crushed because he was someone who was making, you realize, six figures, successful. And once I said, you realize, could I ask what it’s for? He said, Yeah, it was for a child support issue and to pay a payment on some furniture. [And I said to myself] ‘Oh God, that is just getting worse.’”
While King did loan the guy the cash the joys was gone and the connection didn’t last for much longer because she “didn’t feel the identical” afterward.
“So in answer to your query, is it difficult to date?” the “Note to Self: Inspiring Words From Inspiring People” creator said. “Yes, I believe so.”
King still has hope that she’ll find her soul mate at some point and shared her dating preferences on “The Pivot.”
“I actually am attracted to men of color. I just am. I really like how a Black man says motherf—er [and] baby. […] There’s something concerning the way a Black man says it, I’m just attracted to that. They gotta have something else too, though,” she shared. “What really is most tasty to me is a humorousness. Kindness, you mostly get me with kindness.”
“I like to see how they interact with other people,” she added. “Anyone you possibly can take to the White House and the backyard barbecue who matches in with each and is comfortable in their very own skin. Intelligence really matters to me. Proper grammar really matters to me and someone who could make you laugh.”
Despite her failed marriage, King had mostly nice things to say about her ex-husband.
“He was a great husband, she told the podcast hosts. “He had a problem with monogamy [which is] never good in a marriage, infidelity, just throwing it on the market. Never good, cheater, cheater pumpkin eaters [are] never good.”