Gayle King

Boasting one of the most legendary friendships in media history, Gayle King and Oprah Winfrey have been partners-in-crime for over 40 years. The pair met in their early 20s while they were working for a television station in Baltimore, and, since then, they have both risen to the top. Though Oprah has included Gayle in her empire (she once worked as a special correspondent on The Oprah Winfrey Show and has been an editor at O magazine since 1999), Gayle's own journalism chops have gained her roles at Good Morning America and CBS This Morning.

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