Oprah Winfrey reads to Gayle King’s grandson Luca.Photo:Gayle King/ Instagram
Gayle King/ Instagram
Gayle Kingis wishingOprah Winfreya very special happy birthday!
To celebrate the mogul turning 70 years old on Monday, King, 69, shared a sweetvideoof Winfrey enjoying some quality time with King’s grandson during a recent holiday getaway.
“While Favorite grandson Luca is too young to understand how special this moment was duringChristmasvacation, it’s not lost on me,” King’s caption read as the former talk show host made beeping noises to mimic the truck from the book she was reading to the child.
King then revealed what Winfrey wished for most on her big day.
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“That was only one book,” King said while laughing off-camera, seemingly trying to get her gal pal to keep on going.
Earlier in the day,The Color Purplealum published an essay atOprah Daily, in which she explained why she opted for a more relaxing birthday celebration this year.
Oprah Winfrey.Michael Tran/AFP/Getty
Michael Tran/AFP/Getty
In the open letter, Winfrey wrote that there was “such pressure from all my friends to do something big, something special; to have a dinner, a party or luncheon — or to go somewhere like a spa, a hike, a resort or to meditate in Nepal.”
She shared that her friend Wintley recommended that she “savor the fragrances of your extraordinary life.'"
“So that’s what I’ve been doing —going through old journals, photos, memory boxes, feasting, savoring and marveling at the discovery, pain, joy and wonder of 70 years of growing into the woman I am,” Winfrey added.
This led her to find a letter King had written to her in 1992 that she said appeared to be related topublic commentary surrounding her weight. Unable to pinpoint exactly what sparked the letter, she admitted that finding the note reminded her that “everything passes.”
Gayle King and Oprah Winfrey.Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
Winfrey and theCBS Morningsanchor have been friends for nearly five decades.
“We ended up talking all night long,“Winfrey told PEOPLEin April 2022 forThe Beautiful Issue. “We’ve literally been friends ever since.”
In the joint interview, the two revealed that while people may “find this hard to believe,” throughout their almost 50-year friendship, they’ve “never had a serious argument.”
source: people.com
