Gayle King Biography
Jayle is an American journalist, television personality and author who hosts the morning program, and CBS ‘This Morning’. She is working with CBS since 2012, and she is co-anchoring till now.
Gayle King Age and Birthday
Jayle was born on the 28th of December, 1954 in Chevy Chase, Maryland. She celebrates her happy birthday with his family, friends and colleagues on the 28th of December every year.
Gayle King Height and Weight
She is of medium stature and height as depicted from her images. The approximate height is 1.78 meters which translates to, 5 feet and ten inches (Inches). She weighs about 68kg. Her eyes are brown and her hair color is black.
Gayle King Family
Her father is Scott King who was an electrical engineer and her mother Peggy king a homemaker, they both resided in Chevy Chase which is located in Maryland. She was raised with three sisters whose names are to be disclosed. She is African-American descent. During her young age, she lived in Ankara Turkey whereby his father was an electrical engineer hence worked there. She went to the American School in Turkey and then after this, she came back to Maryland where she continued with her college education.
Gayle King Education
Jayle began her early education in an American school located in Turkey and after that, she moved with her parents to Mary where they joined the University of Maryland for studies; she graduated from therein 1976with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Sociology.
Gayle King Career
Jayle began her career as a production assistant at WJZ-TV, in Baltimore. She also did her training in reporting at the WTOP-TV, Washington and afterward became a reporter as well as weekend news anchor for the WDAF-TV. She is a perfect news anchor with amazing skills of interviewing great personalities such as Michelle Obama, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Taylor Swift among others. Jayle also worked with WFSB as an anchor news in Hartford, Connecticut and she has been involved into print magazines and Talk Show including;
She hosted alongside with robin Wagner in a show titled ‘Cover to Cover on the NBC daytime talk show’. The show was however cancelled after thirteen weeks.
She made her own show known as the’ Gayle King Show’ that run for one season and later cancelled because it had low ratings.
She started hosting her show,’ the Gayle King’ that was aired on XM Satellite Radio Show.
She also joined ‘O’, which is the popular Opra Magazine and editor as well as working as a correspondent for Good Morning America and The Opra Winfrey Show.
On the 3rd of January, 2011, she commenced hosting a show titled ‘The Gayle King Show on Own ‘, and the show stopped in 2011 November because she was joining ‘CBS This Morning.’
Apart from being a journalist, Jayle has featured in many movies such as ‘Manchurian’ in 2004 plus television series like ‘Being Mary Jane’ in 2013 and ‘The Boss’ in 2016.
Gayle King Marriage
Gayle got married to Attorney William Bumpus, the former assistant attorney general in Connecticut. The two had their wedding in 1982, and after 11 years of marriage, they divorced. Their divorce was as a result of her husband cheating on her with other women. She said so in an interview with Vanity Fair and the TV personality revealing that she was not a big fan of the woman her husband cheated with. She also said that she has tried engaging in other relationships, but they have all failed. She is very keen that she always asked her suitors if they are married before going ahead to date them to avoid future divorce. Gayle, a popular American journalist has two children; a son and a daughter who are now grown-ups. Her son is called William Bumpus Jr. while her daughter is known as Kirby Bumpus. Her two children are a blessing of her marriage with her divorced husband, William Bumpus.
Gayle King Salary
Gayle King is one of the richest journalists in America. Her salary is approximated to be $11 million.
Gayle King Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $40 million.