Gayle King attends as Byron Allen and theGrio celebrate Gayle King at their Washington D.C. Gala after The White House Correspondents Dinner at National Museum Of African American History & Culture on April 29, 2023.Photo: Stefanie Keenan/Getty
Gayle Kingis revealing why some men find it “intimidating” to date her.
When asked on the latest episode ofThe Pivot Podcastif it’s hard to date, theCBS Morningshost responded, “What’s difficult is that people say, ‘Oh, you’re so intimidating.’”
“Somebody said to me once, ‘Gayle, look at your shoes … look at your bag, look at your coat. You’re friends withOprah [Winfrey].’ A guy looks at that and says, ‘I can’t compete with that,’” shared King, 69. “But my thing is, it’s not a matter of competing. I’m not looking for someone to compete.”
The broadcaster also detailed what she is looking for in man, saying, “I really am attracted to men of color. I just am.”
While noting that she doesn’t want someone with “a potty mouth,” she says, “sometimes a well-delivered curse word is very intelligent to me.”
She added, “What really is most attractive to me is a sense of humor, kindness, somebody you can take to the White House and the backyard barbecue, intelligence really matters to me, [and] proper grammar really matters to me.”
Gayle King attends the 2023 Good+Foundation Benefit on October 18, 2023 in New York City.Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images
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King also recalled how a date — which she was “very excited” about it — went wrong.
“I went on a date. I was really excited, very excited about it,” she said. “We’d gone out maybe two months and then he said he really needed to talk to me. He wanted to have a private conversation…[he said,] ‘Do you think you could lend me $4,000?’ I’m like, oh God. You know what Oprah said, ‘God, I would have felt better if he had said $40,000.”
She shared that she ultimately gave him the money, which he repaid later that week, but she “didn’t feel the same” about him, adding, “it just changed the relationship for me.”
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While King has said little about the split over the years, she reportedlydiscussed her exwithWill Smithwhen he appeared as a guest on her radio show in 2006.
“I was married to a cheater,” King told Smith. “I went to marital counseling. I have been divorced since 1993, so I’m all healed and everything. I have worked it out. I’m not bitter. I’m OK. I’m really OK.”
source: people.com
