Gayle King Reveals Oprah's 8-Word Warning After Ex-Husband's Affair

11 articles · Updated · TODAY · May 27

On the May 27 "Call Her Daddy" episode, Gayle King said Oprah Winfrey told her, "You don't even know how bad this is," after King caught William Bumpus cheating and called her immediately.
King said Winfrey stayed on the phone for about 2 hours, urged her to tell the other woman's husband, and later pushed her not to reunite with Bumpus because "he ain't changed."
The CBS Mornings anchor said she briefly went back to Bumpus after their split, but ended it when she realized she still did not trust him and believed he was cheating again.
King and Bumpus married in 1982 and divorced in 1993; she said Winfrey was the only person she initially told and even offered to fly King and her 2 children to Chicago.
Looking back, King said the ordeal taught her to seek a partner who supports her success, adding, "That will never happen to me again."

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