The podcast host prompts her celebrity guest, Gayle King, to recount the story of discovering her husband's affair. Gayle King then tells the detailed story of her flight being canceled, arriving home unexpectedly, finding the house alarm set, and being confronted by her husband who tried to prevent her from entering a room. She describes her initial obliviousness, her decision to search the house, and the final moment of discovering her friend hiding behind a door.
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IT’S GAYLE KING WEEK!! This week, Gayle sits down with Alex to discuss the headlines, heartbreak, and hard-earned wisdom that shaped her into the woman she is today. She opens up about navigating sexism and racism in the industry, her 50-year friendship with Oprah, and the moment she discovered her husband was having an affair with one of her friends. Gayle also reflects on aging, confidence, and embracing every version of herself. Link in bio to listen now.
Transcript
Can you take me to that day? Like, how did you walk in on them? I drove myself to the airport, and the airline would call you to say, listen. Your flight has been canceled, but you can get if you get on the next one, you can get out of there. So I got I was in DC, and, you know, I Kirby and Will were little. They were, like, two and three at the time. So, you know, I said, guys, we gotta hurry. Go. We jumped in, jumped got to the airport, got in the car, came home. And the alarm was set, which I thought, that's strange. He never sets the alarm. And next thing I know, he comes flying out of the room, and he's got a towel on. He goes, you can't come in. What do you mean you can't I can't come in? What are you talking about? He goes, you can't come here. Come in. Someone's here. I go, someone like who? There's nobody here. I mean, I was so oblivious. There's nobody here. Get out of the way, Billy. There's nobody here. He goes, really? You can't come in. So I start searching the house because I didn't believe him. I get down. There she is cowering behind the good. In my towel, Alex. It was a nice