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There’s a reasonGayle Kingwears a diamond necklace almost every day — and it’s the story behind who gave it to her and why.
“[Winfrey] had it on an earring … [and] she took it and made it a necklace for me,” King shared of the heart-shaped diamond that hangs from a chain around her neck.
“She said, One day your heart will sing, from your heart to mine. You’ll get through this,” theCBS Morningshost recalled. “So it has a very special meaning to me.”
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“We ended uptalking all night long,” Winfrey, 68, told PEOPLE earlier this year, adding that she spotted King a toothbrush and a dress for work the next day (“it was purple with a scoop neck and bell sleeves,” King recalled). “We’ve literally been friends ever since.”
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Winfrey added: “And I always get, ‘This is my Gayle’. I understand what that means: long-term, standing in the gap, no matter what I’m here for you.”
The two share such a close bond that King revealed just recently that when she and Bumpus were going through their divorce, theonly two people she confided inwith all the details were her mother and Winfrey.
King revealed in November that Winfrey was one of the first people she told aboutBumpus' infidelityon iHeartPodcast’sNow What? with Brooke Shields.
“I was married to someone who found monogamy very challenging — which is difficult in a marriage,” King told hostBrooke Shields. “I think if I didn’t have children, I would’ve never spoken to him again.”
“Oprah — who has never been married and never had children — she is one of the best therapists ever,” she continued. “If she had a second career, It would be [a therapist]. When I first caught [my ex] I didn’t tell anyone but Oprah and my mother. I knew I could trust them.”
source: people.com
