Gayle King Under Fire Following Use Of Gay Slur On ‘CBS Mornings’

NEW YORK - AUGUST 30: CBS Mornings Co-Host Gayle King. (Photo by Michele Crowe/CBS via Getty Images)
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CBS Mornings co-host Gayle King’s use of a gay slur on the show Thursday is generating complaints against King and the network.
The controversy was ignited when King quoted one of comedian Matteo Lane’s lines to him during an interview.
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“Let’s talk about the stand-up. Can I just say one joke? I hope I don’t get in trouble,” King said to Lane (via Deadline) “You do a riff about white women who approached you, and they said something about cooking, and you said, ‘What in the f—try are you talking about?’ I thought that was hilarious. What does that mean?”
The F-word wasn’t the F-bomb, however, but a gay slur. The brief clip of King saying the word was posted by several users on X and can be seen below (warning, the slur is not bleeped).
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In response to King, Lane said (via Deadline), “I love you, Gayle King. It means exactly what you think it means. White women, they’re fine during the day, but they have one sip of a rosé and they’re like, ‘Tonight’s about me!’ They won’t stop, I’m telling you. Horrible.”