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Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King are opening up about their decades-long relationship.
During an appearance on "Moments That Make Us" with Melinda French Gates, Winfrey and King, who've been close for decades after working together at a local news station in Baltimore, Maryland, addressed long-standing rumors that their relationship is more than a friendship.
“You know, for years, people used to say we were gay, and listen, we were up against that forever. And people still may think it," Winfrey said.
“I used to say Oprah, ‘You gotta do a show on this, because it’s hard enough for me to get a date on Saturday night with people thinking we’re gay,'" King chimed in. "Because if we were gay, we’d tell you!”
Winfrey speculated that the rumors may stem from people who “aren’t used to seeing women with this kind of truth bond.”
“The reason why I think our friendship has worked is because Gayle is happier, not happy, but happier for me for any kind of success or victory or challenge I get through than I am for myself. And I feel as happy as she does — I can’t be happier than, cannot surpass Gayle. You cannot out-happy her. I am equally as happy for her,” Winfrey said.
Watch Winfrey and King's full interview with Gates below.
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