GAYLE King has opened up about the devastating moment she caught her ex-husband William Bumpus cheating — with her own best friend.
The “CBS Mornings” host recalled returning home early from the airport to find the house alarm set, something her ex never did.
William dashed out of the bedroom wrapped in a towel, warning Gayle that someone was inside and trying to stop her from going in.
She searched the house and found a woman hiding behind a door, also wrapped in a towel — and the woman was her closest friend.
Gayle confronted them, asking how the betrayal could happen, but the shock didn’t end there.
William then drove the woman to the train station so she could return to her own husband.
Gayle later confided in Oprah Winfrey, who suggested the betrayal went far deeper than she realised.
The couple divorced in 1993 after 11 years of marriage, but Gayle’s story reveals the painful personal history behind the headlines.