Oprah Winfrey Shares Sweet BTS Video from BFF Gayle King’s 70th Birthday Celebration

Mar. 15, 2025

Oprah Winfrey (left) and Gayle King.Photo:Emma McIntyre/Getty

Emma McIntyre/Getty

Oprah Winfreystill isn’t done celebratingGayle King’s 70th birthday!

But that surprise celebration was two weeks ahead of her actual birthday.

King officially turned 70 on Saturday, Dec. 28, and it appears her BFF celebrated with her yet again.

Winfrey shared anew videoon her Instagram Stories featuring King in a room full of friends as they clapped and sang their own lively version of “Happy Birthday” to the CBS News journalist.

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Gayle King (left) and Oprah Winfrey attend the Grammy Awards on Feb. 4, 2024.Monica Schipper/Getty

Monica Schipper/Getty

During the Dec. 16 episode ofSherri, King dished about how Winfrey kept her completely in the dark about the surprise party that took place on Dec. 14.

She told hostSherri Shepherd, who was in attendance at the party, that she had been “bitching and moaning” about going to the event — which she said was disguised as a holiday work dinner — because she wanted to go to a “very important black-tie dinner” instead.

When King attempted to have the holiday work dinner rescheduled, Winfrey told her that it wasn’t possible so King begrudgingly went.

But when she saw her “favorite son Will," she began to sense that something was up.

Gayle King.Ethan Miller/Getty

Ethan Miller/Getty

“So my mind couldn’t comprehend it — even when they said ‘surprise’ — thinking what surprise," King continued. “It was only when they sang ‘Happy Birthday.’ My birthday is Dec. 28. It’s between Christmas and New Year’s. Nobody wants to celebrate with you on those particular times because it’s right in the middle of your holiday plans so I was really fine with that.”

“It’s so nice to feel appreciated in that way while you’re still alive to, as they say, receive your flowers and it was sure there were some famous people — I get that — but there were so many different types of people from my life,” King noted.

“My three sisters were there and their kids and their husbands. I don’t even know how to express the gratitude that I feel,” she added.

source: people.com