Gayle King Recalls Discovering Ex-Husband’s Affair With Close Friend
Gayle King is reflecting on the painful moment she learned her then-husband, William G. Bumpus, had been unfaithful with someone close to her. While appearing on the May 27 episode of Alex Cooper’s “Call Her Daddy” podcast, the CBS journalist revisited the day in June 1990 when a canceled flight led her to return home unexpectedly. What she found there, she said, changed everything.
Moumita Basuroychowdhury is a Contributing Reporter at The National Digest. After earning an economics degree at Cornell University, she moved to NYC to pursue her MFA in creative writing. She enjoys reporting on science, business and culture news. You can reach her at moumita.b@thenationaldigest.com.