Gayle King spotted leaving her NYC home hours after bombshell report saying she’s exiting ‘CBS Mornings’

nypost.com ^ | Oct. 31, 2025 | Emily Crane

[V_TWIN]

Gayle King was spotted leaving her New York City apartment first thing Friday — just hours after reports emerged she was set to leave “CBS Mornings” after more than a decade.

The news anchor donned huge sunglasses as she emerged from her Upper West Side building before sunrise, The Post’s exclusive photos show.

The 70-year-old, who could be seen clutching her phone and a brown paper bag, emerged hours before she appeared on the air Friday morning — making no mention of her own news as she opened the show.

The sighting came after sources told Variety late Thursday that King — who joined CBS News as a morning show host in 2011 — was eying stepping down from her current hosting gig amid a major overhaul under the network’s new Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss.

[dfwgator]

Cronkite was forced to retire at 65.

[Liz]

Gayle King.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

GAYLE KING IS OUT AT CBS NEWS!!!!!!

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

The transformation of the liberal media will be the most important factor in the future of America. Next up, ABC and NBC. Any buyers?

Sorry, the MOST important factor is reform of education from kindergarten through graduate school. Politics is downstream of culture and culture is downstream of education.

[MIchaelTArchangel]

I guess she will now host the See BS in Mourning podcast for her fans.

[Surrounded_too]

WFSB _ Hartford.

They already had a high profile demographic replacement a bunch of years ago

bringing in a carpetbagger from the South. Being the right color payed off for that

cat. Saw him twice and he was mediocre. Don’t watch anymore so IDK if he’s even

still there.

[oldplayer]

Gayle King? Isn’t she the famous singer-song writer from the ‘60’s and ‘70’s? I like some of her hits.

[GAGOP]

Now she will be able to pursue her passion: being an astronaut. /s

[libertylover]

Who dat?

[1Old Pro]

King — was eying stepping down from her current hosting gig

Yep, she's gonna step down alright. Her contract ends in May. She's another Jimmy Kimmel, on their way OUT.

[1Old Pro]

Is DNCBS going Conservative?

Doubtful, just not outrageously leftist.

[Dr. Sivana]

Gayle King? Isn’t she the famous singer-song writer from the ‘60’s and ‘70’s? I like some of her hits.

That's her sister Carole.

Her tapextry album stayed in the Top 100 FOREVER.

I remember a seemingly depressed downstairs neignbor in my Chicago triplex playing her "You've Got a Friend" over and over for two hours straight. Normally, I would have been annoyed with the neighbor, but I felt sorry for her, and was ultimately bemused.

[stevio]

Well played! I like your sense of humor.

[stevio]

Carole King is White/Jewish.

[dfwgator]

Carole King is White/Jewish.

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She once played “You’ve Got A Friend” for Fidel Castro.

[Dr. Sivana]

I know. I was being silly.

Here's a nice performance of an upbeat classic she wrote.She is clearly having a blast.

One Fine Day live

[rlmorel]

Hahahaha...that makes me laugh every single time I see it...without fail!

[Bigg Red]

I am so sick of the overuse of the term “bombshell”. In addition, “breaking” and “exclusive” are also abused.

[Bigg Red]

😄

[Peter ODonnell]

In the grand scheme of things, it hardly matters to us what useful idiots are in the service of Big Brother’s unwatched propaganda outlets, unwatched by us anyway. I used to “follow the news” thirty or forty years ago until I wised up and sent them packing.