Gayle King kicked off Oprah Winfrey’s ‘Oprah’s Book Club’ on CBS earlier this week. Oprah is usually in the studio, happy to introduce her own pick but it seems this time the media personality was missing in action.
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However, her friend Gayle King was there to take over and explain her friend’s unexpected absence. She explained to author David Wroblewski, who was in the studio, why the media giant was not there herself to talk about her book of choice, Familiaris.
Oprah Winfrey was rushed to the hospital earlier this week and her good friend Gayle King is finally giving fans the details on what happened. Keep reading to learn more about what landed Oprah in the hospital.
“I’m so glad you are here and I’m so sorry that Oprah can’t…,” King said to Wroblewski. “Yesterday, she said, ‘I’m gonna rally, I’m gonna rally.’ She had some kind of stomach flu where stuff was coming out of both ends.”
“I’m so glad you are here and I’m so sorry that Oprah can’t…,” King said to Wroblewski. “Yesterday, she said, ‘I’m gonna rally, I’m gonna rally.’ She had some kind of stomach flu where stuff was coming out of both ends.”
King’s co-hosts, Nate Burleson and Tony Dokoupil, both made an audible reaction to this piece of news.
“I won’t get too graphic,” King continued. “But needless to say, she ended up in the hospital [for] dehydration and had to get an IV. It was a very serious thing. She’s OK… she will be OK.”
King might have realized she gave too much information because she went on to talk of how Oprah would have loved to be there in person to celebrate the author herself.s
