{"id":3761,"date":"2026-05-28T01:40:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T01:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/gayle-kings-ex-husband-apologizes-after-news-anchor-exposes-his-cheating-past\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T01:40:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T01:40:47","slug":"gayle-kings-ex-husband-apologizes-after-news-anchor-exposes-his-cheating-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/gayle-kings-ex-husband-apologizes-after-news-anchor-exposes-his-cheating-past\/","title":{"rendered":"Gayle King&#8217;s ex-husband apologizes after news anchor exposes his cheating past"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Gayle King\u2019s ex-husband is owning up to his past mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy deepest apologies to Gayle, to our daughter Kirby and her husband, Virgil, to our son William and his wife, Elise, and to our three grandchildren, for the pain I caused decades ago,\u201d he began. \u201cThose actions were mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure 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Jr.<\/p>\n<p><em>Story developing\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/27\/celebrity-news\/gayle-kings-ex-husband-apologizes-after-news-anchor-exposes-his-cheating-past\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gayle King\u2019s ex-husband is owning up to his past mistakes. \u201cMy deepest apologies to 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