{"id":3861,"date":"2026-05-28T19:18:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T19:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/how-gayle-king-feels-about-ex-husband-william-bumpus-apology-for-cheating-scandal\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T19:18:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T19:18:24","slug":"how-gayle-king-feels-about-ex-husband-william-bumpus-apology-for-cheating-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/how-gayle-king-feels-about-ex-husband-william-bumpus-apology-for-cheating-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"How Gayle King feels about ex-husband William Bumpus&#8217; apology for cheating scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F05%2F128991343.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Gayle King was shocked that her ex-husband William Bumpus issued a public apology after she spoke out about him <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/27\/entertainment\/gayle-king-details-the-shocking-moment-she-caught-husband-cheating-on-her-with-a-close-friend\/\">cheating on her<\/a> during their 11-year marriage.<\/p>\n<p>The journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/28\/gayle-king-surprised-by-ex-husbands-apology-for-cheating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told TMZ<\/a> Thursday she was \u201csurprised\u201d Bumpus, whom she was married to from 1982 to 1993, was \u201ceven talking, because he never talks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I was surprised, but I can also say I appreciated what he had to say,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>King, 71, added that Bumpus\u2019 infidelity led to a \u201cvery painful time.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Gayle King (pictured here on Thursday) admitted she was shocked her ex-husband, William Bumpus, issued a public apology after she spoke out about his past infidelities during their marriage. <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The journalist said about her ex (pictured here in an IG shot): \u201cI was surprised, but I can also say I appreciated what he had to say.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/William Bumpus<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cAnybody that\u2019s been through it knows how painful it is, but I also know that you can go through it and get through it on the other side,\u201d King expressed.<\/p>\n<p>She explained that both she and her ex-husband have \u201chealed\u201d and \u201cmoved on\u201d in the years since the affair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the reason why I can talk about it so candidly, to be honest with you, is because it has been so much time that has passed, and I\u2019m in a really great place, and so is he,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n<p>King confirmed that, while the two do keep in touch, she wasn\u2019t aware he would release a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Above all else, the \u201cCBS Mornings\u201d host said she is taken aback by the \u201creaction\u201d she\u2019s gotten from other women.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The reporter (pictured here at the 2026 Met Gala) said she and her former partner have both \u201chealed\u201d and \u201cmoved on.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for The Met Museum\/Vogue<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Now, King (pictured here earlier this month) just wants other women to know they can also overcome the pain of infidelity.  <span class=\"credit\">Jairo \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the thing that has touched me more than anything,\u201d she confessed, before stating that she didn\u2019t plan on talking about it when first sitting down to do <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Fj9YNo_cUgU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wednesday\u2019s episode of the \u201cCall Her Daddy\u201d podcast.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>King teased that host Alex Cooper got her to open up by letting her wear her \u201ccasual, comfy clothes\u201d and putting her in a \u201csalmon-colored chair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All jokes aside, the anchor now wants other women to know \u201cit\u2019s a very big club, none of us want to be in it, but the beauty is you can go through it and come out on the other side, you can really be OK.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The exes were married from 1982 to 1993. They share kids Will (pictured here with his mom in 2021) and Kirby. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>While on the \u201cCall Her Daddy\u201d podcast on Wednesday (as pictured here), King recounted the time she came home early from a work trip to catch her husband cheating with a friend. <span class=\"credit\">Call Her Daddy\/Youtube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Now, King said she is looking for her knight in shining armor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere is he? That\u2019s the question,\u201d she joked. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier that day, King recounted the time she \u201ccame home\u201d and \u201ccaught\u201d Bumpus cheating on her with a good friend. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>King (pictured here with her son in 2015) then tried to shield her kids from the truth. <span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The CBS star (pictured here with her son in 2018) gave Bumpus another shot before he cheated again and the two split for good. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for InStyle<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The CBS star\u2019s main objective was to protect her children \u2014 daughter Kirby, now 40, and son Will, now 39.<\/p>\n<p>After calling her long-time bestie, Oprah Winfrey, King decided to phone the other woman\u2019s husband and fill him in on his wife\u2019s extracurricular activities.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>After King\u2019s podcast appearance, Bumpus (pictured here with his son) publicly apologized to his family \u201cfor the pain I caused decades ago. Those actions were mine.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The law partner (pictured here in an IG shot) previously apologized publicly in 2016, stating he had been \u201chaunted with this life altering choice.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/William Bumpus<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>King forgave Bumpus, but once he cheated for a second time, the duo split for good.<\/p>\n<p>However, this wasn\u2019t the first time the author has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2016\/07\/05\/gayle-king-slams-cheating-ex-husband\/\">spoken out about the incident.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>King first disclosed Bumpus\u2019 indiscretion in 2016, which led her ex <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2016\/07\/06\/gayle-kings-ex-apologizes-for-cheating-on-her\/\">to issue his first public apology.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/28\/celebrity-news\/how-gayle-king-feels-about-ex-husband-william-bumpus-apology-for-cheating-scandal\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gayle King was shocked that her ex-husband William Bumpus issued a public apology after she<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/128991343.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}