Did Gayle King just come out? Oprah Winfrey’s bestie says ‘I’m gay’ on CBS This Morning

Footage shows King joking around with co-anchor Charlie Rose, laughing off suggestions from her co-hosts that they would be a good match.

She then appears to say, “I’m just kidding. I’m, I’m gay.”

Sources from CBS have told TMZ that King — who has been best friends with Winfrey since they met in 1976 while working at a local TV station — did not make the statement and was just stuttering after joking with Rose.

Speculation ... Gayle King and Oprah Winfrey have always denied they are more than mates. Source: Supplied

Rumours that Winfrey and King are more than just friends have been running rampant for years — the subject was even addressed by legendary interviewer Barbara Walters in 2010.

For years the pair have been inseparable, working and holidaying together. Winfrey even appointed King editor-at-large of O magazine.

“I am not lesbian. I am not even kind of lesbian,” Winfrey told Walters on ABC News.

Winfrey has been in a relationship with lawyer Stedman Graham for 28 years, but the pair are rarely photographed together.

King divorced Bill Bumpus, the father of her two adult children in 1993 after 11 years.

King told TV Guide in April 2011, “In the beginning, it used to bother me. Like, ‘Oh, my God, I don’t want people to think I’m gay — I’m trying to get a date!’ But now I don’t care. I’ve given up trying to figure that out. At this stage, if you still think that, it’s on you.”

Did Gayle King just come out?