For the past couple of weeks, self-proclaimed best friends Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King have been hearing and repudiating rumors that the two are more than buddies—and the media fallout has hurt Winfrey, according to an article in WMTW.com .
However, King added that she can understand why their close relationship would lead others to conclude that they are lesbians.
On the talk show The View, King said that Winfrey has been hurt by all of Sapphic talk—but also said that what upsets the talk-show host more is that people 'think she's a liar' by not acknowledging it to the public. If she and Winfrey were lovers, 'we would SO tell you,' she said on The View.
The full interview with Winfrey—including those sexual-orientation rumors—is in the August issue of O Magazine.