Gayle King isn’t just a friend of Oprah Winfrey; She has built her own star power. For more than a decade, she was a mainstay at CBS News, most notably on “CBS Morning.” She was even chosen as one of the 100 most influential people of 2019 before time. Unfortunately, like many others in the spotlight, she has received a fair amount of press for her weight fluctuations (rather than her accomplishments), especially in the past 10 years.
To be fair, King has followed a rollercoaster path of weight loss and weight gain, just like her best friend Winfrey. But unlike Winfrey, King has not confirmed or even implied that she used medications like GLP-1s to help her slim down. (Meanwhile, Oprah talked about how she lost weight while taking Ozempic.)
Rather than relying on prescriptions, King’s health and fitness regimen appears to have focused squarely on eating less and exercising more. In reality, Opera Magazine He published an article about King’s favorite exercise in 2004. At the time, King was exercising for at least an hour every day with only one or two days of rest per week. However, exercise alone didn’t always work: She tried at least two diets to help her lose weight as well, photos and reports from around 2015 show.
Weight gain over the years
Let’s start Gayle King’s weight story in retrospect by looking at her physique when she started on “CBS Mornings.” Although King never said that she weighs as much as Winfrey, she admitted that her weight increases as she gets older. In a CBS News In a 2016 interview, she noted, “Once you go through menopause, it’s hard to lose weight.”
King is not alone, as weight gain is one of the hallmark side effects of menopause. So, King’s experience seems completely normal, if frustrating.
Hello weight watchers
In 2016 her CBS News In her appearance, Gayle King talked about her success with Weight Watchers. “I do weight watchers from time to time when I need to lose some weight,” she said. In the same year, she participated Instagram Update on how far she’ll come in less than a year: “In 9 months, have a baby??? Or lose 27.7 lbs on @weightwatchers.”
King seems to like Weight Watchers because of its flexibility. Case in point: She mentioned in the same CBS News interview that Weight Watchers’ points-based method works for her since “you can decide how you want to spend your points.” Plus, she doesn’t have to deprive herself.
How Gayle King dealt with pandemic weight gain
After gaining weight during the pandemic, Gayle King has turned to it Instagram In late 2020 to share her problems. She explained how heavy she was by posting a photo of her feet on the scale.
However, King’s goal was to wear the yellow dress to her election interviews, so she took drastic measures. For five days, King ate only soup, according to another account Instagram mail. I lost 7 pounds while eating soup quickly and fitting into flashy clothes. However, an all-liquid diet may not be suitable for everyone.
Healthier daily habits and a great photo shoot
By 2024, King had returned to her exercise routine and watching what she ate. She summed up her philosophy on staying fit TMZ“(Everyone) should know what works for them.”
Could her dedication to maintaining her sleek figure well into her 60s be in part the reason she was asked to be a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model that year? Maybe, but maybe not: for each New York TimesIt was chosen because of its representation of women “at the top of their careers.”
Ironically, while he was recalling the photo session with the peopleKing admitted that she ate a cheeseburger before she went to Mexico. The magazine team encouraged her to eat normally so that she would not change herself at all during the shoot.
Does Gayle King have an Ozembe face?
In 2025 and 2026, King looked her thinnest in years. Like Oprah, her face began to develop gaunt spots that often indicate weight loss too quickly. Since this phenomenon could be linked to the use of GLP-1, many people began to wonder if King had…Ozembe’s face“.” (lots of Celebrities treated Ozempic’s face from using GLP-1.)
In an interview with Nicki Swiftplastic surgeon Dr. Michael Omidi was asked if he thought King’s photos symbolized the use of GLP-1. He said it was “hard to know for sure” but “that may be the case” with King, noting her “hollow eyes and sunken cheeks” in a photo taken in March 2026. Again, King did not confirm the use of any GLP-1 weight loss drugs.
