Gayle King was married to ex-husband William Bumpus for 11 years before they decided to split.
King has been outspoken about her ex’s past infidelity, discussing the moment she caught him cheating with a friend in June 1990.
“I said, ‘I can’t believe that you are here and that you are doing this,’” King recalled during a May 2026 episode of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast, telling host Alex Cooper that she sounded “so pitiful” when confronting Bumpus and her friend.
King caught them after coming home unexpectedly following a canceled flight. She was with their two kids, daughter Kirby and son Wil...
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