Gayle King is staying on CBS Mornings.
The news anchor inked a new multi-year contract with the network and released a statement Wednesday morning brushing off reports predicting she would be sacked.
“Rumors of my demise were inaccurate and greatly exaggerated,” King said. “CBS News is my longtime home, and I am committed to our mission. I’m excited about continuing at CBS Mornings. As always, I’m open to new adventures here and ready to go. It took a minute, but we got there. And now that we are here, I am all in.”
CBS News editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, shared King’s statement on X shortly after the Wall Street Journal broke the news that King had renewed her contract with CBS parent company Paramount Skydance.
The veteran newscaster joined the CBS morning program, which was previously called CBS This Morning, in November 2011.
Reports began to surface last fall that the network’s new MAGA-friendly leadership wanted to move the show to the right and King was not part of their plan.
Among the outlets falsely predicting her “demise” were the New York Post, Variety, and RadarOnline.
On Aug. 5, the New York Post reported King’s future at CBS was “murky.”
“CBS faces a growing dilemma over the future of mega-buck anchor Gayle King as ratings for her ‘woke’ morning show collapse — and the struggling network’s new owners vow to root out left-wing bias,” a report in the outlet said.
On Aug. 27, RadarOnline published a story saying King’s career at CBS was “nearing its end” because her “woke sensibilities” have “driven viewers away.”
Then on Oct. 30, Variety claimed King was “expected to depart” CBS Mornings when her contract expires in May 2026. Sources claimed she would be offered a “different role” at CBS.
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