Gayle King‘s newest Instagram submit is drawing unfavorable criticism for her and her well-known BFF, Oprah Winfrey.
The CBS Mornings anchor shared a number of snaps of herself, Winfrey, and Kris Jenner sporting objects from Kim Kardashian‘s current Skims collab with Roberto Cavalli. “Don’t you’re keen on while you admire what somebody’s sporting and THEN they provide you one? That’s how @krisjenner rolls on trip!” King captioned the submit. “Loving this @skims and @roberto_cavalli collab.”
King went on to joke, “I didn’t examine with @oprah however I supplied us up for a Skims marketing campaign to advertise if wanted—you’re welcome @kimkardashian 🤣.”
A lot of King’s Instagram followers weren’t followers of the TV character utilizing her platform to advertise Kardashian’s model. “I’ve been a Gayle fan. Not an Oprah fan. And by no means a [Kris] Jenner fan. Now accomplished with you all opportunists,” one angered person commented beneath the submit. “Won’t ever watch CBS Mornings once more. Gayle. You’ve offered out.”
One other commenter added, “Ugh what number of non-public jets did you are taking to all get collectively?!? Want you all did extra to assist our planet moderately than pushing extra merchandise, whereas one other wrote, “I’m as confused as the remainder of the world. This trio sends unhealthy vibes. Achieved with each Gayle and Oprah.”
A unique person steered that King sharing pics of the trio posing within the costly swimwear on a ship could possibly be in poor style. “Wow. To be a billionaire. Individuals can’t afford a roof over their heads or put meals on the desk,” they wrote. “[The] wealthy are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer.”
In one other remark, one particular person dubbed the group the “allow them to eat cake crew,” referring to the well-known quote typically related to Marie Antoinette.
Not everybody was in opposition to the Skims promo, nevertheless. “QUEENS, LEGENDS, CHARLIE’S ANGLES! You all look so lovely ♡,” Kim commented, whereas Khloé Kardashian gushed, “I really like you women!!!! What fabulous ladies you’re!!!!!”
Lauren Sánchez Bezos commented, “Queens ❤️,” and Rachel Zoe wrote, “Obsessive about this!”
One fan lovingly referred to the group as “The RICHEST group of aunties on planet earth 🔥.” One other was down for King and Winfrey changing into Skims spokespersons, writing, “skims marketing campaign when????????”
King shared extra pics from her and Winfrey’s journey to Spain with Jenner through Instagram on Saturday, July 12. “Summer time trip in Spain 🇪🇸 Nice individuals, insane lodging, lovely hikes, and probably the most scrumptious meals!” she wrote alongside extra boat pics and snapshots from scenic hikes and scrumptious meals.
King and Winfrey have been beforehand noticed hanging out with Jenner at Jeff Bezos’ Italian wedding ceremony to Lauren Sanchez final month. King has additionally confronted backlash this yr for collaborating in Bezos’ all-female Blue Origin area flight in April and for quoting a homosexual slur throughout a CBS Mornings interview with comic Matteo Lane that very same month.