Gayle King isn’t letting Donald Trump‘s latest feedback about her get to her head.
Earlier this week, Trump reacted to a latest New York Submit report alleging that King’s future on CBS is unsure. “Gayle King’s profession is over. She ought to have stayed along with her perception in TRUMP. She by no means had the braveness to take action,” he wrote through Reality Social on Monday, August 4. “No expertise, no scores, no energy!!!”
King was questioned about Trump’s criticism by TMZ after she wrapped CBS Mornings‘ Tuesday, August 5, episode. “I’m sorry he feels that approach, however I like my job, [and will] proceed to do my job,” she instructed the outlet as she obtained into her automotive.
King went on to quip that she’s joined a “lengthy listing of individuals” whom Trump has publicly criticized this yr. “I’m in a bunch now with Bruce Springsteen, Taylor Swift, Stephen Colbert,” she acknowledged. “I’m sorry he feels that approach.”
The New York Submit’s report alleged that CBS might not renew King’s identical multimillion-dollar contract extension when it ends in Might 2026, the identical month The Late Present With Stephen Colbert is ready to finish. A number of sources claimed that King and govt producer Shawna Thomas’ push for range and inclusion on CBS Mornings has brought on a lower in viewership.
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Per the report, Thomas allegedly ignored initiatives to make the present attraction to center America and will have averted getting fired due to King’s help for her.
“The viewers doesn’t need woke. It doesn’t like progressive and provocative bookings,” an insider instructed the Submit. “The morning present viewers needs optimism and cheer and pleasure, and what they have been producing is at odds with viewers expectations.”
An nameless producer added, “In these instances, you need to fireplace someone. [Former CBS News president] Wendy McMahon was not robust sufficient. She wanted a head on a stick however Shawna had the safety of Gayle King.”
McMahon stepped down from her position at CBS Information forward of Paramount settling a $16 million lawsuit with Trump. He beforehand accused 60 Minutes of enhancing a 2024 interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris. The settlement occurred shortly earlier than the Federal Communications Fee (led by the Trump appointee Brendan Carr) accepted Paramount’s merger with the media firm Skydance.
Amid hypothesis that The Late Present was canceled on account of the media offers, Trump denied that he immediately brought on the cancellation. “All people is saying that I used to be solely chargeable for the firing of Stephen Colbert from CBS, Late Night time. That’s not true!” he wrote through Reality Social on July 29. “The rationale he was fired was a pure lack of TALENT, and the truth that this deficiency was costing CBS $50 Million {Dollars} a yr in losses — And it was solely going to get WORSE!”
He continued, “Subsequent up will probably be a good much less proficient Jimmy Kimmel, after which, a weak, and really insecure, Jimmy Fallon. The one actual query is, who will go first? Present Biz and Tv is a quite simple enterprise. In the event you get Scores, you possibly can say or do something. In the event you don’t, you all the time develop into a sufferer. Colbert turned a sufferer to himself, the opposite two will comply with.”