How Gayle King celebrated his 68th birthday

Birthdays between Christmas and New Year are often forgotten in holiday celebrations, but Gayle King, who turned 68 on December 28, was lucky enough to celebrate three different times. . Gail typically spends the last few weeks of December in Hawaii with Oprah and her family. But in 2022, Gail has been hopping between New York, California and Hawaii.

The celebrations started when Gail received a surprise Happy Birthday from her on December 23rd (her last day of work before the Christmas holidays). CBS Morning family. Gail wasn’t expecting much, because she wasn’t usually in town. Our editors love good desserts, and it was just that,” she said of CBS’s birthday cake. “I was very impressed with it.”

Next, Gail headed to California to ring 68 with her family. Gail’s daughter, Kirby, usually comes out to Hawaii. But this year, Kirby’s son, Luka, got an ear infection. After spending her day relaxing by the pool instead of traveling, the family had a quiet celebration in Palm Springs while enjoying her delicious Italian dinner. “Believe it or not, I was craving pasta for some reason,” says Gale. “I don’t know why.”

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The spaghetti and meatballs hit the spot, and at the end of the meal, the restaurant brought out a chocolate cake with candles. Luckily for her, no one dared sing. “I don’t like celebrating happy birthdays in public at restaurants,” says Gale. In fact, she had her birthday at some table — and Gail says she told herself, Oh my god, I hope that doesn’t happen to me. Thankfully she was spared from public spectacle and was happy just to see everyone wearing yellow (her favorite color!). But Kirby dressed him in yellow,” Gale says.

Finally, Gail made her way to Oprah’s house in Hawaii, but not before experiencing serious travel delays. Because it was a trip from,” she says of the airport’s strange problem. We made it back to the runway because the gate wasn’t ready (sadly a common occurrence in airport travel these days). “It’s normal to wait at the gate on arrival. What caught everyone off guard was being dangling for two hours before being put back on an active runway,” she shared. . “Even the flight attendants seemed confused!”

When the ordeal was finally over, Gail reached Oprah expecting a quiet welcome. What she didn’t know was that her birthday dinner was going on. It’s that moment. “I put my stuff in her room and Stedman came down and was wearing this knitted mint her green shirt,” Gale explains. “In my opinion, I’ve never seen Stedman wear color. I even commented “oh that’s a pretty shirt”. His response was, “This is the only one I’ve found that’s close to yellow.” I think, Hmm, that’s a weird way of saying it. Then I go to dinner and everyone is wearing yellow clothes. Surprise – It’s a surprise party.

After her initial confusion subsided, Gale and the party began to celebrate. “We do Dover Soles all the time,” Gale says. For years she assumed the fish came from the local grocery store. Turns out she wasn’t because Oprah was actually sourcing her fish passports from where they needed them.”I thought when she said Oprah got them from Dover.” Are you flying fish from Delaware? ” she shares “I was dumbfounded when she said she was French Dover. I couldn’t believe she had been doing that for years. Now she wonders if she should switch to halibut.” .”

The group dined separately from Chef Mei Ling, which included red wine braised beef cheeks, white truffle tortellini, roasted garlic chicken, and branzino with cauliflower puree instead of Dover sole. They finished things off with a decadent Banana Foster cake.

It goes without saying that this birthday was the birthday of the book. “I usually roll my eyes when people go to ‘another birthday celebration,’ but this felt organic,” says Gail. I like it, and that’s what’s important to me.”

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