Gayle King was not surprised that she didn’t land a role on “The View,” as retold during her December 8 appearance on “Watch What Happens Live.” “Now why did I believe [Cindy Adams?]” Gayle King inquired on “WWHL.” “Because Cindy is very good friends with Barbara Walters.” Barbara Walters, of course, was the original creator of “The View,” while Adams has been called “the Queen of Gossip” for her long-running column in Page Six. “When Cindy said, ‘Trust me, kiddies, that will never happen,’ I knew I wasn’t getting that job,” King said.
Soon after Adams’ article ran, King explained, she got some confirmation that her instincts were correct. “Right after that column, Barbara called me and said, ‘I just wanted to call you personally. We’ve decided to go in another direction…'” King continued, “And I said, ‘Okay, who?’ And she told me Whoopi.” Whoopi (obviously) refers to Whoopi Goldberg, who was hired as a full-time moderator on “The View” way back in 2007, according to Playbill.
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King doesn’t say she’s necessarily better off for having lost out to Goldberg, but she’s not exactly captaining the struggle bus either. She and Andy Cohen agreed that she would have been great on the show but, “You know what, things have worked out. So, I’m okay.”
