Gayle King’s future at CBS Mornings is more tenuous than ever, as the host continues to encounter bad ratings and calls of bias.
‘Gayle King’s career is over,’ Donald Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Monday that reposted a New York Post article quoting a source who claimed King was in danger of losing her job. ‘No talent, no ratings, no strength!!!’ the president added.
Well-connected sources with knowledge of the situation indicated the same thing to Daily Mail and highlighted that 70 year-old King’s contract is up in May.
It will ‘most likely’ not be renewed by CBS News’ new owners at that point, one said amid an impending deal that will see parent company Paramount bought by a corporation called Skydance.
Another conceded King’s departure was indeed likely, but that conversations were still occurring.
Staffers at the Tiffany Network spoke with Fox News on the matter as well.
One addressed swirling internal talk about Skydance CEO David Ellison – the son of MAGA billionaire Larry Ellison – pulling the plug on King as co-host.
The staffer said current network leadership has ‘started to groom’ Adrianna Diaz as a sort of ‘heir’ to King in case her contract is not renewed.
Gayle King’s future at CBS Mornings is more murky than ever, as the host continues to encounter bad ratings and calls of bias. Sources with knowledge of the situation reminded the Daily Mail that King’s contract is up in May
‘Gayle King’s career is over,’ Donald Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Monday that reposted an article quoting a source who claimed King was in danger of losing her job. ‘No talent, no ratings, no strength!!!’ the president added
Adrianna Diaz, currently the host of CBS Mornings Plus, has been reportedly pegged as a potential successor to King
Another said King is ‘generally liked’ within the network and ‘still has a lot of power in the morning when it comes to things she wants.’
The employee added how King is also ‘insulated by her team’ and CBS Mornings Executive Producer Shawna Thomas.
‘But so are [co-hosts Nate Burleson and Tony Dokoupil] to an extent.’
Asked about the office gossip – which both of Daily Mail’s sources confirmed – the other staffer said ‘People are talking about it because Gayle is our biggest star, but also I don’t think anyone cares that much.
‘I think everyone just wants stability, so from that standpoint, people want her to stay,’ they added.
A third employee said King’s colleagues are somewhat divided when it comes how they feel about her personally.
The Post report Monday claimed the anchor who helped launch CBS Mornings in 2012 has pushed progressive issues onscreen that neither viewers nor senior bosses like.
The staffer told Fox News: ‘A lot of people like how she says off-the-wall things. But also there’s people that don’t like it.
Skydance CEO David Ellison – the son of MAGA billionaire Larry Ellison – could pull the plug on King as co-host, sources said
The network recently made the decision to cancel the show of one of Trump’s most outspoken critics in Stephen Colbert, saying the move was financially driven. Others have claimed otherwise, pointing to its proximity to Paramount’s merger with Skydance
King – seen here during Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin flight last April – inked a deal in early 2024 for two years but has seen her show fall to below 2 million total viewers. CBS is also set to expand CBS Mornings with a third hour, despite it being in last-place
‘Anytime you have a big name, they are going to be a target.’
King was also condemned for accepting a free ride to space on Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket, with CBS News accused of effectively giving the space exploration company vast swathes of free advertising in return.
King inked a deal in early 2024 for two years but has seen her show fall to below 2 million total viewers.
CBS is also set to expand CBS Mornings with a third hour, despite it being in last-place.
The network recently made the decision to cancel the show of one of Trump’s most outspoken critics in Stephen Colbert, saying the move was financially driven.
Others have claimed otherwise, pointing to its proximity to Paramount’s $8billion merger with Skydance, which was approved days after the decision last month.
Daily Mail has contacted CBS News for comment.
