The famous TV anchor did not see this coming. Gayle King was stopped by TMZ in New York City and asked about her ex-husband William Bumpus’s unexpected public apology. Her reaction? Genuine shock. Gayle King’s ex-husband’s apology comes decades after she walked in on him cheating on her with someone she considered a close friend.
King said she was stunned that Bumpus even spoke. He is notoriously private. Reading his mea culpa in public caught her completely off guard. The William Bumpus cheating confession included apologies to their children Kirby and Virgil, their families, and King herself for the pain caused all those years ago.
The betrayal was devastating. King walked in on Bumpus with her close friend. The moment ended their marriage but not their relationship. Bumpus recently said that King has every right to tell her story. He noted that they maintain a good relationship today, something King backed up during her NYC interview.
The Gayle King ex-husband apology has resonated far beyond her personal life. King said the reaction from other women in the “I’ve been cheated on club” has meant the world to her. She recently reached out to wish Bumpus’s teenage daughter Poet a happy 16th birthday, a move Bumpus called classy. Decades after the William Bumpus cheating destroyed their marriage, an apology landed. And Gayle King accepted it.
