Sista Friends Gayle King and Oprah Winfrey Host Interviews with Spotlight on R. Kelly and Michael Jackson

What a week for the sister friends and fellow journalists, Gayle King and Oprah Winfrey. The subject matter for both revolved around the blemished image of two musical legends, R. Kelly and Michael Jackson  pertaining to allegations of sexual misconduct.

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What a week for sister friends and fellow journalists, Gayle King and Oprah Winfrey as they both conducted interviews revolving around sexual misconduct allegations pertaining to musical legends R. Kelly and Michael Jackson.   R. Kelly snapped during Gayle’s interviewed jumping from his seat and yelling.

According to Deadline:

Oprah Winfrey’s follow-up special, which aired on HBO following Part 2 of Leaving Neverland Monday night, also did well ratings-wise. Oprah Winfrey Presents: After Neverland drew about 780,000 viewers for HBO. The special also was simulcast on OWN.

According to Variety

Gayle King’s interview with controversial singer R. Kelly has brought new interest to her regular program, “CBS This Morning.” Now there is some hope it can draw eyeballs to CBS’ primetime schedule as well.

CBS News will broadcast a one-hour primetime special, “The Gayle King Interview with R. Kelly,” featuring the journalist’s interviews with both Kelly and Azriel Clary and Joycelyn Savage, two women who live with him. The program will air Friday, March 8, at 8 p.m. eastern,. and willl include unaired parts of King’s 80-minute sitdown with Kelly and an interview with the two young women living with him that she conducted earlier this week in Chicago.  READ MORE

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