Gayle King grapples with loss of friend Cheslie Kryst: ‘I’m so gutted by the news’

In a deeply personal and emotional piece written for the Oprah Daily website, King, 67, shares, “I first met Cheslie Kryst in May 2019, when the newly crowned Miss USA came on CBS This Morning to talk about how—for the first time in history—Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, and Miss America were all Black women.