Gayle King Angrily Disputes Reports She’s Retiring from “CBS Mornings” – Sandra Rose

Gayle King angrily disputed reports she is being forced into retirement from “CBS Mornings” next year.

Sources stated King is expected to retire from CBS News when her contract expires in May 2026.

TMZ caught up with King as she left her NYC studio Friday morning. King insisted she’s not hearing the same reports from CBS executives.

She said CBS executives tell her she’s well-liked at the news network.

King said the feeling is mutual — she loves what she does and she works well with her colleagues.

Gayle also tells TMZ she’s here immediately and she intends to keep doing her job.

On Thursday, CBS addressed reports that King will depart CBS Mornings when her contract expires in May 2026.

A spokesperson denied rumors that King may be stepping into a different role at the network. Or that she could “potentially produce her own programming” for CBS.

“There have been no discussions with Gayle about her contract that runs through May 2026,” the spokesperson said in a statement to PEOPLE.

The news comes as CBS’ anti-woke editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, has made sweeping cuts to staffing and streaming shows.

A former producer at CBS said Wednesday was a “blood bath” at the network. Trey Sherman said Black producers were laid off while white producers were reassigned within the company.

He said 2,000 jobs were eliminated including the network’s “Race and Culture” unit that screened every story to ensure the subject touched on Black race and culture.

“I just got laid off from my job at CBS, and every producer on my team who got laid off is a person of color,” said Sherman in a livestream video. “Every person who gets to stay and will be relocated within the company is a White person.”