Gayle King Calls Out a Restaurant for Delivering a 'Half-Eaten' Pie — but Then Finishes It Herself

Mar. 15, 2025

Gayle King discusses eating a ‘half-eaten’ pie.Photo:CBS Mornings; Gayle King/Instagram

CBS Mornings; Gayle King/Instagram

Gayle Kingwasn’t going to let anything stand between her and her dessert.The veteran journalist told herCBS Morningscoanchors and guestsNate Burleson,Tony Dokoupil,Drew BarrymoreandRoss Mathewsabout a recent pie fiasco.“Picture this: I ordered a delicious coconut custard pie,” King began, sharing images of what the dessert is “supposed to look like.”After sharing photos of picturesque pies, King showed a photo of what she actually received. Instead of a beautiful, whole slice of coconut pie, the plastic container contained only the pie crust and a bit of the coconut custard.“I sent this picture to the company to complain about how it arrived,” King explained. “I wondered if it had been eaten or maybe just jostled during delivery because it was such a mess.”She didn’t disclose the name of the company because she “really likes them” but said they told her that they were “mortified.” They suggested it could have been King’s doorman, but the journalist vehemently denied that.She turned the question (Jostled or eaten?) to the people on the stage. One said, “It looks half-eaten!” while another person said, “It looks half-gone!” Another voice added, “It looks two-thirds eaten.”“What happened to it? Did you throw it away?” Burleson asked.“I ate it,” she admitted, bent over laughing in her chair. “Because I had been thinking about it for three days. I hadn’t had a sweet in three days. And I just couldn’t believe this company would send me something that was half-eaten.”Gayle King laughs about her co-anchors opinions on the pie.CBS Mornings“Did you scrape off the part that had been eaten?” Mathews asked.“I honest to god thought it had been jostled until I started asking people,” said King.King made headlines for her honesty again in July when she and longtime friendOprah Winfreyappeared onMelinda French Gates’Moments That Make Usinterview series.In the episode aired on Wednesday, July 24, the women told Gates about the key to their friendship and their closeness that has beenmistaken for something more.“You know, for years, people used to say we were gay, and listen, we were up against that forever. And people still may think it,” said Winfrey.“I used to say Oprah, ‘You gotta do a show on this, because it’s hard enough for me to get a date on Saturday night with people thinking we’re gay,’ " King added. “Because if we were gay, we’d tell you!”

Gayle Kingwasn’t going to let anything stand between her and her dessert.

The veteran journalist told herCBS Morningscoanchors and guestsNate Burleson,Tony Dokoupil,Drew BarrymoreandRoss Mathewsabout a recent pie fiasco.

“Picture this: I ordered a delicious coconut custard pie,” King began, sharing images of what the dessert is “supposed to look like.”

After sharing photos of picturesque pies, King showed a photo of what she actually received. Instead of a beautiful, whole slice of coconut pie, the plastic container contained only the pie crust and a bit of the coconut custard.

“I sent this picture to the company to complain about how it arrived,” King explained. “I wondered if it had been eaten or maybe just jostled during delivery because it was such a mess.”

She didn’t disclose the name of the company because she “really likes them” but said they told her that they were “mortified.” They suggested it could have been King’s doorman, but the journalist vehemently denied that.

She turned the question (Jostled or eaten?) to the people on the stage. One said, “It looks half-eaten!” while another person said, “It looks half-gone!” Another voice added, “It looks two-thirds eaten.”

“What happened to it? Did you throw it away?” Burleson asked.

“I ate it,” she admitted, bent over laughing in her chair. “Because I had been thinking about it for three days. I hadn’t had a sweet in three days. And I just couldn’t believe this company would send me something that was half-eaten.”

Gayle King laughs about her co-anchors opinions on the pie.CBS Mornings

CBS Mornings

“Did you scrape off the part that had been eaten?” Mathews asked.

“I honest to god thought it had been jostled until I started asking people,” said King.

King made headlines for her honesty again in July when she and longtime friendOprah Winfreyappeared onMelinda French Gates’Moments That Make Usinterview series.

In the episode aired on Wednesday, July 24, the women told Gates about the key to their friendship and their closeness that has beenmistaken for something more.

“You know, for years, people used to say we were gay, and listen, we were up against that forever. And people still may think it,” said Winfrey.

“I used to say Oprah, ‘You gotta do a show on this, because it’s hard enough for me to get a date on Saturday night with people thinking we’re gay,’ " King added. “Because if we were gay, we’d tell you!”

source: people.com