Oprah Winfrey & Gayle King through the years

Gayle King and Oprah Winfrey onstage at the completion of the ‘Live Your Best Life Walk’ to celebrate O, The Oprah Magazine’s 10th Anniversary in Times Square on May 9, 2010 in New York City.  (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

Producer Tyler Perry, executive producer Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King attend the movie premiere of ‘Precious’ based On The Novel Push By Sapphire premiere at the Roy Thomson Hall during the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2009 in Toronto, Canada.  (Photo by George Pimentel/WireImage)

Oprah Winfrey, Diane Sawyer and Gayle King attends the Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World Gala at Rose Hall - Jazz at Lincoln Center on May 5, 2009 in New York City.  (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Time Inc.)

Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, John Travolta and Gayle King.  (Photo by E. Charbonneau/WireImage for Vanity Fair Magazine)

Oprah Winfrey and her best friend Gayle King listens as teachers interview candidates for her school for unprivileged girls on August 12, 2006 in Durban, South Africa.  (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)

Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King attend the 36th NAACP Image Awards on March 25, 2005.  (Photo by Arnold Turner/WireImage)

Oprah Winfrey, Quincy Jones and Gayle King at The United Negro College Fund’s ‘An Eventing of Stars: Tribute to Quincy Jones’ in 2004  (Photo by Louis Myrie/WireImage)

Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring Collections 2003 - Vera Wang - Front Row at Bryant Park in New York City, New York, United States.  (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage)

Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King at the Cipriani’s in New York City, New York in 2001.  (Photo by Carmen Valdes/WireImage)

Stedman Graham, Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, New York in 1994.  (Photo by Jim Smeal/WireImage)