Gayle King was told to ‘leave’ CBS studios Monday morning after testing positive for COVID – but after already presenting the morning show with his co-hosts, chats with his immaculate colleagues continued to do.
The talk show host, 68, shared the news of his positive test result in an Instagram video, which was taken in the lobby of the CBS building.
In the clip, the CBS Morning anchor can be seen wearing two face masks as she talks to the camera about her diagnosis, acknowledging that she was told to leave and leave the house immediately.
But despite being asked to leave campus, Gail continued to walk around the studio talking about her test results, before speaking to one of her unmasked co-anchors.
‘The thing I was afraid of finally happened. I just tested positive for it – I got ‘cry’, she says in the video. ‘They did a test, and we’ll do another test to be sure, but in the meantime, I’ve been told to leave the building and go home.’
Gayle King has announced that he tested positive for COVID-19 after hosting CBS Mornings with his colleagues
The talk show host was told to ‘leave the building’ immediately, but stopped interacting with his masked co-workers on the way out
The talk show host (pictured during the show on Monday), 68, shared the news via an Instagram video, which was taken in the lobby of the CBS building.
Throughout the 35-second video, the journalist interacted with various CBS crew members and, at one point, even greeted fellow anchor Nate Burleson, 40, who was not wearing a mask.
The clip showed him wearing two masks as he spoke to the camera about his diagnosis, revealing that he was asked to step out and quarantine at home.
‘Hi Gail,’ he told her and he walked up to her without covering his face. ‘Are you good?’
Someone from behind the camera hurriedly said, ‘You shouldn’t – keep going Nate, you don’t have a mask.’
A CBS worker asked King to leave the studio, to which she replied, ‘I’m leaving. I am going.’
He added, ‘[It] It finally happened to me, I am double waxed and boosted. Go figure,’ before finishing the video.
‘My turn…’ she captioned the post.
King hosted a Monday morning episode of the CBS talk show Before he was discovered he had the virus, during which he was joined by Burleson, Tony Dokopil and Vladimir Duthiers as they discussed the Duthiers band Sound on Tape. Was.
In the second video, King said, ‘Looks like I have to accept the reality. I have had three PCR tests, all are positive. Then I came home and got tested at home – two lines meaning it’s positive.
Throughout the 35-second video, the journalist interacted with various CBS crew members and, at one point, even greeted fellow anchor Nate Burleson, 40, who was not wearing a mask.
A CBS worker asked King to leave the studio, to which she replied, ‘I’m leaving. I am going’
King hosted a Monday morning episode of the CBS talk show before she learned she had the virus, during which she was joined by Burleson, Tony Dokopil and Vladimir Duthiers.
Her diagnosis comes four months after King faced a COVID-19 scare when she received a false positive test in February. she painted the day of the scare
At the time, King announced that he was to host the show from the back of a van after testing positive for the disease, but later revealed that he received ‘multiple’ negative tests.
‘it is not right thing. I have had four tests which all say positive. I was expecting it to be a false alarm as I have had two of them before.
King explained that she is tested “all the time” at CBS and that she was negative on Friday.
In another video, King explained that she got ‘a little cold’ over the weekend – which she said didn’t make her ‘overly worried’ as she’s had them before.
However, after developing a ‘slight cold’ over the weekend – which she said did not make her ‘overly concerned’ as she has suffered them before – she did a test on Monday and it came back positive.
It’s not clear where she picked up the virus, but last week, the mom-off went for an extracorporeal pulse activation therapy appointment with doctor Nad Farr Lev, which she shared on her Instagram.
She attended Katy Perry’s show in Las Vegas, Nevada, a week before her positive test, posting some photos from backstage with the singer.
She said in the video, “I’m trying to think about where I’ve been and what I’ve done, and nothing is coming to my mind right now.”
‘But all I can say is ‘the crying finally got to me and I’m trying really hard to try to avoid it. But I am so glad that I am double boosted and double waxed.
‘And let’s just hope my symptoms stay mild because right now, it really just looks like a cold – a mild cold.’
But he revealed that he did four PCR tests and one at-home test on Monday, and they all came back positive.
King revealed that her symptoms were mild, explaining that she still felt like she had a ‘slight cold’, ‘I’m so glad I’m double boosted and double waxed’
It’s unclear where she picked up the virus, but last week, the mom-off went to an extracorporeal pulse activation therapy appointment, which she shared on her Instagram
She attended Katy Perry’s show in Las Vegas, Nevada, a week before her positive test, posting some photos from backstage with the singer
Her diagnosis comes four months after Raja had a COVID-19 scare when he received a false positive test.
Back in February, King announced that she was to host the show from the back of a van outside the studio after testing positive for the disease, at which point she was completely stunned – because she’s ‘too careful’.
The reporter said she fell to the floor when she tested positive, revealing that she had to be ‘literally picked up’ off the ground by CBS executive producer Shawna Thomas.
However, the 68-year-old then revealed that she received ‘multiple’ negative tests and was going on her ‘long planned’ vacation to Los Angeles, California the next day.
She said that she decided to make the film out of a van out of an ‘abundance of caution’.