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The hashtag #IStandWithGayle trended throughout the day Monday, with several celebrities and journalists voicing support for Gayle King amid the controversy surrounding her recent interview about Kobe Bryant. Since news surfaced that the CBS This Morning co-anchor has been receiving death threats for mentioning Bryant…

An emotional Oprah Winfrey said her friend Gayle King “is not doing well” amid the backlash she has received over her recent interview with former WNBA star Lisa Leslie following the death of Kobe Bryant, in which she asked Leslie about Bryant’s 2003 rape case. "She is not doing well," Winfrey told Today‘s Hoda Kotb…

UPDATED with CBS News statement, 12:02: CBS This Morning anchor Gayle King posted a two-part video on social media Thursday morning, saying she was “mortified” and “very angry” at CBS for posting a “salacious” clip of her interview with Lisa Leslie about Kobe Bryant. (See King’s video below.) In the clip, King asks…