{"id":2434952,"date":"2026-05-28T01:48:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T01:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2434952"},"modified":"2026-05-28T01:48:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T01:48:46","slug":"gayle-kings-ex-husband-apologizes-after-news-anchor-exposes-his-cheating-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/gayle-kings-ex-husband-apologizes-after-news-anchor-exposes-his-cheating-past\/","title":{"rendered":"Gayle King&#8217;s ex-husband apologizes after news anchor exposes his cheating past"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Gayle King\u2019s ex-husband is owning up to his past mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>William Bumpus shared a lengthy statement to Page Six Wednesday in the wake of the \u201cCBS Mornings\u201d host\u2019s \u201cCall Her Daddy\u201d episode, in which she detailed the moment she caught Bumpus cheating on her with a good friend during their marriage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy deepest apologies to Gayle, to our daughter Kirby and her husband, Virgil, to our son William and his wife, Elise, and to our three grandchildren, for the pain I caused decades ago,\u201d he began. \u201cThose actions were mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"8959677\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Call Her Daddy\/Youtube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Bumpus went on to say King \u201chas every right to share what was a painful chapter that changed the trajectory of our marriage and our family nearly forty years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI respect her right to tell her story, and that\u2019s where I\u2019ll leave it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Bumpus and King were married from 1982 to 1993 and they share two children: daughter Kirby and son William Bumpus Jr.<\/p>\n<p><em>Story developing\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gayle King\u2019s ex-husband is owning up to his past mistakes. 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