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Gayle King Shares Oprah Winfrey's Reaction to Her Wanting to Be in 'Sports Illustrated Swimsuit' (Exclusive)

Gayle King appears as one of the four solo cover stars for the 60th anniversary edition of the iconic magazine.

While King attended the shoot and knew that she would be included inside the spread, she was stunned when co-host Nate Burleson announced during their interview with Kate Upton and Hunter McGrady, that she was the third cover girl on the set. In fact, she recalled believing it was a joke when editor-in-chief MJ Day asked her to appear inside the spread. I think it speaks to what Sports Illustrated is and its terms of range of color, age, ethnicity and then all the wide variety of jobs that everybody does."

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