Oprah Winfrey is recovering after being hospitalized this week. The talk show legend’s best friend Gayle King revealed the news on live TV on Tuesday morning (June 11) while explaining Oprah‘s absence from a CBS Mornings interview. Gayle interviewed author David Wroblewski about his Oprah Book Club selection “Familiaris” and explained why Oprah couldn’t be there to do the interview herself. Keep reading to find out more… “She had some kind of stomach thing — stomach flu — stuff was coming out of both ends,” Gayle said. “I won’t get too graphic.
Needless to say, she ended up in the hospital, dehydration, had to get an IV, it was a very serious thing.” While the comments were made on live TV, Gayle‘s comments were actually cut out of the video that was uploaded to YouTube. Oprah‘s rep told People, “Ms.
Winfrey is recovering following a stomach virus and received an IV due to dehydration at the recommendation of her doctor.
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