Gayle King was visibly shaken on the May 26 broadcast of CBS This Morning during a segment about the Central Park “Karen” incident that went viral on Twitter the day prior.
King, 65, teared up after co-host Vladimir Duthiers explained what happened: a white woman, now identified as Amy Cooper, 41, called 911 on a black man who simply told her to leash her dog (as required) while he was birdwatching in the Ramble.
The man, Christian Cooper, filmed the woman as she told police that “an African-American man [wearing] a bicycle helmet” was “recording me and threatening me and my dog.” He was not.
You can watch the footage in the tweet below. After watching the video on air, Gayle said, her voice shaking, “once again I say, thank goodness there
Read more on hollywoodlife.com