Gayle King Becomes A Grandmother As Her Daughter Welcomes First Baby

CBS This Morning show host Gayle King announced on September 20 that she has become a grandmother after her daughter Kirby Bumpus welcomed her first baby, son Luca Miller, with husband, Virgil Miller.

According to People Magazine, King shared her exciting news on-air and said, “Kirby got out of the hospital on Friday, and I got on a plane, I left the set, got on a plane, and I actually beat her home Friday ’cause it took so long to get released from the hospital.”

“I wanted to be a grandmother for a long time, and it’s really something when you see your own child become a parent. I am so nuts about him. And then I was holding him, Kirby goes, ‘You know, you have to support his neck.’ Uh, okay! I actually know how to do this!”

King added, “He’s very, very cute, so congratulations to my favorite daughter, my favorite son-in-law. Now I have a favorite grandson! I’m over the moon.”

The show host has been enthusiastic about the arrival of her grandson for some time. In April, King revealed on 

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“I’ve been keeping a list of baby names. … Ellen, I have to tell you this: Right before I came on the air, I said, ‘Kirby, you know, I’m doing Ellen today. Can I tell Ellen?’ Ellen — she’s pregnant. She is pregnant,” she said at the time.

“We haven’t told anybody because I’ve been held to secrecy. She told all of her friends this past weekend, so she said I could tell you,” added King. “And, Ellen, I’m going to be a grandmother and I can’t wait! … Right before we went on the air, I said, ‘Kirby, if Ellen doesn’t ask me anything about grandchildren I’m not gonna mention it. But if she does ask me, I don’t wanna stand there and say I don’t know. I don’t want to do that.’ ”

King shares both of her kids with her ex-husband William Bumpus.