Oprah Winfrey welcomed best friend Gayle King’s grandson, Luca, into her Montecito, California estate by singing The Lion King’s “Circle of Life” with her longtime beau Stedman Graham in a video shared on Instagram, The Grio reported.
King was not present for the festivities after she did not adhere to Winfrey’s vaccine policies as she requested everyone be fully vaccinated to visit her home for the holidays.
“Everyone who is spending Christmas at my house has to be vaccinated, boosted, tested, and quarantined. Stedman calls it “The Policy” cause I’m that serious about it,” Winfrey captioned a clip of the infant’s arrival with his parents, Kirby Bumpus, and her husband, Virgil Miller.
“This was release day for our bubble, and we knew we had to throw a welcome celebration for Baby Luca, who none of us had met yet! We missed his grandma @gayleking, but she’ll join us once she completes the policy,” the caption continued. “Thank you to @bonfortunestyle and @anasballooncreations for helping bring the fun to Baby Luca’s first time at my house. Have a happy and safe holiday, everyone,” Winfrey shared.
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As Sis2Sis previously reported, King’s daughter welcomed son Luca Miller in September. CBS This Morning and King announced Luca’s birth when the show aired.
“@GayleKing is officially a grandmother! And she’s showing off the first pictures of baby boy Luca Lynn Miller. Gayle is happy to report “favorite daughter Kirby and favorite son-in-law Virgil are over the moon” and that she is ‘bursting!’”
She added, “I’m officially a grandmother!” King said during the show’s broadcast. “It’s really something when you see your own child become a parent. I am so nuts about him.”
While transitioning into her role as a grandma, King shared her excitement as she appeared on The Ellen Degeneres Show earlier this year. She noted that she hoped her daughter would have a boy, per The Grio.
“Listen, I’m the oldest of four girls. My whole life, I wanted a big brother — my whole life. I just saw that people with big brothers were lucky. So I always like a firstborn to be a boy, then the second one is a girl. Then you have a big brother that takes care of you. That’s just my own little fantasy.”
