Gayle King says gay slur on live TV as she retells Matteo Lane's joke: 'Hope I don't get in trouble'

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Gayle King re-shared a gay slur on live TV while interviewing comedian Matteo Lane, who is openly gay, on 'CBS Mornings' on April 4.

The broadcast journalist was talking about the comedian’s new cookbook, ‘Your Pasta Sucks’, when she retold a joke from his earlier standup, as reported by Page Six.

King said, “You embrace being gay and your homosexuality. And I’m wondering — where did this come from? The funniness that you were able to combine with cooking and your stand-up, too?”

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Matteo Lane replied that he’s from “a large family where you have to have something funny to say or be opinionated, so you have to speak up.”

He also mentioned that it “felt very natural” for him to combine his humor with his cooking skills.

The 70-year-old TV personality then continued, “Let’s talk about the stand-up [special]. Can I just say one joke? I hope I don’t get in trouble.”

Gayle King repeats gay slur earlier said by Matteo Lane

“You do a riff about white women who have approached you, and they said something about cooking, and you said, ‘What in the f****ttry are you talking about?” she mentioned without censoring the word.

The 38-year-old actor could not hold his laugh as King asked him, “I thought that was hilarious. What does that mean?”

Lane said, “I love you, Gayle King,” before noting, “It means exactly what you think it means.”

“White women, they're fine during the day, but they have one sip of a rose and they're like, 'Tonight's about me!' They won't stop, I'm telling you. Horrible,” he added.

After the live broadcast, CBS removed the part from all of its social media channels but there were a few online users who captured it.

Netizens share disbelief over censored segment

Bob the Drag Queen tweeted, “Honestly iconic #MatteoLane.”

An X user commented, “I had to watch this at least 6 times. 😂😂😂 like did she really say that????”

“So…we’re okay with people using slurs if they’re quoting comedians, now? Or does this only apply to gay men? I’m just saying. I’m reading the room and a lot of you think this is cute. It’s weird how it’s always the slurs against us that get labeled as ‘not a big deal’,” another user expressed.

“Ok, Gayle got the F word pass,” a person shared.

“OMG LOL....” another person remarked.

“No need to worry, GK. You can do and say anything without any fear of punishment,” a reader below the Page Six article said.

“As soon as the phrase ‘I hope I don't get in trouble for this’ even pops into  your head about your next comment, that should be enough of a signal that you shouldn't speak/write it...she should know better…” another one added.

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