Gayle King announces daughter Kirby Bumpus’ pregnancy on The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Gayle King, the CBS This Morning anchor on The Ellen DeGeneres Show divulged that daughter Kirby Bumpus is pregnant.
Kirby Bumpus and Virgil Miller tied the knot in a very intimate fashion in December last year.
“So you’re bugging your daughter about having grandkids already, I heard?” asked the host in The Ellen Degeneres Show.
“Yes, Ellen. I am,” she chuckled. “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.”
“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,” said 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 further added that the baby is due in September.
About the sex of the baby, King said, “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,” King said.
“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.”
King explained that she doesn’t want to be called “Grandma,” asking DeGeneres for “cool” grandparent nicknames.
“How about ‘Miss Lady’?” suggested Ellen.
King said, “That’s your assignment … to come up with a cool grandmother name for Gayle.”
