Gayle King Will Be 'Glued To TV' During Oprah's Lance Armstrong Interview

Gayle King Will Be 'Glued To TV' During Oprah's Lance Armstrong Interview
A combo picture made on January 15, 2013 in Paris, shows US talk-show star Oprah Winfrey and US former Cycling champion Lance Armstrong. Lance Armstrong's reported admission to Oprah Winfrey that he used performance-enhancing drugs likely means he will go down in history as the most brazen drug cheat the sport has ever seen. The disgraced American cyclist's comments, reported January 14, 2013 by USA Today, rewrite 14 years of deception and repeated denials that he used banned substances to win scores of international races, including the Tour de France seven times. His years of dominance in the sport's greatest race raised cycling's profile in the United States to new heights and gave Armstrong a platform to promote cancer awareness and research. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS / PAUL J. RICHARDS (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS,PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)
A combo picture made on January 15, 2013 in Paris, shows US talk-show star Oprah Winfrey and US former Cycling champion Lance Armstrong. Lance Armstrong's reported admission to Oprah Winfrey that he used performance-enhancing drugs likely means he will go down in history as the most brazen drug cheat the sport has ever seen. The disgraced American cyclist's comments, reported January 14, 2013 by USA Today, rewrite 14 years of deception and repeated denials that he used banned substances to win scores of international races, including the Tour de France seven times. His years of dominance in the sport's greatest race raised cycling's profile in the United States to new heights and gave Armstrong a platform to promote cancer awareness and research. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS / PAUL J. RICHARDS (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS,PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)

Oprah Winfrey has called her exclusive interview with Lance Armstrong the "biggest" of her entire career. Filmed during a two-and-a-half hour session in Austin, Texas, on Monday, the first segment will air Thursday on OWN, coming together so quickly that even Winfrey's best friend, Gayle King, has not seen it yet.

“I am going to be glued to my TV like everyone else to see,” King, who hosts "CBS This Morning," told The Huffington Post. In an interview with Gayle on her show, Oprah did say, “We were mesmerized and riveted by some of his answers," adding that Lance says what "people around the world have been waiting to hear."

“It all just came together for her within the past week," King told the New York Daily News. "I called her when I first heard. I didn’t wait until she announced it."

"She was really into it. Because it came together so quickly, she knew what an important interview it was for her," King said. "She also knew that she was going to have to ask the hard questions."

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