Gayle King: ~ $5.5 Million
Breaking away from the ‘Oprah’s best friend’ tag, TV personality and host Gayle King has been a popular face on CBS This Morning ever since 2011. On this show, Gayle was able to rub shoulders with and interview many high profile celebrities such as Taylor Swift, R. Kelly, and Michelle Obama, among others.
If reports are to be believed, then Gayle is set to sign a $12-million deal with CBS, that will push her name further in the list of top-earning hosts, and of course, her current $5.5 million annual income would also increase substantially. One of the reasons why she is said to be getting such a huge deal is because of her professionalism and composure that she maintained during a heated interview with R. Kelly.