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Oprah may be paying it forward as there’s speculation she may make best friend Gayle King her successor.

Rumor has it the when the Queen of daytime television contract is up she’s deciding between completely taking The Oprah Show off the air or handing it to Gayle.

According to a source:

Oprah has been very generous with Gayle through the years. Just last year, the 55-year-old superstar plunked down $7.5 million to buy a stunning penthouse apartment in Manhattan that Gayle uses as she wishes. But what her pal has really been pining for is to become Oprah’s successor on daytime TV.

Disclosed a friend: “It initially bruised Gayle’s pride that Oprah didn’t seriously consider her before…

“She would tell Oprah that she always has her back. She said McGraw and Ray used her clout to get where they wanted to go, but they never had any real loyalty to her.”…

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