OPRAH MIGHT FINANCE GAYLE KING'S LIFESTYLE, BUT THEY ARE NOT GAY! Gayle King really doesn't want gay rumors to discourage men from asking her out on dates. It's hard enough finding a man as it is, she told Dave Letterman recently.

King laughed off reports she and best friend Oprah Winfrey were more than friends. After joking about how she got all dolled up to be on the show ("are you looking at my breasts?"), King, divorced with kids, told Dave she has a hard enough time getting a date on a Saturday night without men thinking she's already spoken for. "Now I have to explain: Look, I'm available!"

Thanks to her gazillionaire, platonic best friend, finding a date is probably the only thing that's hard for her. She's certainly had no problem finding an apartment in Manhattan. [HP]