Oprah Winfrey spotted hitting the gym with Maria Shriver in Santa Barbara… after addressing THOSE lesbian rumors with best friend Gayle King
Oprah Winfrey sweated it out on Santa Barbara beach with her friend Maria Shriver on Saturday.
The 70-year-old Color Purple star wore a gray Beatles T-shirt and black leggings with a green cap.
A rack of weights was visible behind the former talk show host as she looked at her phone.
The former First Lady of California, 68, wore a similar outfit: a gray tank top and black leggings. The beach was pictured behind her as she looked at her phone and carried a Stanley cup under her arm.
Maria was seen driving the children away in her green Range Rover after they finished their training.
Oprah Winfrey got in a beach sweat session with her girlfriend Maria Shriver in Santa Barbara on Saturday. The Color Purple star, 70, wore a gray Beatles T-shirt and black leggings with a green baseball cap
The former First Lady of California, 68, was similarly dressed in a gray tank top and black leggings with the beach in the background as she looked down at her phone and carried a Stanley cup under her arm
The gym’s mention comes after Oprah cleared up long-standing rumors about her friendship with best friend Gayle King, 69.
During a recent appearance on Melinda Gates’ Moments that make usthe media moco reflected on her decades-long friendship with King.
The two women have been dogged for years by rumors that they are secretly lesbian.
βI think we shared pretty much everything and I would say it wasn’t even a matter of navigation,β the daytime television legend said.
‘For years people said we were gay, and listen, we always fought against that. And people may still think that.’
King joked that she used to invite Oprah on a show and make it clear they were just friends, because it was “hard enough” for her to get a date on a Saturday night without people thinking they were together.
βIf we were gay, we’d tell you!β King assured viewers.
What she thinks is the reason they’re more than just friends is that people “aren’t used to seeing women with such a genuine connection.”
βI think our friendship has worked because Gayle is happier β not happy, but happier for me, with every success or every victory or every challenge that I have, than I am for myself,β the 20-time Emmy winner said.
She continued, “And I feel just as happy as she does β I can’t be happier than, can’t top Gayle. You can’t top her. I’m just as happy for her.”
Maria was seen driving them away in her green Range Rover after they finished their training
The gym sighting comes after Oprah cleared up long-running rumors about her friendship with best friend Gayle King, 69. Pictured in Sun Valley, Idaho in July 2024
βI think we shared pretty much everything and I would have to say it wasn’t even a matter of navigation,β said the daytime TV legend, pictured in July 2024
During a recent appearance on Melinda Gates’ Moments That Make Us, the media mogul reflected on her decades-long friendship with King, seen here in March 2024
The two women have been dogged by rumors that they are secretly lesbians for years, pictured here at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival
Oprah has been in a relationship with Stedman Graham, 73, for 35 years, and King was married to attorney Bill Bumpus from 1982 to 1993 and has a daughter, Kirby, and a son, William.
Winfrey noted that even a “touch of jealousy about anything” between friends can ruin the relationship.
βIn Oprah’s life, everyone is always very flattering and positive about the things she says,β King explained.
“And sometimes I just say, ‘That’s just not true. Your hair doesn’t look good.'”