Tony Dokoupil praises ‘cool grandma’ Gayle King, reveals how she mentors his kids — exclusive

Gayle King has been praised by her CBS Mornings co-anchors for fostering a welcoming surroundings — and for being the perfect auntie to their children.

For over 10 years, Gail has been the morning welcome middle for TV viewers throughout the nation, however for Tony Dokoupil, Nate Burleson and Vladimir Duthiers, Gail has additionally been serving to increase their kids, with Nate calling her “the most important supporter and encourager of all individuals.”

“Gail is de facto cool. She makes you are feeling like an auntie, an enormous sister, a mother, every part,” she stated. hiya! Mrs Gandhi, 69, is the mom of two kids, Kirby, 38, and William, 38, and grandmother to Kirby’s son, Luca.

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“Gail is a good grandmother too. Gayle is probably the most pure individual on TV, “And he or she seems to be the identical off digital camera as she does on digital camera,” Tony provides.

“Goofy, at all times fast to ask questions, not afraid to go on the market and you understand she at all times loves you and cares about you. It's wonderful to look at, particularly my older children, develop into adults round her.” She treats everybody with a lot respect that they raise themselves up And assembly him on his stage, which is gorgeous. They develop up round him.”

Gael additionally gave Vlad and his spouse Marian “among the finest presents” when their daughter Selin was born in 2016.

“When Celine was born we obtained some great presents from Auntie Gail, a few of that are issues Celine will love as she grows up, corresponding to the attractive, stable picket chair together with her title on it which she is now obsessive about; she wakes up and sits in it each morning earlier than she goes to high school,” he says.

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His love for Gail is evident: “She simply desires individuals to win, and she or he's so good at what she does,” provides Nate, who has been on the present with Gail and Tony since 2021.

,[Gayle is] Some of the clever, passionate, empathetic individuals I do knowAnd it’s no shock how profitable she’s been and the way influential she’s been within the careers of younger individuals. Her mark is in all places on this trade. She does a lot that she doesn’t get credit score for. That’s one other factor about Gail. She desires everybody to develop, develop and develop, and she or he does no matter she will be able to to assist that occur and she or he doesn’t do it as a result of she desires a pat on the again. She does it as a result of she’s sincere about it.”

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Tony, who’s a father of 4 kids – two youngsters who stay in Israel together with his ex-wife and two youthful kids together with his spouse Katy Tour – additionally praised Nate, who’s the daddy of three youngsters – Nate II, Nehemiah (18), and Mia (14).

“With my 14-year-old son, he received’t speak to me, he’ll be grumpy, he’ll be the everyday hoodie-wearing teenager,” says Tony.

“And I’d say, ‘Look, you’re going to be at this occasion with my co-workers, OK? I need you to behave.’ And I’d get a grunt in response. However then he'll see Nate, and so they'll bump fists, after which the entire dialog will occur And telling tales. Nate's laughing, and I'm pondering, 'Who is that this individual? Who is that this child of mine?'”