Oprah Winfrey hospitalized with stomach flu: ‘Very serious thing,’ Gayle King says

Oprah Winfrey was hospitalized for “some type of abdomen point,” her greatest buddy, Gayle King, unveiled on Tuesday.

Winfrey, 70, was meant to drop by King’s “CBS Mornings,” but skipped out on the overall look thanks to remaining underneath the weather.

“She experienced some form of stomach issue — stomach flu — things was coming out of both ends,” the news anchor, 69, stated.

“I will not get also graphic. Pointless to say, she ended up in the clinic, dehydration, experienced to get an IV, it was a quite severe matter.”

A spokesperson for Winfrey told Page 6 that the billionaire “is recovering pursuing a tummy flu and received an IV due to dehydration at the recommendation of her doctor.”

“She is resting and emotion improved each and every working day,” the assertion concluded.

Winfrey had planned to introduce writer David Wroblewski and his e-book, “Familiaris,” which is the most up-to-date pick for her e-book club.

“I needed to make it apparent that [the book] issues to her and it really bothered her that she couldn’t be below currently. She so, so cherished this ebook,” King stated on Tuesday.

King explained to viewers that Winfrey will in the long run “be OK” next the health setback.

“[I hope] she’s not mad at me for sharing that element,” she included.

Winfrey and King gushed about every single other — and revealed why their friendship performs — in a joint job interview for the New York Periods in January.

“She is a blunt truth of the matter-teller. Even if you don’t want to hear it,” King claimed of Winfrey at the time. “[We] love every other extremely, incredibly much.”

They also can connect with just a very simple look. “Sometimes we’re both wondering, ‘I want to stab myself in the eye with a fork right now. Oh, my god. Why am I below?’” Winfrey claimed of some of the gatherings they’ve attended. “A few of occasions Gayle has mentioned, ‘Should I hand you my fork?’”

The pair met in 1976 when they had been operating at a Baltimore television station. One night, Winfrey invited King to expend the evening amid a snowstorm — and they hit it off right away.

“We type of turned the gold common for friendship,” Winfrey explained. “I really believe that is deserved.”