Gayle King addressed viral AI-generated marriage ceremony images throughout _CBS Mornings_, confirming she’s neither engaged nor married.

Gayle King used her nationwide platform on CBS Mornings on Friday to set the report straight after AI-generated images falsely claimed she was newly married and flashing a diamond ring.

“Been getting a lot of texts, a lot of messages, stories online that I got engaged,” King stated through the broadcast. “Take a look at me with a big ring on my finger. There’s a lucky man — I have no idea who he is.”

The 70-year-old journalist addressed the viral photographs that confirmed her in a marriage robe beside a thriller groom, calling out the rising development of manipulated visuals spreading misinformation.

“These (AI-)generated images have been making their way across the internet. So I’m here to say exclusively on CBS Mornings, I’m not married, not even engaged.”

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King, who’s presently single, admitted the pictures had been so convincing that even her interior circle purchased into the fantasy.

“People have been saying, ‘Congratulations,’ ‘Love really happened to you,’ ‘I’m so happy for you,’” she advised co-host Nate Burleson. “That isn’t me. But Nate, even I looked at it and go, ‘Is that me?’”

Reading one of many faux stories on air, King chuckled on the description of her supposed husband, who was described as a “prominent figure in the business world” with a philanthropic streak and a discreet public presence.

“Where is he? I would like to see you, sir! Show yourself!” she joked. “Even my kids said, ‘Mom, who is this?’ Well, I have no idea!”

She wrapped up the second by reiterating the reality yet another time: “I’m not married or engaged… Believe me, if I was, you’d hear it here first.”

King shares two grownup youngsters along with her ex-husband, William Bumpus. The pair had been married from 1982 to 1993.

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