Gayle King Reveals “Brutal” Time She Really Gets Up Every Day

Gayle King’s brew-tiful mornings are anything but conventional.

The CBS Mornings host detailed her shocking wake-up routine, revealing her alarm goes off at exactly 3:24 a.m. in the morning.

Yes, you read that right.

“I’m still not used to it, but I’ve just accepted that it’s my reality,” King shared in an interview with WSJ Magazine published Oct. 19. “It’s the job that I have; I still love the job. So it doesn’t do any good to moan and b—h about it. But it really is brutal.”

“I love the Apple watch because it gives you so much data,” she continued. “It shows me all the sleep I’m not getting.”

As for how many hours of shuteye the 71-year-old gets every night before clocking into her morning show?

“When I say this to doctors, they go, ‘Oh, my God, Gayle,’ and then you get a whole big lecture,” King prefaced, before revealing the very low number. “I would say four to five hours. If I sleep six hours, I’m doing a fricking hula.”

And for those who’d assume the Book of Menopause author guzzles caffeine like water getting up at such an early hour, think again.