Gayle King Stunned by Ex-Husband's Fresh Apology After Recalling Cheating Heartbreak — 'He Never Talks'

Gayle King has been left stunned by her ex-husband's fresh apology for cheating on her with a close friend, RadarOnline.com can reveal.

The CBS Mornings host, 71, was not expecting William Bumfus, the father of her two children, to speak out publicly because "he never talks."

The attorney broke his silence in response to King opening up about his infidelity in a new interview.

She recalled discovering her then-husband's affair when she returned home unannounced from Washington, D.C., with their two young children and found him in their marital home with a woman whom she had considered a family friend.

Following her comments on the Call Her Daddy podcast, 67-year-old Bumpus – who was married to King from 1982 to 1993 – released a statement, shared with TMZ, that read: "Those actions were mine. I have long owned them — including publicly in my own words in 2016, which still stand."

"Gayle has every right to share what was a painful chapter that changed the trajectory of our marriage and our family nearly 40 years ago. I respect her right to tell her story, and that's where I'll leave it."

And now King has responded to Bumpus's latest apology, telling TMZ: "I was surprised, but I can also say, I appreciated what he had to say.

"I appreciate it, because listen, that was a very painful time. Anybody that's been through it knows how painful it is, but I also know that you can go through and get through it on the other side."

The veteran TV personality added, "This happened so long ago that we have both healed, we have both moved on, and the reason why I can talk about it so candidly, to be honest with you, is because it has been so much time that has passed."

King had spoken to podcast host Alex Cooper, 31, about the infidelity, describing how she walked in on the pair, who were both naked underneath bathrobes.

As she tried to enter the house, however, her husband desperately tried to keep her from coming in.

"He comes flying out of the room, and he's got a towel on, and he goes, 'You can't come in,'" she recalled, adding that he warned her that someone was in the house.

At first, King said she was so "oblivious" that she didn't believe anyone else was in their home.

But upon facing more resistance from Bumfus, she started searching the house until she ultimately found the woman "cowering behind the door" in her towel.