According to a new Dating.com survey , people are no longer seeking approval from friends and family when it comes to their significant others. Barrymore read that 71% of people surveyed said friends have little to no impact on who they date, 54% said disapproval in partners is a result of jealousy and 92% said they only seek approval from their mothers.
For King, there were only a few important people in her life who she would need approval from.
“I think when you’re younger, your friends’ approval really matters,” she began. “I think when you get older, you feel you know better, you know yourself.”
King continued, “But it would bother me, even today at my age, if Oprah didn’t like, or favorite daughter Kirby, or favorite [son] Will, didn’t like [someone that I’m dating]. That would actually give me pause. After that, it doesn’t matter.”
Barrymore asked King if Winfrey tells her how it is, to which the veteran journalist replied, “Yeah. Oh, God. She’s very blunt, as you know. She’s very blunt.”
However, King said she wouldn’t voice her opinions to just anyone.
“I think — and it depends on the nature of the friendship too — if I didn’t approve of somebody and we were close, I would say that,” she explained. “If we weren’t that close and I could tell they were happy, I would say nothing. But I think it depends on the nature of the friendship.”
I think it’s safe to say that everyone needs an Oprah Winfrey to their Gayle King!
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