Gayle King’s interview with Lisa Leslie isn’t going over well with some viewers. In a recent interview with WNBA star Lisa Leslie, Gayle King hounded Leslie into answering if she thought’s Kobe’s legacy would be complicated by 2003 rape allegations. "It's been said that his legacy is complicated because of a sexual assault charge," King asked in the CBS This Morning interview, published Tuesday. "Is it complicated for you as a woman, as a WNBA player?" "It's not complicated for me at all," Leslie replied. "I just never have ever seen him being the kind of person that would do something to violate a woman or be aggressive in that way. That was just never the person that I know." King had follow-up comments."But Lisa, you wouldn't see it, though," she said. "As his friend, you wouldn't see it.""And that's possible," replied Leslie. "I just don't believe that."King then asked if it's "even a fair question to talk about" the accusation, "considering he's no longer with us and that it was resolved," or if it is "really part of his history." People took to Twitter to let King have it. One person tweeted, That @GayleKing interview with Lisa Leslie was distasteful. To ask Lisa about Kobe’s alleged sexual assault while she’s mourning his death was truly nasty. Charges were dismissed over 10 years ago and during his time of death that’s what you focus on... Your agenda is calculated. Another person tweeted, Can’t stand Gayle King and Oprah. They ONLY attack black men in this manner. They never get at men of other races, damn sure don’t get at women, but Bruhs they won’t hesitate. Shout out to Lisa Leslie for checking her (and other weak media) professionally.
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