Oprah Winfrey tears up defending Gayle King, says she's receiving death threats over Kobe Bryant question

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"She is not doing well," Oprah said on Today's third hour with Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager. "She is not doing well because she now has death threats and has to now travel with security. She is feeling very much attacked. Bill Cosby is...tweeting from jail." Oprah also blamed CBS for posting a clip of the out of context clip of King asking WNBA legend Lisa Leslie about the 2003 Bryant rape case. "She's not doing well and feels that she was put in a really terrible position," Oprah said. "In the context of the interview, everyone seemed fine, including Lisa Leslie. It was only because somebody at the network put up that clip. I can see how people would obviously be upset if you thought that Gayle was trying to just press to get an answer from Lisa Leslie."