Oprah Winfrey is not the godmother of baby Blue Ivy, the newborn daughter of Beyonce and Jay-Z, the talk show queen’s close friend Gayle King said Friday.
“Let me just say, if (that report is) true, it is news to her,” King announced on “CBS This Morning” about the claim from MediaTakeOut.com.
The gossip website cited a well-placed source who said Winfrey was chosen as the baby’s godmother with Jay-Z’s best friend and road manager, Tyran “Ty Ty” Smith, selected as the godfather.
“It’s absolutely not true that she’s the godmother. She’s friends with them, of course, and likes them both very much,” King continued about Winfrey’s friendship with the music power couple.
“She’s working on sending them a baby gift. She hasn’t even had time to send a baby gift because she’s been away,” King added — debunking rumors Winfrey had sent the baby girl a trunk full of books after her birth.
King is a longtime Winfrey business partner and confidante, who left her post at Winfrey’s OWN Network in order to co-host the revamped CBS morning program with Charlie Rose.
Beyonce, 30, and Jay-Z, 42, welcomed their first child in New York on January 7th.
The couple married in April 2008.