Domestic goddess and business mogul, Martha Stewart, is fondly remembering her friend Larry King after the veteran television host’s passing.
Stewart took to Instagram on Monday to share a sweet clip from an episode of her former talk show where she let slip a juicy secret to the audience: she once ‘sort of’ dated Larry King.
King died on January 23 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, weeks after testing positive for COVID-19.
Way back when: Martha Stewart took to Instagram on Monday to share a sweet clip from an episode of her former talk show where she let slip a juicy secret to the audience: she once ‘sort of’ dated Larry King
‘Larry king and I were friends and I was interviewed by him many times,’ Martha penned in a caption. ‘It was fun to turn the tables once or twice and i interviewed him a couple of times on my show!’
The short clip sees the bon vivant addressing the audience from an old episode of The Martha Stewart Show which ran for five seasons from 2005-2010.
Her guest that day was none other than Larry King himself and, before welcoming the bespectacled and suspender clad star to set, Martha dished about their longstanding friendship.
‘I have a secret to reveal,’ she told the crowd. ‘We actually went out on a dinner date. I thought it was a business date, but turned out it was sort of a dinner date.’
‘Larry king and I were friends and I was interviewed by him many times,’ Martha penned in a caption. ‘It was fun to turn the tables once or twice and i interviewed him a couple of times on my show!’
‘I have a secret to reveal,’ she told the crowd. ‘We actually went out on a dinner date. I thought it was a business date, but turned out it was sort of a dinner date.’
On the day that King’s passing was announced, Stewart had taken to social media with a photo of the two together and a tribute.
‘Dear @LarryKing. Rest In Peace,’ she wrote. ‘You were the iconic ‘people person”, a very excellent interviewer and a hell of a guy!!!!’
King’s production company announced his death in a statement on Saturday.
‘With profound sadness, Ora Media announces the death of our co-founder, host, and friend Larry King, who passed away this morning at age 87 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles,’ the company said.
Rest in Peace: On the day that Kings passing was announced, Stewart had taken to social media with a photo of the two together and a tribute
‘Ora Media sends our condolences to his surviving children Larry, Jr., Chance, Cannon and the entire King family.’
No cause of death was given, however, it comes three weeks after King was revealed to have been hospitalized with coronavirus 10 days earlier.
He was reported to have been transferred out of the ICU on January 4, but had remained in hospital for treatment.
Shortly after his passing, tributes began pouring in for the late star from celebrities and family members, including Larry King’s surviving children.
King’s production company announced his death in a statement on Saturday: ‘With profound sadness, Ora Media announces the death of our co-founder, host, and friend Larry King, who passed away this morning at age 87 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles’
In their joint statement, released on Facebook, the star’s grief-stricken sons reflected on his legendary life and his compassionate parenting style.
‘We are heartbroken over our father’s death, and together with our extended family mourn his passing,’ Larry King, Jr., Chance King, and Cannon King wrote.
The three noted that, while ‘the world knew Larry King as a great broadcaster and interviewer,’ he ‘was the man who lovingly obsessed over’ their daily schedules.
‘Through it all, we knew without a doubt in the world that he loved us more than life itself. He was an amazing father, and he was fiercely loyal to those lucky enough to call him a friend. We will miss him every single day of our lives,’ they reflected.
Great dad: In a joint statement, released on Facebook, the star’s grief-stricken sons reflected on his legendary life and his compassionate parenting style