NEW YORK — Both Gayle King and CBS News brass on Friday addressed the widely circulated report that she would depart the anchor desk at “CBS Mornings” next spring.

On Thursday, Variety reported that the Emmy Award winner and Oprah Winfrey bestie is expected to leave her position next year. King, who joined the morning show in 2011, “may shift to a different role at the news division,” potentially with “a deal to produce her own programming for the network,” reporters Matt Donnelly and Brian Steinberg wrote.

Paparazzi approached King outside of the CBS Broadcasting Center in Midtown Manhattan on Friday and probed the broadcast journalist about her future at the Tiffany Network.

“All I can say is this: From what I’m being told inside this building … all I’ve been told by everybody in this building is that they want me here, they like the job I’m doing, I like the job I’m doing!” King told TMZ.

The night before, as buzz began to build about the pending high-profile exit, CBS issued a statement in response to the Variety report: “There have been no discussions with Gayle about her contract that runs through May 2026. She’s a truly valued part of CBS and we look forward to engaging with her about the future.”

King, a former news anchor in Hartford, Connecticut, who is the voice of her own weekly Sirius XM radio show, currently hosts “CBS Mornings” with Tony Dokoupil and Nate Burleson. She would be the latest high-profile person to change roles or leave the network entirely as CBS’s parent company Paramount finalizes its $8 billion merger with Skydance Media.

The media conglomerate on Wednesday began slashing 2,000 employees ahead of next year’s official takeover. Variety also reported that drastic changes to CBS’ Saturday morning programming are underway.

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