Gayle King is slammed for being 'shamefully sexist' by asking Stacey Abrams 'frivolous' question about her 'dating situation' during interview to promote her new legal thriller novel Stacey Abrams appeared on CBS This Morning on Tuesday to promote her new novel, a legal thriller called While Justice Sleeps Abrams was asked by anchor Gayle King 'what are you thinking about when it comes to dating' Abrams took the question in her stride, saying she'd been more focused on 'democracy' but was open to the right approach from a potential suitor Twitter erupted, with commenters slamming King's questions as 'shameful' One wrote: 'A totally offensive question that she would never ask a man'