Exclusive | Gayle King not happy about Norah ODonnells possible return to CBS Mornings as Bari Weiss weighs Morning Joe-style revamp: sources

“CBS Mornings” star Gayle King is “not happy” that Norah O’Donnell could return to co-anchor the struggling show — even as Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss weighs a possible “Morning Joe”-style overhaul of the broadcast, The Post has learned.A source said King was upset over new promos for the show that included O’Donnell, who has been substituting periodically, as Weiss and News President Tom Cibrowski look to replace Tony Dokoupil, who decamped for “CBS Evening News” earlier this year.“Gayle was not happy,” the source said.

“She does not want Norah to return to the show.”Another source described King and O’Donnell as cordial colleagues bordering on “frenemies,” and cited the duo’s strained relationship when they co-anchored the network’s morning show from 2012 to 2019.“Gayle is an authentic person.She loves the news,” the person said.

“Norah loves the idea of being on the news.”A network source stressed that King is central to “the process of finding a new co-host,” and that “nothing will happen without her blessing.” While O’Donnell isn’t yet a shoe-in for the empty slot, she has been long rumored to be a leading candidate, as first reported by The Post in February.Other contenders include Eva Pilgrim, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and CBS News anchor Kelly O’Grady, Status reported.Aside from naming a third anchor, two sources told The Post that Weiss plans to relaunch “CBS Mornings” and has been mulling modeling the program after MSNow’s “Morning Joe,” which mixes opinion and commentary on current events.While no drastic overhaul is expected this fall, Cibrowski and Jon Tower, the interim executive producer of “CBS Mornings,” are hoping to name a permanent co-host as soon as September, along with some programming tweaks to start, according to a source with knowledge.“Tom is telling people that it’s going to be more of a live show with fewer people and Jon is saying he wants it to be more loose l...