'Quarantine ovah': Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King share first hug after negative COVID-19 test

Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King are best friend goals.

Media mogul Winfrey, 66, and her longtime friend reunited Friday afternoon after nearly two weeks apart while King, 65, awaited coronavirus test results. The duo shared the sweet moment on Instagram.

"After 13 and a half days quarantined in my guest house, @gayleking and her @cbsthismorning team released from Covid quarantine," Winfrey wrote.

In the video, Winfrey and longtime partner Stedman Graham, 69, celebrated the end of King's quarantine with a heartfelt hug to welcome King into their "Covid-free house."

"We are here to welcome our guests, who have tested negative," Winfrey said. "Welcome, welcome!"

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King shared similar footage on her page, adding, "Quarantine 'ovah'! We got our covid results & @Oprah had us over for a 'freedom dinner' a good time was had by all."

Cue Peaches & Herb's "Reunited."

King and her "CBS This Morning" team have been quarantining in Oprah's guest house since late June after flying from New York to California, where they have been remotely filming.

"We are practicing social distancing until we get our COVID tests, can't wait for that procedure," King said earlier this week. "Let's just say, Oprah ain't playing with the quarantining rules."

Despite the delayed reunion, King still considers Winfrey the "hostess with the mostest," who made personal house calls to deliver avocados, toilet paper, fresh Popsicles and other items to make her quarantined guests comfortable.

Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King attend the Hearst Tower Inauguration, Monday, Oct. 9, 2006, in New York.  (AP Photo/Paul Hawthorne) ORG XMIT: NYPH104
Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King attend the Hearst Tower Inauguration, Monday, Oct. 9, 2006, in New York. (AP Photo/Paul Hawthorne) ORG XMIT: NYPH104

Quarantining with her crew members is a welcomed change for King, who called social distancing solo "difficult" back in May.

"I keep thinking it would’ve been nice to have somebody to quarantine with," King told USA TODAY. "Then I talk to some of my married friends. They go, 'No, you’re really lucky! That you don’t have anybody.' I don’t buy that. To all of them, I go, 'Yeah, but you’re glad he or she is there. You’re glad about that.' So it’s just one of those things that – I do think it’s difficult, but it’s not something that we (single people) can’t get past."

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But having a significant other doesn't always mean company – just ask Winfrey, who relegated Graham earlier this year to the same guest house in which King quarantined.

Winfrey said Graham was "one of those" that didn't take the outbreak as seriously as others when it first began, leading him to be a bit more casual with his travels.

"'I don't see what everybody's getting so upset about!' That's what Stedman was saying... and that's why Stedman's at the guest house!" she said in March.

Winfrey continued, "Stedman did not arrive from Chicago until Thursday, he had been speaking in St. Louis... he'd been on planes, so Stedman is like 'What's the procedure for coming home?' The procedure is... you ain't coming and sleeping in my bed! And literally, he goes, 'I'm not?' And I go, 'Oh no, it doesn't work that way. Have you not been paying attention to the news? Social distancing does not mean you go and sleep in the same bed with the person when you just got off American Airlines!'"

Contributing: Sara M Moniuszko, Erin Jensen

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Oprah Winfrey, Gayle King finally reunite after negative COVID-19 test