KING NIXES BEING A PAWN IN EXIT PLAN

Scrambles to avoid getting pushed out

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The renowned TV personality is attempting to manage her exit from the network's flagship morning program after 13 years

CONCERNED Gayle King is desperately trying to manage her own exit from CBS Mornings — before she gets pushed out the door, sources say.

Tipsters exclusively tell The National ENQUIRER that the network has given up on their once treasured star of 13 years because of the program’s repeated third-place finishes in the morning show wars — and the 70-year-old broadcast journalist, who reportedly earns $10 million a year, is well aware of that.

“This has been coming for a while,” an insider says. “The network’s been quietly looking for an off-ramp. Gayle’s salary was becoming harder and harder to defend — and she knows it.”