Alice Walker (author of "The Color Purple"): The World is Run By Lizard People

Gayle King is blasted for gushing CBS interview with Alice Walker in which she fails to grill The Color Purple author about her anti-Semitic beliefs and praise for British conspiracy theorist who thinks the world is run by lizard people

• Gayle King interviewed Alice Walker on her newly released book, 'Gathering Blossoms Under Fire'
•  The book highlights Walker's five decades of life, love and her rise to stardom, 40 years after The Color Purple
• During Wednesday's interview, King failed to ask Walker about her anti-Semitic beliefs and lizard illuminati 
•  King's interview has erupted into a social media storm on Twitter 

CBS Morning co-host Gayle King is under fire for failing to ask The Color Purple author Alice Walker about her anti-Semitic beliefs that the world is run by lizard Jews. 

On Wednesday, King had a cozy sit-down with the author about her newly released book, 'Gathering Blossoms Under Fire.' 

The interview that was held at the Huntington Library Art Museum and Botanical Gardens in San Bernardino, California - but avoided Walker's most notorious views. 

It delved into some of Walker's intimate journal entries over five decades that encompasses her rise to fame; 10-year courtship to a white man in Georgia in the 1960s; private romance with singer Tracey Chapman; 40-year-milestone of The Color Purple, and her views on getting older. 

CBS Morning co-host Gayle King gets slammed for failing to ask the tough questions regarding Alice Walker's bizarre conspiracy theories and anti-Semitic beliefs 

But it made no mention at all of Walker's notoriously anti-Semitic beliefs, which include her subscription to a bizarre claim that the world is run by a cabal of lizards, many of whom are Jewish.  

 'You write so specifically about how much you don't like fame. You don't like all the attention, yet you are stepping back in a very public and very personal way. Why did you decide to do that?' King asks, CBS News reported. 

Walker listens than laughs: 'Well, I am on my way out.'

'What do you mean Alice?' King responds in a concerned tone.

 'Well I am on 78 and to be able to leave people something they can use is a great joy. I think a life that is honest and a life that was basically wonderful with everything that happened in my life it is a good thing to do.'  

Walker did not appear to be short on words during their chat, unlike, King who fell short and never asked the celebrated author about her beliefs on anti-Semitism.

Yair Rosenberg, who describes himself as a 'writer of DEEP SHTELT at The Atlantic,' and a 'troller of Nazis'  appeared outraged.

'Alice Walker is an unrepentant anti-Semite. She has a new book out. If media outlets want to platform her to discuss it, that's fine. But if they don't ask about her history of bigotry at the outset, they're not doing their job of informing the public,' Rosenberg tweeted. 

Former Wall Street Journal and New York Times journalist, Bari Weiss echoed similar sentiments on her Twitter posting the CBS News article that ran of the interview. 

'Alice Walker an unapologetic anti-Semite who believes in lizard Illuminati. But because Jews don't count, she gets this kind of fawning, uncritical treatment by the mainstream press,' she said.  

The celebrated author and co-host speaking at The Huntington Library Art Museum and Botanical Gardens in San Bernardino, California

During a 2012 interview with Vice, Ike said:  The Illuminati are the descendants of a race of shape-shifting, blood-drinking, child-sacrificing alien lizard people. 'In simple terms, there is a predator race which take a reptilian form,' Icke told Vice in 2012. 'They're feeding off humanity. They're turning humanity into a slave race. They demand human sacrifice — that's where Satanism comes in. They feed off human energy. They feed off the energy of children'

In 2018,  Walker wrote a column for the Times Book Review praising David Icke, a known anti-Semite and conspiracy theorist, and author of the book, 'And The Truth Shall Set You Free.'  

When the story ran, The Times stood by their decision in running the piece.

That same year, fans of Walker were outraged when the activist/author gave a shout out to Icke, for his strange antics. 

'In Icke's books there is the whole of existence, on this planet and several others, to think about,' Walker said in the column, specifically noting, in which Icke variously argues both that Jews funded the Holocaust and that maybe the Holocaust did not happen. Icke's books, Walker says, are 'a curious person's dream come true,' Vox reported.

DailyMail.com reached out to the CBS Morning Show but they were unavailable for comment.   

Al Pacino at 81 Still Going Strong, Some Young Ladies Seem to Like Sugar Daddies

Revealed: Legendary Hollywood actor Al Pacino, 81, 'began dating Mick Jagger's ex-girlfriend Noor Alfallah, 28, during pandemic' and insiders insist age gap isn't a 'problem'

• A source claimed to Page Six that Noor and Al have been together 'for some time now', adding that they 'get on very well... even though he is older than her father'
• Noor previously dated Rolling Stones rocker Mick, now 78, however they split in 2017 and it was then rumored that she had moved on with Clint Eastwood, 91
• She insisted that the actor and director was just a family friend however 
• Al - who has never been married - has had several high-profile romances, including a decade-long relationship with  Argentine actress Lucila Solá
• The actor and his girlfriend were pictured together at a dinner party with Jason Momoa on Sunday after visiting Julian Schnabel's latest Pace gallery

Al Pacino is confirmed to be dating Mick Jagger's ex-girlfriend Noor Alfallah, who is 53 years his junior, with sources claiming that the couple's romance began during the pandemic.

The 81-year-old Hollywood legend was recently seen cozying up to his 28-year-old girlfriend during a dinner party with actor Jason Momoa after visiting Julian Schnabel's latest Pace gallery in the Mid City area of LA. 

Now, insiders have shared new details about the pair's relationship, revealing that it first blossomed during the pandemic - and adding that the age difference between the two is not a 'problem', despite the fact that Al is older than Noor's father.  

'Pacino and Noor started seeing each other during the pandemic,' sources told Page Six. 

'She mostly dates very rich older men; she was with Mick Jagger for a while, and then she dated Nicholas Berggruen.'

Al Pacino, 81, was spotted out earlier this week with girlfriend, Noor Alfallah, who is 53 years his junior, and sources have told Page Six that the couple has been dating since the pandemic

The insider added: 'She has been with Al for some time and they get on very well. The age gap doesn't seem to be a problem, even though he is older than her father.

Noor is vice president of Lynda Obst Productions at Sony, and is also reportedly developing two feature films with Obst.

The VP, along with her sister Remi, reportedly struck a pod-producing deal with Imagine Entertainment chairman Brian Grazer in 2021.

'She moves with the wealthy jet-set crowd, and she comes from a family with money,' sources added.

Pacino was seen exiting Felix Restaurant after enjoying a swanky dinner with Alfallah in Venice Beach, California on Saturday night. 

The actor was pictured cozying up to his 28-year-old girlfriend (seen together left) during a dinner party with Jason Momoa on Sunday after visiting Julian Schnabel’s latest Pace gallery

A anonymous source told Page Six that Noor 'mostly dates very rich older men' and that the age difference between her and Al 'doesn't seem to be a problem'

Noor was previously in a relationship with Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger, now 78, whom she split from in 2017. They're pictured together left alongside Ronnie Wood and his wife Sally 

Following a decadent Italian meal, the couple left in the same car together after bumping into Vito Schnabel as she smoked a cigarette outside.  

Following her 2017 split from the Rolling Stones frontman, then 74, she was believed to have moved on with Clint Eastwood, who she claimed was just a family friend, in 2019.

Speaking to Hello! at the time, Noor admitted 'people made comments' her past relationship with Jagger, but said she 'doesn't regret it' and 'has many great memories' of their time together. 

'Our ages didn't matter to me,' she said. 'The heart doesn't know what it sees, it only knows what it feels. It was my first serious relationship, but it was a happy time for me.' 

It's in the family: Noor, along with her sister Remi, reportedly struck a pod-producing deal with Imagine Entertainment chairman Brian Grazer in 2021

Moving on: After splitting with Mick in 2017, Noor was believed to have moved on with Clint Eastwood, 91, who she claimed was just a family friend (pictured above in 2019)

The brunette beauty added that Sir Mick, a great-grandfather, is still in 'great shape'. '[He's] much fitter than I am. I really respect that he is so disciplined.'

The couple were introduced at a dinner party and managed to keep their burgeoning relationship out of the public eye until they were spotted at a Paris restaurant during the Rolling Stones' No Filter tour.   

Meanwhile, Pacino has a long list of ex-lovers and past flings but has never married and was in a decade-long relationship with Argentine actress Lucila Solá, whose daughter Camila Morrone has been dating Leonardo DiCaprio since 2017.

He has also romanced the likes of Diane Keaton, Jill Clayburgh, Penelope Ann Miller, Kathleen Quinlan, and Lyndall Hobbs.

The father-of-three raises 21-year-old twins Olivia and Anton with his ex Beverly D'Angelo, who he dated for seven years ending in 2003.

He also has 32-year-old producer daughter Julie Marie with his former acting coach Jan Tarrant.

Last month, Pacino took to the stage at The Dolby Theatre for the 94th Academy Awards to pay tribute to The Godfather trilogy. 

Savvy: After her split from Mick, Noor started dating billionaire investor and philanthropist Nicholas Berggruen, 60, in 2018 (pictured together in October 2018)

Icon: Al (seen in February) boasts an impressive Hollywood career and multiple accolades, including an Oscar nomination for The Godfather, which premiered on March 14, 1972 - more than 20 years before Noor was born

In recognition of the 50th anniversary celebration, the film's legendary director and co-writer Francis Ford Coppola took the stage with The Godfather II star Robert Di Niro.   

The Godfather premiered at Loew's State Theatre on Broadway in New York City on March 14, 1972 , and was widely released in the United States on March 24, 1972 - more than 20 years before Noor was born.

It became the highest-grossing film of 1972, and for a time it was the highest-grossing film ever made, earning between $246 and $287 million at the box office.

The film received universal acclaim from critics and audiences, with praise for the performances, particularly those of Pacino and Marlon Brando, James Caan and Robert Duvall.