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‘I DO’ IN THE PROMISED LAND

WHAT do you do when a pandemic comes along and ruins your wedding plans? You make a plan B – and if you’re Kirby Bum-pus, that means holding your nuptials at the home of one of most famous people on the planet.

That name – Kirby Bumpus – probably won’t mean much on its own. The young woman keeps a low profile and doesn’t flaunt her famous connections. But when you hear her mom is TV journalist Gayle King it shouldn’t take long to make a pretty safe assumption: Oprah Winfrey must be an important person in her life.

And you’d be right. The talk-show queen has played a big role in

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