United Kingdom, March 19 -- Gayle King can "never wear" clothes that have buttons because they "give [her] the creeps".

The CBS Mornings co-anchor does not know where her phobia came from.

During a conversation with actress Sarah Jessica Parker, 60, and chef Ruth Rogers, 77, in celebration of the latter's new book, Table 4 at The River Cafe: Conversations about Food and Life, at the 92NY on Wednesday (18.03.26), Gayle, 71, declared: "I do not like buttons."

Sarah asked if that meant buttons on clothes, to which the broadcaster laughed as she clarified: "Yes. They give me the creeps.

"I never wear things that have buttons. I can do snaps. Those little white tiny buttons just give me the creeps. I don't know where it comes from, but I j...