Gayle King Stunned After Lindsay Clancy Juror Reveals Shocking Fact (Video)

Gayle King appeared visibly stunned when a juror from Lindsay Clancy’s explosive murder trial revealed that the lone holdout who refused to support an insanity acquittal was a Black man.

The startling moment unfolded Friday on CBS Mornings, where juror Paula Devlin opened up about the tense deliberations that ended with the jury unable to reach a unanimous verdict in the closely watched case.

Clancy was accused of killing her three young children — Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and 7-month-old Callan — inside the family’s Massachusetts home.

Devlin told King that the jury was deeply divided when deliberations first began following 21 days of emotional testimony.

“Eight people were leaning towards not guilty. Two hadn’t decided, and two thought guilty,” she said.

Devlin said she personally entered the jury room leaning toward finding Clancy not criminally responsible because of insanity.

“From all the evidence I had heard, I had certain things that I wanted to look at when we got into deliberation,” she explained.

But as the jurors talked through the evidence, Devlin said her position only became stronger.

“Everything that we talked about and every point that everybody in the room made just kind of reinforced that more and more,” she said.

King then began asking questions about the makeup of the jury, which consisted of nine women and three men.

“What was the age range? What was the racial makeup? I haven’t heard any of that,” King asked.

Devlin said the jurors ranged in age from about 22 to 70 and that there was one person of color on the panel.

“A lot of the jurors had children,” she added.

King then asked whether the lone holdout juror was the person of color.

Devlin confirmed that he was.

“A Black man is the holdout juror,” she said.

King, who is also Black, immediately appeared taken aback.

“Well, I have to sit with that for just a second,” the 71-year-old anchor responded.

King gripped the arms of her chair, briefly closed her eyes and shook her head before continuing with the interview.

She later asked Devlin how old the holdout juror was.

“I would guess in his 30s,” Devlin replied.

King then turned back to the evidence and asked what had persuaded Devlin to support an insanity acquittal — and what evidence appeared to trouble the holdout juror.

Devlin said much of the testimony presented Clancy as a devoted and loving mother before the horrifying deaths of her children.

“There had been nothing but good said about Lindsay and how amazing of a mother she was and how much she loved her children,” Devlin said.

She also pointed to testimony from Clancy’s now-ex-husband, Patrick Clancy, saying he did not portray her as an uncaring mother.

“We saw that in every picture that was taken of the house on the night that this happened,” Devlin said. “Everywhere you look, there was just love.”

But one troubling piece of evidence became a major sticking point during deliberations.

Prosecutors highlighted that Clancy had searched online for how long it would take Patrick to travel to CVS and had spoken with him on the phone around the time of the killings.

Critics of the insanity defense argued those actions suggested she was coherent and capable of planning rather than completely consumed by a psychotic episode.

King raised that issue directly with Devlin.

Devlin said it became one of the biggest reasons the holdout juror could not agree with the others.

“I think that was one of the things that the holdout juror really — that was one of his main points,” she said. “He couldn’t wrap his head around that.”

The juror’s refusal to back down ultimately left the panel unable to reach a unanimous decision, bringing one of the country’s most emotionally charged murder trials to a dramatic standstill.