Honestly: Can't a man scream at his wife without it ending up in the newspaper?

Not if you're Larry King.

The CNN fixture was breakfasting with his seventh wife, Shawn Southwick, at Nate 'n Al in Beverly Hills Thursday.

"Suddenly a fight broke out between them, and they began screaming at one another," an eyewitness told Star magazine.

"Shawn got up and left the restaurant, leaving Larry behind at the breakfast table. Larry got up and started chasing her down the street, screaming, " according to Star's source.

"Eventually, King's friends were able to grab him and force him to go back to the restaurant to calm down. It was a spectacle."

King told us through a spokesman: "We had an argument and some words were exchanged, but ... we have hugged and made up."