US EditionRosie O'Donnell Details "Painful" Friendship Fallout With Ellen DeGeneres
Rosie O'Donnell discusses the painful end of her friendship with Ellen DeGeneres after a 2004 interview, highlighting ongoing reflections and a rare apology from DeGeneres.
- On September 7, Rosie O'Donnell told Mamamia's No Filter podcast that ending her friendship with Ellen DeGeneres was "one of the most painful things that ever happened to me, in show business and my life."
- O'Donnell says the rupture grew from DeGeneres publicly downplaying their friendship, when she had earlier supported DeGeneres coming out but felt abandoned after a Larry King Live exchange years ago.
- O'Donnell said she knew DeGeneres for 30 years, had photos of her holding her newborns, and quoted, `Instead of deciding to stand next to me and hold my hand, which is what I did to her, she did the opposite.`
- While some accounts note an apology attempt, O'Donnell argues she has not received an apology and they "never sort of gotten over it" despite DeGeneres reportedly reaching out the following year.
- Both have since moved abroad, with O'Donnell settling in Ireland and DeGeneres in the English countryside; their story intersected with Donald Trump's threats and DeGeneres' July Instagram support.
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Rosie O'Donnell calls Ellen DeGeneres friendship betrayal 'one of the most painful things' in her life
Rosie O'Donnell recalled her devastation over how her friendship with Ellen DeGeneres fell apart more than 20 years ago.During a recent appearance on the Mamamia podcast "No Filter," O'Donnell, 63, described her reaction to comments DeGeneres, 67, made during a 2004 appearance on "Larry King Live" that ended the friendship between the two comedians and former talk show hosts. The "A League of Their Own" star recalled watching the episode with he…
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, in a world that still slowly digested that powerful people openly declared themselves gay, two women in the United States shared the title of pioneers in this category, both from the media pulpit of being famous actresses and presenters of talk shows. On the one hand, Ellen DeGeneres (Luisiana, 67) had reached her status as Ellen Morgan, the protagonist of the successful comic series Ellen, broadcast from 1994 …
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