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Rosie O’Donnell On The Reason For Her Fallout With Ellen DeGeneres

by Peace A

Published September 20, 2022

Ellen

American comedian and TV personality Rosie O’Donnell has come out to shed light on why she didn’t maintain a cordial friendship with Ellen DeGeneres after the latter had a specific conversation with TV host Larry King.

Appearing with Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live, O’Donnell, 60, claimed that that moment between DeGeneres and Cohen “hurt her feelings.”

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O’Donnell’s conversation with Andy Cohen

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O’Donnell told Cohen that she had invited DeGeneres on her talk show, but the same courtesy was not extended to her until the end of the 19th season. Surprised, the Bravo host asked, “Did they not ask [you to appear]?”

RELATED: Rosie O’Donnell Shares Her Thoughts On Ellen DeGeneres’ Show Ending

“No,” O’Donnell replied. “We had a little bit of a weird thing, and after my show went off the air and hers was coming on the air, Larry King was on with Ellen, and he said, ‘What ever happened to Rosie O’Donnell? Her show went down the tubes! She came out as a lesbian and disappeared!'”

DeGeneres Denies Knowing O’Donnell

DeGeneres’s response came as a shock: she denied having any contact with O’Donnell, who told Cohen, “And Ellen said, and I’m quoting, ‘I don’t know Rosie. We’re not friends.'”

O'Donnell
GOODBYE LOVER, Ellen DeGeneres, 1998, (c)Warner Bros./courtesy Everett Collection

The former Rosie Show host recounts the playback of the scenario. “I was in bed with [ex-wife] Kelli [Carpenter], and I said, ‘Did I just hear that? Or was that a hallucination?’ And that’s what happened. And it hurt my feelings like a baby, And I never really got over it.”

Andy Cohen questions O’Donnell

Cohen wanted to clarify whether or not O’Donnell had been asked to be on DeGeneres’ show before it ended its run. She replies, “I was gonna go on for ‘SMILF,’ but I wanted to bring someone else with me so it was a little less awkward. They didn’t want to do that.”

Ellen
TO A MORE PERFECT UNION: U.S. V WINDSOR, (aka TO A MORE PERFECT UNION: UNITED STATES V. WINDSOR), ©Ferradonna Features/courtesy Everett Collection.

The Celebrity Detox author concluded that she harbors no ill-feeling toward DeGeneres and hopes she has a smooth journey in her career, “I wish her all good things in her life and that she should be well.”

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