Rosie O'Donnell opened up about her difficult relationship with Ellen Degeneres, revealing that she by no means appeared on Ellen's speak present due to 'awkward' rigidity between the 2.
Rosie O’Donnell, 60, and Ellen DeGeneres, 64, are apparently not precisely one of the best of pals. Their historical past dates again to when Ellen appeared on The Rosie O’Donnell Present in 1996 and jokingly got here out as “Lebanese.” This was earlier than Ellen publicly got here out as a lesbian on her sitcom Ellen, and earlier than Rosie confirmed that she was homosexual in 2002. Through the Sept. 15 episode of Watch What Occurs Dwell, Rosie confirmed to host Andy Cohen that she by no means appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Present and elaborated extra on the stress between her and Ellen.
“We had somewhat little bit of a bizarre factor,” Rosie defined. “After my present went off the air, and her’s was approaching the air, Larry King was on with Ellen and he mentioned, ‘No matter occurred to Rosie O’Donnell? Her present went down the tubes. She got here out as a lesbian and disappeared.’ And Ellen mentioned, and I’m quoting, ‘I don’t know Rosie. We’re not pals.’ ”
Rosie mentioned she was so greatly surprised by Ellen’s feedback on the time. “I used to be in mattress with Kelli [her then-partner] and I went, ‘Did I simply hear that or was that, like, a hallucination auditory voice?’ I’m like, ‘No’, and that’s what occurred, and it harm my emotions like a child and I by no means actually bought over it.” Rosie confirmed she was invited to seem on Ellen’s present in the direction of the finish of its run, telling Andy, “I used to be gonna go on for SMILF however I needed to convey another person with me as a result of I assumed it was gonna be rather less awkward. They usually didn’t wish to try this.”
Though the scenario between Rosie and Ellen appears fairly difficult, the A League of Their Personal actress despatched some well-wishes to Ellen when she wrapped up the subject with Andy. “I want her all good issues in her life and that she needs to be effectively. So there you go. However I by no means did it. I by no means did it,” Rosie mentioned.
Like Rosie, Ellen’s days as a daytime speak present host are behind her. The Ellen DeGeneres Present wrapped up after 19 seasons earlier this 12 months, after some controversy surrounding Ellen and her group. Varied staff alleged that the speak present was a “poisonous office” setting, so Ellen apologized to her workers and addressed the scenario publicly on the present.