Rosie O'Donnell reveals she has not accepted Ellen DeGeneres apology

2023-06-16

Rosie O’Donnell reveals she has not accepted apology from Ellen DeGeneres as she details their long time falling out: ‘I don’t trust this person to be in my world’

Rosie O’Donnell has detailed her long time falling out with Ellen DeGeneres as she revealed that she did not accept her apology recently.

The 61-year-old media personality told The Hollywood Reporter the the 65-year-old former chat show host had reached out a few weeks ago to say sorry but Rosie had opted to reject the mea culpa.

She explained: ‘She texted me a few weeks ago checking in, seeing how I’m doing, and I asked her how she’s surviving not being on TV.

‘It’s a big transition. But we’ve had our weirdness in our relationship. I don’t know if it’s jealousy, competition or the fact that she said a mean thing about me once that really hurt my feelings.’

Last year Rosie first revealed the long time feud with Ellen on an episode of Watch What Happens Live.

Better days: Rosie O’Donnell has detailed her long time falling out with Ellen DeGeneres as she revealed that she did not accept her apology recently; the two are seen together in April 2006

Trailblazer: The 61-year-old media personality (pictured in May 2019) told The Hollywood Reporter the the 65-year-old former chat show host had reached out a few weeks ago to say sorry but Rosie had opted to reject the mea culpa

Rosie revealed that sometime after that Ellen had reached out to apologize as she explained to THR: ‘She wrote, “I’m really sorry, and I don’t remember that.” I guess she saw me talk about it on Andy Cohen’s show.

‘I remembered it so well, I had T-Shirts printed and I gave them to my staff that said ‘I don’t know Rosie. We’re not friends.’

Rosie went on to explain that she isn’t willing to let her back in the circle of trust despite the two a long history together.

She explained; ‘I have a picture of her holding [my then-infant son] Parker. I know her mother. I could identify her brother without her in the room. I knew her for so many years. It just felt like I don’t trust this person to be in my world.’

The drama all began when Ellen appeared on Larry King Live back in May 1998 shortly after Rosie came out as lesbian.

Ellen was asked what her thoughts were about the news and she replied: ‘I don’t know. You know, maybe she didn’t — I don’t really know Rosie that well. I mean, I’ve spoken to her, but we’re not really friends. We don’t, like — so I don’t really know and I couldn’t say what her…’

Then in September 2022, Rosie finally opened up about their rivalry.

Rosie dropped by Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen at the time and was asked why she and DeGeneres have such a frosty relationship.

She explained: ‘She texted me a few weeks ago checking in, seeing how I’m doing, and I asked her how she’s surviving not being on TV. It’s a big transition. But we’ve had our weirdness in our relationship. I don’t know if it’s jealousy, competition or the fact that she said a mean thing about me once that really hurt my feelings’; they are seen together on The Rosie O’Donnell Show back in the 1990s

Smoking gun: The drama all began when Ellen appeared on Larry King Live back in May 1998 shortly after Rosie came out as lesbian; Rosie is seen in Pasadena in February

Despite having a lot in common – both had successful daytime talk shows, both female comics, both out lesbians – the stars never got on.

O’Donnell was more or less persona non grata on The Ellen DeGeneres Show during its long tenure but was finally asked to appear as a guest in season 19.

‘We had a little bit of a weird thing, and after my show went off the air and hers was coming on the air,’ Rosie explained to Andy.

‘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!”

‘And Ellen said, and I’m quoting, “I don’t know Rosie. We’re not friends.”‘

At the time, Rosie was watching the interview at home with her ex-wife Kelli Carpenter.

‘I was in bed with Kelli and I said “Did I just hear that? Or was that a hallucination, auditory voice in my —” she recollected. ‘And that’s what happened. And it hurt my feelings like a baby. And I never really got over it.’

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Her side of the story: Rosie dropped by Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen back in September 2022 and was asked why she and DeGeneres have such a frosty relationship

‘We had a little bit of a weird thing, and after my show went off the air and hers was coming on the air,’ Rosie explained to Andy’; Rosie is seen on The Rosie O’Donnell Show back in the 1990s

‘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! And Ellen said, and I’m quoting, “I don’t know Rosie. We’re not friends.”‘

Talk show legends: The Rosie O’Donnell Show, a once very popular daytime chat series, aired from 1996 to 2002. Ellen’s talk show seemingly replaced Rosie in 2003 and went on for 19 seasons until ending in a scandal

Nearly more than a decade later, Rosie was finally asked to come on Ellen’s show as a guest, she revealed, but to make it ‘a little less awkward’ there was talk of bringing on someone with her.

Ultimately that idea didn’t fly but O‘Donnell seem s not to harbor ill will towards Ellen.

‘I wish her all good things in her life and that she should be well,’ she said.

The Rosie O’Donnell Show, a once very popular daytime chat series, aired from 1996 to 2002. Ellen’s talk show seemingly replaced Rosie in 2003 and went on for 19 seasons until ending in a scandal.

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