Rosie O'Donnell Addresses 'Weirdness' In Her Relationship With Ellen DeGeneres
etonline.comRosie O'Donnell spoke about the «weirdness» in her relationship with Ellen DeGeneres this week, getting candid in an interview with . «It was a good relationship.
We were friends,» O'Donnell said of herself and DeGeneres when they were both rising comics. «We supported each other. Which is why when she came on my show, I said, 'Let me not have you standing there by yourself.
Let's get a joke in there.' And we sat down and came up with that, 'Oh my God, I love Casey Kasem. Maybe I'm Lebanese.» It became a big thing." O'Donnell explained that her dynamic with DeGeneres changed as they each got more famous. «The episode aired, ran its cover and everybody was asking me, 'What do you think about Ellen?' It became a strange, 'There can’t be two lesbians in this town,' kind of a thing.
Then we each had success and went separate ways.» Since then, O'Donnell said, the two haven't spoken much, until DeGeneres texted her a few weeks ago to see how she was doing. «I asked her how she's surviving not being on TV.
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