Rosie O’Donnell Admits She Hasn’t Trusted Ellen DeGeneres Since She ‘Really Hurt’ Her Feelings With ‘Mean’ Comment
etcanada.comRosie O’Donnell still isn’t in a great place with Ellen DeGeneres after the latter denied being friends with her. O’Donnell told The Hollywood Reporter how the pair were among the young entertainers in Hollywood going to parties together all those years ago, so it was weird when DeGeneres said they weren’t pally.
The comedian shared of what the dynamic was like between her and DeGeneres as “two rising comics in the scene,” “It was a good relationship.
We were friends. 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.” DeGeneres had gone on “The Rosie O’Donnell Show” back in 1996, where she revealed her character was going to come out as “Lebanese,” months before she famously came out as gay on her “Ellen” sitcom.
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