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| From her on-air outbursts to her departure from 'The View' to her gay R Family Cruises, Rosie O'Donnell is a constant source of media coverage and comment as an outspoken lesbian mother. |
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New York Daily News, Posted: 4/27/2010, 8:23 AM Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee faced off against comedian and talk show host Rosie O'Donnell Saturday over the issue of gay adoption. The possible Republican presidential candidate for 2012 enraged his detractors earlier this month by saying he opposed gay adoption because "children are not puppies." Huckabee tried for a softer tone during his back-and-forth with the gay mom on her Sirius radio show. "What I'm saying is that I think the ideal environment for children is in a relationship that has both a mother and a father," Huckabee told O'Donnell, acknowledging that he had supportted a constitutional amendment banning gay adoption in Arkansas. O'Donnell, of course, wasn't hearing any of it. "I'm mentioning that there are half a million kids in foster care in America," countered O'Donnell. "To have public officials deem homosexuals unworthy of parenting is disastrous for the nation, for equality and for humanity and, Mike, for Christianity." Their debate turned personal at times with O'Donnell insisting his position pained her. "I've spent my life, Mike, dedicated to taking care of the children that other people don't want," said O'Donnell. "This has been the focus of my life, so it's very, very painful to hear a heterosexual man who was at one time a pastor disparage my very essence just because of my sexual orientation." Huckabee fought back, arguing, "That's not my intention. I have great respect for your choices." "Your children are very fortunate," he added at one point. |
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Variety, Posted: 3/22/2010, 12:40 PM While Rosie O'Donnell wants back into the syndication world, it remains unclear whether she will be welcomed back by stations, advertisers and viewers. O'Donnell has joined forces with former Warner Bros. Domestic TV Distribution execs Dick Robertson and Scott Carlin to form a new company and simultaneously launch a brand-new daytime yakker, several online sites reported over the weekend. According to insiders familiar with the project in the works, a new O'Donnell show would focus on the host's charitable and political pet causes. As a result, it isn't expected to emulate the original "Rosie O'Donnell Show." Television executives, though positive about an O'Donnell comeback, have raised questions about the focus of the show, its financing and competition among many others anxious to fill the void being left by Oprah Winfrey's decision to end her run. "They'll pitch this as the second coming," one TV industry vet said, adding that there would be much interest "if she wanted to do the old kind of show. But many stations won't go near her after their experience with the end of the first show (which became more political over time) and 'The View.'" O'Donnell hosted her wildly popular daytime strip -- which gave her the "Queen of Nice" moniker -- through Warner Bros.' Telepictures label from 1996 to 2002. |
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She Wired, Posted: 2/25/2010, 6:22 PM Out comedian Wanda Sykes confided in Rosie O'Donnell and millions of listeners when she called the comedian's SiriusXM talk show to talk openly about her decision to come out and her family's less-than-positive reaction. The funny lady also dished on meeting her wife, Alex, her sudden decision to come out and being a lesbian in the black community. According to Autostraddle, when Sykes came out publicly during a rally for Prop 8, she did so on a wing and a prayer. She said she didn't feel any pressure from the gay community in particular, but Rosie felt the opposite saying she felt "stalked" by former Advocate Editor-in-Chief, Judy Wieder: "She'd be at every event I was at and she'd say 'I really want to talk to you about coming out. When are you going to come out?' It felt like pressure from the gay community, not really anyone else." Sykes' family was the most difficult to come out to, admitting, "We're still working on it. They're getting better with it. I know they love me..." The GLAAD Award recipient admits that her family seemed the most concerned about the prejudice she would face being a lesbian in the black community. Her mother told her, "if it ever gets out, I hope I'm dead." |
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San Francisco Chronicle, Posted: 2/1/2010, 3:29 AM Rosie O'Donnell's split from longtime partner Kelli Carpenter was smooth and drama-free because neither partner wanted to fight and lose touch with each other. The "A League of Their Own" star insists women can always find a way to split graciously because they always want what's best for everyone involved. O'Donnell split from Carpenter in 2008, and it was over a year before news of the break-up hit the headlines. The former chat show host puts that down to the fact both she and her ex wanted to work it all out amicably. She says, "We tried very hard to make it work in different configurations. ... It's not really the same paradigm as heterosexual divorce. It's different. I'm not trying to say it's (lesbian divorce) better. ... Women usually, in relationships, that emotional connection is really the most intense, and so when they break up, I have found, they stay connected. Every woman I've ever been with, besides one, is still in my life." |
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Posted: 1/5/2010, 9:53 AM On her Sirius satellite radio show Monday, Rosie O'Donnell had this to say about new girlfriend Tracy Kachtick-Anders: "Here’s the thing. I’ve never really dated anybody while I’ve been famous…it’s odd because I….started dating Kelli…when…Chelsea was born so 1997. So then when I sort of told everybody – big shock – [I’m a] lesbian…we were already there…so I never dated anybody while I was famous. And now I am, and boy, it’s wild. [She’s a] lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely person named Tracy, who has six children. So she was in Miami with her kids, and we had a great time. We went out to….see a movie…and walk around Lincoln Road and there were lots of people taking photos of us. And then people following us in the car taking photos. I felt like Madonna for a moment. Truthfully I’m not really that kind of famous where people follow me." Kachtick-Anders' Facebook is linking to the quote. |
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Queerty, Posted: 12/29/2009, 4:42 PM Now that it's public knowledge Rosie O'Donnell and Kelli Carpenter have split — and have been living apart for at least two years — it's probably no big deal that Kelli has, uh, moved on to other ladies. Here she is with an unidentified gal "on a date" at The Abbey in West Hollywood, tips off a reader, and you know it's romantic because look how close they are sitting. The brunette is Shannon Wentworth, owner of the lesbian travel company Sweet. Also at the table is Nat Garcia, upcoming star of Autostraddle.com's web series. |
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United Press International (UPI), Posted: 11/30/2008, 12:37 PM U.S. TV talk show host Rosie O'Donnell said low ratings for the first airing of her "Rosie Live" TV series marked the end of the variety show. The former co-host of "The View" said on her Web site that after a poor ratings performance this week of the new live NBC series, there will be no further episodes of "Rosie," The Hollywood Reporter said Saturday. Despite featuring appearances by singers Alanis Morissette and Clay Aiken, along with actor Alec Baldwin, the show's first episode only garnered less than 5 million viewers. The low ratings for the freshman series' inaugural episode were less than the ratings earned by the time slot's normal inhabitant, NBC's "Knight Rider." The Reporter said it and other industry reviewers offered an equally unkind review of Wednesday's variety special. "There's nothing like a good holiday variety show and this was nothing like one," the Reporter said of the O'Donnell show. |
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Hollywood Reporter, Posted: 10/3/2008, 10:22 AM Rosie O'Donnell is returning to television as host of a variety show revival from NBC. NBC will air "Rosie's Variety Show" as an hourlong live special the night before Thanksgiving, with an eye toward expansion to a full series order should viewers embrace the project. The special will feature celebrity guests, musical acts, comedy skits and a prize giveaway for the show's in-studio and home audiences. David Friedman ("Last Call With Carson Daly") has been tapped to executive produce along with O'Donnell. The project raises the prospect of a new regular TV gig for O'Donnell. Her "Rosie O'Donnell Show" was a daytime syndicated hit for five years until it left the air in 2001. Since then, O'Donnell has appeared in recurring roles on FX's "Nip/Tuck" and was featured on Showtime's "Queer as Folk." She also starred in the CBS telefilm "Riding the Bus With My Sister" and drew raves moderating the 10th season of ABC's "The View." |
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Defamer, Posted: 12/28/2007, 4:30 PM With its ear pressed firmly to the streets of middle American suburbs, Parade Magazine has released its 2007 Year-End Pop Culture Poll Results. Among the more notable results: 44% percent of poll-takers responded with "Rosie! Rosie O'Donnell! My answer is ROSIE O'DONNELL," when asked, "Who is the most annoying celebrity?": Rosie O'Donnell -- 44% Paris Hilton -- 24% Ann Coulter -- 16% Heather Mills McCartney -- 12% |
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New York Post, Posted: 11/8/2007, 5:40 PM O'Donnell says Bill Clinton had her bawling like a baby during an emotional chat in which the ex-president apologized for cheapening the Oval Office with his Monica Lewinsky sexcapades. The sapphic supernova, doing stand-up at the New York Comedy Festival Tuesday night, told the audience how Clinton sent her a card after she slammed him during a performance at the Mohegan Sun Casino Hotel five years ago. When Rosie called, Clinton then worked his charm. "He goes, 'I'm sorry for all the men who ever hurt you, I'm sorry that I hurt you. Everything you've said to me, I've said to myself, and I hope one day you can forgive me, and I hope I can forgive me.' " Clinton's mea culpa quickly had O'Donnell's faucets opening up. "I'm hysterical crying," she recalled. |
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Huffington Post, Posted: 6/26/2007, 12:07 PM
QUICK LOOK:When Rosie O'Donnell (for maybe becoming the next Bob Barker) and Ellen DeGeneres (for taking home like a million Emmys) both hit the news last week, I was in heaven. In some way I can barely understand, for me these two represent the strange, almost schizophrenic attitude the States have with homosexuality. They have each managed to pull Sapphic phoenix acts, spectacularly bursting in controversy, and then rising from the ratings ashes to an even greater success. Ellen DeGeneres had acted bravely, made television history, and got fired (essentially.) Then she reemerged with a new show, and a lesson learned. But the question remains -- is Ellen actually accomplishing more for the gay community now that she is America's Lesbian Sweetheart? Now, Rosie's story is a little different. She actually stayed quiet about her sexuality, and made a lot of her money first. But is Rosie O'Donnell now simply too much for the States, or will she rise again? Is she doomed to forever rise and fall, rise and fall, rise and fall, until she gives up and concentrates on her charity work? |
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Good As You (G-A-Y), Posted: 6/19/2007, 3:02 PM
QUICK LOOK:When "The View" look to go in another direction during their post-Rosie days, they really look in another direction. Today on Babs Walters' coffee klatch, ultra-conservative Star Parker will sit in with the daytime ladies as a guest host. So why is this of interest to gays? Well, let's look at some Star Parker quotes, shall we? "Growth in black lesbianism is generally the product of a culture where families already have been destroyed. These aren't pioneers venturing out of an intact family that has given them a good life, to discover a new 'lifestyle.' The injustice and discrimination they feel is to never have had the opportunity to grow up in an intact family and to understand what it means to have a man in your life who is responsible and from whom you can receive love and respect." Basically, this one makes Hasselbeck look like Janeane Garofalo and George Soros' love child! |
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