Roseann Theresa "Rosie" O'Donnell (born March 21, 1962
in Bayside, Queens, New York) is an 11-time
Emmy Award-winning American comedian, television talk show host, author, celebrity blogger, gay rights activist, film, television, and stage actress.
Early life
O'Donnell was the third of five children born to Edward and Roseann O'Donnell. Four days before her 11th birthday on
March 17, 1973, O'Donnell's mother died of breast cancer[1] She was raised in Commack, New York.
In high school, she began exploring her comic interest beginning with a high school skit in which she imitated
Gilda Radner’s character Roseanne
Rosannadanna.[1]
After graduating, O'Donnell briefly attended Dickinson College, later transferring
to Boston University but dropped out.
Early career
Stand-up/Club Comedian
O'Donnell toured standup clubs from 1979 to 1984.[2] She
got her first big break on Star Search, explaining on Larry King Live:[3]
| “ |
I was 20 years old, and I was at a comedy club in Long Island. This woman came over to me and she said, I think you're funny. Can you give me your
number? My dad is Ed McMahon. I was like, yeah, right. I gave her my father's phone number. I
was living at home, I'm like, whatever. And about three days later, the talent booker from Star Search called and said,
we're going to fly you out to L.A. [...] I won, like, five weeks in a row. And it gave me national exposure. |
” |
TV Career Takes Off
After this success, she moved on to television sitcom comedy, making her series debut as Nell
Carter's neighbor on Gimme a Break! in 1986.
In 1988, she transferred to VH1, where she hosted Stand-up
Spotlight, a showcase for up-and-coming comedians. In 1992 she starred in Stand By Your Man, a Fox Network sitcom co-starring Melissa Gilbert. The
show bombed, just as O'Donnell's movie career took off.
Movie career takes off
O'Donnell made her feature film debut in A League Of Their Own alongside
Tom Hanks and Madonna. Throughout her career,
she has taken on an eclectic range of roles: she appeared in Sleepless in
Seattle as Meg Ryan's best friend; Betty
Rubble in the live-action film adaptation of The Flintstones with
John Goodman; with co-star Timothy Hutton in
Beautiful Girls; she voiced a female gorilla in Disney's Tarzan; and played a baseball-loving nun in
M. Night Shyamalan's Wide Awake.
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
- Further information: The Rosie O'Donnell Show
In 1996, she began hosting a daytime talk show, The Rosie O'Donnell Show. The show proved extremely successful, winning multiple Emmy
awards, and earning O'Donnell the title of "The Queen of Nice" for her style of light-hearted banter with her guests and
interactions with the audience. As part of her playful banter with her studio audience, O'Donnell often launched koosh balls at the crowd and camera.[4]
With New York City as the show's homebase, O'Donnell displayed her love of
Broadway musicals and plays by having cast members as guests, encouraging the audience to see shows, premiering production numbers as
well as promoting shows with ticket give-aways. After the 9/11 attacks
Broadway and tourism in New York City was down and many shows were in danger of closing.
O'Donnell was amongst many in the entertainment field that help the city rebound by encouraging folks to visit and support the
performing arts.
On the show, O'Donnell frequently highlighted various charitable projects. After the September 11th terrorist attacks, she announced that she would donate $1 million dollars for
aid in the rescue efforts. She encouraged other celebrities and citizens alike to "give till it hurts". In 2002, she left her
talk show. The show was then hosted by comedian Caroline Rhea (the show was renamed
The Caroline Rhea Show) and ran for one additional season.
Gun control controversies
After the Columbine shootings, O'Donnell became an outspoken supporter
of gun control and a major figure in the Million Mom
March.[5][6] During the April 19, 1999, broadcast of her talk show, she stated, "You are not allowed to
own a gun, and if you do own a gun, I think you should go to prison."[7] O'Donnell has since attempted to reconcile her stance by remarking, "I don't personally own
a gun, but if you are qualified, licensed and registered, I have no problem."[8]
On May 19, 1999, a month after the Columbine shootings, O'Donnell interviewed actor Tom
Selleck, who was promoting a film The Love Letter. After a commercial
break, O'Donnell confronted him about his recent commercial for the NRA and
challenged him about the NRA's position on the use of assault rifles. According to
Selleck, the two had agreed not to discuss the topic prior to his appearance on the show.[9] O'Donnell maintains that Selleck and his publicist had been
informed that the topic would be discussed. She said at the end of the segment the conversation had "not gone the way I had
hoped" and added "if you feel insulted by my questions, I apologize, because it was not a personal attack. It was meant to bring
up the subject as it is in the consciousness of so many today."[10][11] Around the same time, the cast from Annie
Get Your Gun was to appear on the show but refused O'Donnell's request to remove the line "I can shoot a partridge
with a single cartridge" from the song "Anything You Can Do"
and agreed to perform "My Defenses Are Down" instead.[12]
Later in 1999, O'Donnell discontinued her contract with Kmart as their
spokeswoman. Gun enthusiasts complained that she shouldn't be the spokeperson for the largest gun retailer, O'Donnell countered
that "Kmart is, in fact, a seller of hunting rifles, not handguns or assault weapons. Such sales are not illegal or immoral in
any way when they are conducted ... with background checks and safety locks available."[12] Kmart employees told the New York Daily News that it was Kmart who terminated the agreement with O'Donnell, which both
Kmart and O'Donnell denied publicly.[13]
In May 2000, O'Donnell's bodyguard applied for a concealed firearm permit in Connecticut.
O'Donnell stated that it was not she who requested the permit, but Kroll, the security firm
through which the guard was hired and was contracted by O'Donnell's employer Warner
Brothers. Numerous parents of children who attended the same school as O'Donnell's children expressed their concern about
the possibility of O'Donnell's bodyguard being armed while on school grounds. O'Donnell confirmed "the guard does not normally
have a gun, but is trained in self-defense techniques. And there was never any intention of his carrying a gun at school."
O'Donnell added that because of threats, she and her family need protection, which she attributes, ironically, to her "tough
gun-control rhetoric".[14][15]
Charitable works
Charitable book deal
In May 1996, Warner
Books advanced O'Donnell $3 million to write a memoir. She used the money to seed her
For All Kids foundation to help institute national standards for day care across the country. Her
memoir, Find Me, was released in April 2002 and became the second highest on the New York Times
Bestseller List.[16]
Listerine charity kissing
San Francisco public relations
firm Fineman Associates awarded top prize to Procter & Gamble Co.'s designation
of O'Donnell as "unkissable" in a promotion for its Scope mouthwash on the 1997 annual list of the nation's worst public relations blunders.[17] In response to the promotion, the "unkissable" O'Donnell
partnered with Warner Lambert's competitor Listerine who
donated bottles of mouthwash to the studio audience and donated $1,000 to charity every time a hosted guest would kiss her in
exchange for O'Donnell promoting their product. On occasion, the guests would offer multiple kisses and People reported O'Donnell "smooched her way to more than $350,000."[18]
Personal contribution
On December 15, 2006, at a one-night charity event on the cruiseship Norwegian
Pearl, Elizabeth Birch, Executive Director for the Rosie's For All Kids
Foundation, confirmed that $50 million from her five-year contract with O'Donnell's talk show were donated in an irrevocable
trust to charity.[19] She is also reported to have contributed several hundred thousand dollars to rehabilitate
contemporary war veterans who have lost limbs in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"For All Kids" foundation
Since 1997, Rosie's For All Kids Foundation has awarded more than $22 million in Early Childhood Care and Education program
grants to over 900 nonprofit organizations.[20] On
October 30, 2006, she was honored by the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children.[citation needed] "It's our privilege to be honoring and hosting Rosie," said NYSPCC
president David Stack in a statement. "Her Rosie's for All Kids Foundation has awarded more than $22 million in grants to over
1,400 child-related organizations, and that's just one of her many impressive activities on behalf of children."
On November 1, 2006, Nightline aired a video report[21]
about the opening of The Children's Plaza and Family Center in Renaissance Village, a FEMA
trailer park in Louisiana. This was an emergency response initiative of Rosie's For All
Kids Foundation with the help of many local nonprofit organizations and for-profit businesses, all efforts were to assist the
families displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
On May 18, 2007, O'Donnell and Pogo Games announced a
joint-effort to raise money for Rosie's All Kids Foundation. EA, which owns Pogo, committed $30,000 and more money can be raised
based on the amount of playing time people spend on certain games. They are also holding a sweepstakes in which winners get to
fly to New York and meet Rosie and attend a charity function as her guest.
"Rosie's Broadway Kids"
In 2003, Rosie and Kelli O'Donnell collaborated with Artistic Director Lori Klinger to create "Rosie's Broadway Kids",
dedicated to providing free instruction in music and dance to New York City public schools or students. Rosie's Broadway Kids
serves more than 4,500 teachers, students, and their family members at 21 schools.[22] Currently programs are in Harlem,
Midtown West, Chelsea, Lower East Side, East Village, and
Chinatown.
True Colors tour
- Further information: True Colors Tour 2007
During the summer of 2007 Rosie was a guest on the multi-artist True Colors
Tour,[23] which traveled through 15
cities in the United States and Canada. The tour, sponsored by the gay cable channel Logo, began on June 8, 2007. Hosted by comedian Margaret Cho and headlined by Cyndi Lauper, the tour also included
Debbie Harry, Erasure, The Gossip, Rufus Wainwright, The Dresden Dolls, The MisShapes, Indigo Girls, The Cliks and other special guests. Profits from the tour
helped to benefit the Human Rights Campaign as well as P-FLAG and The Matthew
Shepard Foundation.[24]
Rosie magazine
- Further information: Rosie (magazine)
In 2000, O'Donnell partnered with the publishers of McCall's to revamp the magazine
as Rosie's McCall's (or, more commonly, Rosie). The magazine was launched as a competitor to fellow talk show
hostess Oprah Winfrey's monthly magazine. Rosie covered issues including
breast cancer, foster care and other matters of
concern to O'Donnell. In the September 2000 issue she shared that "she has struggled with depression her entire life" and decided to start medications when she realized her fears were
affecting her family.[25]
With a strong start and a circulation close to 3.5 million things looked promising but the magazine stumbled as conflicts
emerged between O'Donnell and the editors. The contract gave O'Donnell control over editorial process and editorial staff but
veto power remained with publisher [[Gruner+Jahr]] USA. O'Donnell quit the magazine in
September 2002 following a dispute over editorial control. "If I'm going to have my name and my brand on the corner of a magazine, it has to be my
vision" she told People.[26] Rosie magazine folded in 2003.
In late 2003, O'Donnell and the publishers each sued the other for breach of
contract. The publishers claimed that, by removing herself from the magazine's publication, she was in breach of contract.
The trial received considerable press coverage. O'Donnell would often give brief press
interviews outside of the courtroom responding to various allegations. Of note was a former magazine colleague and breast cancer
survivor who testified that O'Donnell said to her on the phone that people who lie "get sick and they get cancer. If they keep lying, they get it again".[27] O'Donnell apologized the next day and stated "I'm sorry I hurt her the way I did, that was not my
intention." The judge ruled against both sides and dismissed the case.
In 2006, O'Donnell responded to a question on the "Ask Ro" section of her website in which she stated that she would love to
do another magazine. O'Donnell also said she has written a new book, due out this summer. It is to be called Celebrity
Detox.
Books
In 2002, O'Donnell wrote Find Me, a combination of memoir, mystery and detective story with an underlying interest in
re-uniting birth mothers with their children. In addition to cataloguing her childhood and early adulthood, the book delved into
O'Donnell's relationship with a woman with multiple personality disorder
who posed as an under-aged teen who had become pregnant by rape.
The book reached number two on the New York Times bestseller list.
On October 9, 2007, O'Donnell released Celebrity Detox, her second memoir which focuses on the struggles with leaving fame behind, noting
her exits from The Rosie O'Donnell Show and The View.
Coming out
In her January 31, 2002, appearance on the sitcom Will & Grace, she played a lesbian mom. A month later as part of her act at the Ovarian Cancer Research benefit at Caroline's Comedy Club O'Donnell came out as a lesbian, announcing "I'm a dyke!" "I don't know why people make such a big
deal about the gay thing. ... People are confused, they're shocked, like this is a big revelation to
somebody."[28] The announcement came two months before
the end of the hosting of her talk show.
Although she also cited the need to put a face to gays and lesbians her primary reason was to bring attention to the
gay adoption issue. O'Donnell also is a foster — and adoptive — mother. She protested
against adoption agencies, particularly in Florida, that refused adoptive rights to gay and
lesbian parents.
Diane Sawyer interviewed O'Donnell in a March 14,
2002, episode of PrimeTime Thursday, she told
USA Today she chose to talk to Sawyer because she wanted an investigative piece on
Florida's ban on gay adoption. She told Sawyer if that was done, "I would like to talk about my life and how (the case) pertains
to me." She spoke about the two gay men in Florida who face having a foster child they raised removed from their home. State law
won't let them adopt because Florida bans gay or bisexual
people from adopting.[29]
Image transformation
After leaving her show and coming out, O'Donnell returned to stand-up comedy, and cut her hair. Within her first few shows,
she abandoned the "Queen of Nice" image she had previously cultivated. She made fun of various celebrities, among them
Michael Jackson, Liza Minnelli, Diana Ross, Martha Stewart, Oprah
Winfrey, Winona Ryder, and Joan Rivers.
O'Donnell told the press that her haircut was meant to mimic the haircut of former Culture
Club backup singer Helen Terry.[30] She subsequently attributed the haircut as a way to emulate Boy
George, in hopes that he would allow her to produce his stage show Taboo.
O'Donnell subsequently invested in and produced the show, but it was an expensive failure on Broadway.
Family life
On February 26, 2004, O'Donnell married Kelli Carpenter, a former Nickelodeon
marketing executive, in San Francisco two weeks after SF's Mayor
Gavin Newsom authorized the granting of marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Her decision to go to San Francisco to marry Carpenter was intended as a show of
defiance against President George W.
Bush over his support for the Federal Marriage Amendment.[citation needed] The license was voided by the California
Supreme Court.
The couple are parents to adopted children Parker Jaren (born May 25, 1995), Chelsea Belle (born September 20, 1997),
and Blake Christopher (born December 5, 1999). Their fourth
child, Vivienne Rose (who was conceived through sperm donation) was born November 29, 2002 to Carpenter.
Rosie and her family currently reside in Nyack, New
York, a suburb of New York City that is located in Rockland County.
O'Donnell's brother Daniel, who is also gay, represents the
Upper West Side of Manhattan as a member of the
New York State Assembly. [31]
O'Donnell and fellow actress Bridget Moynahan are 3rd cousins.[32]
R Family Vacations
In 2004 O'Donnell and Carpenter partnered with travel entrepreneur Gregg Kaminsky to launch R
Family Vacations catering to both gays and lesbians, "the very
first all gay and lesbian family vacation packages" where "gays and lesbians can bring their kids, their friends, and their
parents."[33] Although O'Donnell is not
involved on a day-to-day basis, she does contribute to the creative aspects of "advertising and marketing materials" and
initiated the idea for the company when she filled in as a last-minute replacement headliner on one of Kaminsky's Atlantis Events gay cruises and also came up with the name "R Family Vacations."[34] Kaminsky was previously a Vice President for Atlantis Events, the
largest and most successful all-gay cruise company producing "all-gay vacations in Africa, Europe, Australia, the Caribbean, and
Mexico" and his partner is also a business partner of O'Donnell's. [35]
On July 11, 2004, the first cruise was held aboard Norwegian Cruise Lines's Norwegian Dawn which holds 2,200
passengers, the ship was over 70 percent full with 1600 passengers[36] including 600 children.[37] In addition to traditional entertainment and recreational activities, the company partnered with
Provincetown’s Family Pride, a
25-year-old Washington, D.C.-based organization that advocates for GLBT families[38] to host discussions on "adoption, insemination, surrogacy, and
everything else that would be helpful to gay parenting.”[39] Metropolitan Community
Church, the predominantly GLBT Christian denomination, had
clergy on board to perform wedding ceremonies and conduct interfaith services and there was also discussion groups for kids and a panel discussion where teens could
share their experiences of growing up with gay and lesbian parents.[38]
A documentary film about the trip looked inside the lives of some of the 500
families that cruised from New York to the Bahamas. The documentary, All Aboard: Rosie's
Family Cruise, debuted on HBO on April 6, 2006, and is now
available on DVD. The film was nominated for three Emmy Awards. Of the experience O'Donnell
stated "we didn’t really realize the magic that was going to take place. People who had never met another gay family met other
families and it was powerful."[37]
In 2007 the annual cruise dropped Bermuda from its itinerary
because another of the Norwegian Cruise Lines' all gay cruises was met by a hundred Christian
"protesters chanting anti-gay slogans" in nearby Nassau, Bahamas[40]
and the R Family cruise itself was being targeted by an interfaith group of 80 churches called United By
Faith[41] who were calling for the trip to
be cancelled or they would protest when the ship arrived. United By Faith's spokesman, Andre Curtis, is also chairman of Faith
Based Tourism for Bermuda [Politics of Bermuda|Tourism Ministry] as well as being responsible for running Premier
Dr. Ewart Brown’s constituency committee in Warwick South Central, where Brown will be
seeking re-election.[42] Although Brown, who is
also the Minister of Tourism and Transport in Bermuda's Cabinet "dismissed requests" for the cruise to be cancelled [43] R Families changed the itinerary to instead visit
two stops in Florida and a private island. Kaminsky stated "If we didn't have kids on board and
there were protesters, we would go, but we did not want to expose kids to that hatred while they were on vacation."[44]
The View
- Further information: The View
During the 2006 Daytime Emmy Awards, Barbara Walters announced that O'Donnell would become a co-host on the talk show The View. On September 5 2006, she
officially replaced Meredith Vieira as a co-host and moderator of the show and was to
join the cast including Star Jones who instead opted to quit, some speculating Jones' more
conservative views would be in constant tension with O'Donnell's more liberal counterpoint. Another theory was that O'Donnell had
disputed Jones' route of rapid weight loss, alluding that it must have been gastric bypass surgery rather than dieting and
exercise alone.
Quickly acclimating to a four-person format, O'Donnell led the daytime women's chatfest as the moderator steering the opening
"Hot Topics" portion of the show where newsworthy items were discussed often accompanied by relevant photos and video clips.
Unlike previous seasons, however, politics and taboo subjects were readily explored with the two comics (O'Donnell and
Joy Behar) quickly finding humor in the news of the day and often giving strong opinions
against President Bush's policies including the war in Iraq which was losing support amongst Americans. As a counterpoint to
O'Donnell's more liberal views, conservative co-hostess Elisabeth Hasselbeck would
often support the Bush Administration's views and the two would get into an adversarial give-and-take at least until both had
made their points.
Always outspoken, O'Donnell sometimes crossed a line with certain audiences when the comedian would talk politics or veer into
religious discussions, at one time stating "radical Christianity is just as threatening as radical Islam" or criticizing fellow
TV personalities. In January of 2007, she questioned American Idol for airing auditions
that humiliated aspiring singers. “To make fun of someone’s physical appearance. And when they leave the room, laugh hysterically
at them. Three millionaires, one probably intoxicated.”[45]
O'Donnell is credited with helping The View be more news-focused while still embracing the "fluff" of daytime TV talkshows
discussing celebrities, fashion and food. Despite the overall downward trend for most daytime broadcast shows The View's ratings
surged 27% over its year-ago Nielsen numbers with O'Donnell in the moderator's seat. Overall, "The View" was the fourth most
watched show in all of daytime in the key demographic of women 18-49, and The View scored record ratings in the total viewer
category with an average of 3.4 million viewers -- up 15% vs. the same time in 2005.[46]
The downside of being spontaneous and putting her views in front of
a national audience was that comments and clips from the show would be recirculated by other media outlets, often surprising The
View co-hosts including O'Donnell. In reaction, she lamented that news outlets were focusing on less important subjects like her
comments instead of more important issues.
On April 25 2007, O'Donnell announced she would be leaving the
show as a co-host when her contract expires in June because she and the network could not come to terms on the length of a new
contract, but that she planned to return as an occasional correspondent.[47]
After extensive interviews with insiders and industry analysts, the weekend editions of celebrity gossip shows,
Entertainment Tonight[citation needed] and Inside Edition[48][unreliable source?] broadcast on
Saturday, April 28, reported there was more to the issue than initially was announced. O'Donnell allegedly had decided as early
as December, following what she perceived as Walters's half-hearted support during her ongoing controversy with Donald Trump, she
would not renew her contract and began holding talks with at least one major studio about producing a new talk show. (On her
personal blog, O'Donnell admitted interest in hosting an issues-oriented show with audience participation, a format introduced by
Phil Donahue.) [49][unreliable source?] Both programs
cited a New York Post Page Six article, a
gossip column, detailing O'Donnell's failed attempt to oust Walters from her producer's chair and ABC's growing concerns with her unpredictable outbursts.[50]
On the April 30 episode of The View, Walters announced there was no truth to any published or televised reports without
referring to any specific sources. Walters also announced on The View that O'Donnell would be listed by Time Magazine as one of their 100 most influential people. Walters wrote the article for Time.
On Friday, May 25, 2007, it was announced by ABC and O'Donnell that she would not stay until the end of her contract (which is
supposed to end on June 21, 2007). She requested early leave on May 25, after an on-air dispute with co-host Elisabeth
Hasselbeck. ABC granted her request.
In September 2007, Whoopi Goldberg filled O'Donnell's spot as moderator of The View.
Controversies
The View achieved higher ratings with O'Donnell's outspoken and candid nature moving
the show into a newsworthy spectrum from traditional daytime talk fare. As a big-name talent she drew criticism for her
opinions while keeping the show's "buzz factor
up."[51] The downside of being spontaneous and putting her views in front of a national audience was that such
remarks were often subject of controversy and criticism, especially by conservative commenters and other media outlets, who
recirculated comments and clips from the show.
Kelly Ripa / Clay Aiken
On November 20, 2006, O'Donnell commented on
Live with Regis and Kelly co-host Kelly
Ripa's words to guest co-host Clay Aiken, when he put his hand over her mouth as if to
stop her from talking.[52] Ripa
apparently did not appreciate his action and responded, "I just don't know where that hand's been, honey." O'Donnell opined, "If
that was a straight man...if that was a guy that she didn't question his
sexuality, she would have said a different thing."[53] Ripa responded to O'Donnell's comments, saying, "I have three kids (and)
he's shaking hands with everybody in the audience. It's cold and flu season." O'Donnell also added that in three months on the show she's never before said something was
homophobic. "I feel for the kid," O'Donnell said of Aiken, who has been dogged by questions about his sexuality.[54][55][56]
Accusations of Anti-Catholicism
On April 19, 2007 the all-woman panel discussed the
Supreme Court ruling on Gonzales v. Carhart
decision upholding the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, O'Donnell stated
"Everyone agrees partial birth abortion is horrific. It’s horrific for anyone who has to decide
it." She went on to quote a Gloria Steinem line, "If men could get pregnant abortion
would be a sacrament." She later added, "You know what concerns me? How many Supreme Court
judges are Catholic?", adding "How about separation of church and state
in America?". Conservative talk show host Laura
Ingraham urged her listeners to send protest e-mails to ABC for what she called O'Donnell's "anti-Catholic
bigotry."[57] William A. Donohue, president of the Catholic League for
Religious and Civil Rights has accused O'Donnell and Behar of engaging in anti-Catholicism on The View and blamed
Walters for allowing them to do so. The Catholic League issued a press release
denouncing O'Donnell's behavior.[58]
Mocking Chinese Language
On December 5, 2006, O'Donnell made a comment in reference
to the November 29, 2006 appearance on The View by
Danny DeVito who had been up and celebrating most of the night. O'Donnell was amazed that
the controversy had become such an international media news item,[59] and joked that it was being talked about as far away as China. "You
know, you can imagine in China it's like, 'Ching-chong, ching-chong. Danny DeVito. Ching-chong, ching-chong-chong. Drunk. The
View. Ching-chong.'"[60]
Many interpreted her comments as a "mockery of the Chinese language."[61] O'Donnell responded via her publicist that she is a comedian
in addition to being a talk show co-host and that was part of her sense of humor. [62]
She apologized to the viewers saying, "To say ching chong to someone is very offensive,
and some Asian people have told me it's as bad as the n-word. Which I was like, 'Really? I didn't
know that.'"[63] "To anyone who was offended at
my Chinese, Asian, pseudo-Japanese, sounded a little Yiddish accent that I was doing, you know, it was never [my] intent to mock, and I'm sorry for those
who felt hurt or were teased on the playground.... But I'm also gonna give you a fair warning that there's a good chance I'll do
something like that again, probably in the next week — not on purpose. Only 'cause it's how my brain works."[63][64]
On February 24, 2007, O'Donnell wrote a more comprehensive
apology on her blog[65]
with respect to this incident as a reply to the featured YouTube video "an open letter to all
the Rosie O'Donnells" by Beau Sia.[66]
Donald Trump Feud
On December 20, 2006, O'Donnell criticized billionaire
Donald Trump for holding a
