Rosie O’Donnell Reveals Ellen ‘Hurt Her Feelings’ Over Talk Show Diss: I’ve Never ‘Gotten Over It’

Rosie O’Donnell, 60, and Ellen DeGeneres, 64, are seemingly not precisely the champion of friends. Their past dates backmost to erstwhile Ellen appeared connected The Rosie O’Donnell Show successful 1996 and jokingly came retired arsenic “Lebanese.” This was earlier Ellen publically came retired arsenic a lesbian connected her sitcom Ellen, and earlier Rosie confirmed that she was cheery successful 2002. During the Sept. 15 occurrence of Watch What Happens Live, Rosie confirmed to big Andy Cohen that she ne'er appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and elaborated much connected the hostility betwixt her and Ellen.

Rosie O’Donnell; Ellen DeGeneres (Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)

“We had a small spot of a weird thing,” Rosie explained. “After my amusement went disconnected the air, and her’s was coming connected the air, Larry King was connected with Ellen and helium said, ‘Whatever happened to Rosie O’Donnell? Her amusement went down the tubes. She came retired arsenic a lesbian and disappeared.’ And Ellen said, and I’m quoting, ‘I don’t cognize Rosie. We’re not friends.’ ”

Rosie said she was truthful taken aback by Ellen’s comments astatine the time. “I was successful furniture with Kelli [her then-partner] and I went, ‘Did I conscionable perceive that oregon was that, like, a hallucination auditory voice?’ I’m like, ‘No’, and that’s what happened, and it wounded my feelings similar a babe and I ne'er truly got implicit it.” Rosie confirmed she was invited to look connected Ellen’s amusement towards the end of its run, telling Andy, “I was gonna spell connected for SMILF but I wanted to bring idiosyncratic other with maine due to the fact that I thought it was gonna beryllium a small little awkward. And they didn’t privation to bash that.”

Although the concern betwixt Rosie and Ellen seems rather complicated, the A League of Their Own actress sent immoderate well-wishes to Ellen erstwhile she wrapped up the taxable with Andy. “I privation her each bully things successful her beingness and that she should beryllium well. So determination you go. But I ne'er did it. I ne'er did it,” Rosie said.

Like Rosie, Ellen’s days arsenic a daytime speech amusement big are down her. The Ellen DeGeneres Show wrapped up aft 19 seasons earlier this year, aft immoderate contention surrounding Ellen and her team. Various employees alleged that the speech amusement was a “toxic workplace” environment, truthful Ellen apologized to her unit and addressed the concern publically connected the show.