Rosie O'Donnell is openg up about her cisn to play her A League of Their Own character as gay and the firg of former Amerin Gigolo shownner David Hollanr.
Contents:
- ROSIE O'DONNELL RELLS COMG OUT AS GAY AFTER 9/11 (EXCLIVE)
- ROSIE O’DONNELL DCRIB PUBLICLY COMG OUT AS A GAY WOMAN ON TV
- ROSIE O’DONNELL ON PHG TO PLAY HER CHARACTER GAY ‘A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN,’ DEPARTURE OF ‘AMERIN GIGOLO’ SHOWNNER
- ROSIE O'DONNELL: BEG A GAY MOM
ROSIE O'DONNELL RELLS COMG OUT AS GAY AFTER 9/11 (EXCLIVE)
Rosie O'Donnell says g out as gay on TV was a "blip" on Wednday's episo of 'Red Table Talk: The Estefans'. * rosie o donnell gay *
But I, like you, Ey, was surprised that people thought I was not gay, " she says. "I went to a edy club and I was dog stand-up and I'm like, "I'm gay.
Listen, 9/11 happened, I'm gay. I'm tellg you all, I'm gay. In se the buildgs blow up aga, I'm so, so gay, ' you know?
Rosie O’Donnell was the public eye for a long time as a closeted gay woman. “I was surprised that people thought I was not gay.
ROSIE O’DONNELL DCRIB PUBLICLY COMG OUT AS A GAY WOMAN ON TV
And I’m like, ‘I’m gay. Listen, 9/11 happened, I’m gay.
I’m tellg you all, I’m gay, se the buildgs blow up aga, I’m so, so gay'”.
Rosie ma sure her fans knew she was gay and that she was gog to live her tth after years of not beg vol about her sexualy. Rosie O'Donnell is openg up about her sexualy and a past a clip om Wednday's episo of the "Red Table Talk" sp-off "Red Table Talk: The Estefans, " shar exclively wh USA TODAY, the openly gay edian got ndid about her journey to g out, sharg that she was once a two-year relatnship wh a man. "But I, like you, Ey, was surprised that people thought I was not gay.
ROSIE O’DONNELL ON PHG TO PLAY HER CHARACTER GAY ‘A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN,’ DEPARTURE OF ‘AMERIN GIGOLO’ SHOWNNER
"She ntued: "I went to a edy club and I was dog stand-up, and I'm like, 'I'm gay. "Part of the reason why I've never said that I was gay until now was bee I didn't want that adjective assigned to my name for all of eterny, " she told the outlet. "You know, gay Rosie O'Donnell.
Durg the discsn, O’Donnell says that she played her character, third basewoman Doris Murphy, as gay — even if wasn’t directly addrsed Penny Marshall’s 1992 movie. “There were gay women or athletic women or women like her, and my character, I thought, was love wh Mae and didn’t maybe know how to exprs .
“When I did that scene, Penny said, ‘Rosie, don’t do so gay. ’ ‘Well, do aga, but don’t thk of so gay. March 14, 2002 -- Rosie O'Donnell don't re whether the world knows that she's gay.
ROSIE O'DONNELL: BEG A GAY MOM
But she do want everyone to know that she is a gay mother. "I don't thk Ameri knows what a gay parent looks like: I am the gay parent, " the entertaer tells ABCNEWS' Diane Sawyer her first -pth terview about her sexualy.