From her iconic talk show, to Anne Heche, to Madonna, Rosie O’Donnell dishes on literally EVERYTHING
Rosie O’Donnell recently sat down with The New Yorker for a fascinating, fearless, and wide-ranging new interview.Speaking to Rachel Syme, the 60-year-old American Gigolo actor talks about everything from getting her start on Star Search, to her iconic ’90s talk show, to her stint on The View, Amazon’s new A League of the Their Own series, and so much more, plus she dishes on celebrities like Bette Midler, Tom Cruise, and, of course, Donald Trump.It’s an incredible, insightful, and deeply candid interview that’s definitely worth a full read.
Here are just a few of the gayest highlights…Rosie on the evolution of queer representation in media over the last 30 years:Listen, the early nineties was a different time. … I remember my show was on for a year or something, and they said, “There’s a new show.
And this woman, Debra Messing, is going to play the straight best friend to a gay guy.” And I said, “Well, that’ll be canceled in four weeks.” In a million years, I didn’t think that America was ready to have that show or to have the explosion of gay culture that we’re now in.
It’s been a wild ride since I was a little girl at ten years old, who knew she was gay and who wanted to only wear boys’ clothes.On living in the glass closet during The Rosie O’Donnell Show:It was as authentic as I could be at the time. “Will and Grace” wasn’t on. “Brokeback Mountain” hadn’t happened.
