Rosie O'Donnell Admits "Gaydar Was Way Off" With New Girlfriend
Posted on Mon Oct 10th, 2011 12:30pm PDT By X17 Staff
Rosie O'Donnell's return to the talk show world is a bit different than her last run.
The comedienne hosted the The Rosie O'Donnell Show from 1996 through 2002 in her home state of New York while dating then-partner Kelli Carpenter.
Now, she's shooting The Rosie Show in Oprah's old Chicago studio and a new lady love, Michelle Rounds.
In an interview with Nightline, Rosie, 49, explained that her "gaydar was way off" when she first ran into Michelle. She said:
- "So I walked into a Starbucks in the summer and she was holding a little puppy, and I was about to get another little puppy for [my daughter] Chels because we're here in Chicago and I have a little 4-pound Chihuahua. And there's this little 4-pound Pomeranian in her arms, and I thought she was a 28-year-old heterosexual girl, because that's what she looked like to me. And she's a 40-year-old gay woman."
Turns out, it was a good thing that Rosie's first impression was a bit off. "I think if I had known that she was gay, I wouldn't have been brave enough to talk to her," she said in the interview.
Aw!
The Rosie Show premieres Monday night on OWN.
- "Dear God, yes, it was probably the most humiliating thing I've ever experienced in my life. And the most painful and the most humbling. To this day, still, part of me feels like, 'Oh dear God no, why did that happen, how did this happen?' … It seemed to me like something inconceivable and the fact that it occurred was the hardest thing I've ever dealt with as an adult."
Today, Rosie is happy with Michelle and the idea of running her own talk show once again.
