Rosie O'Donnell Dishes on Her TikTok Obsession and Broadway Picks | The Tonight Show

Rosie O'Donnell talks about seeing A Beautiful Noise, Sweeney Todd and Good Night, Oscar on Broadway, the importance of authenticity in today's society and her podcast, Onward.
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[@HettiedeKorteDiplomaat]

Rosie is so supportive to everyone. A real friend.

[@singlebrowngirl]

I met Rosie at a wedding a few years ago. She was incredibly kind to all of us star-struck people. I told her that I missed her show and remembered her kids being born... I meant it! And she was sweet. The industry has not been kind to her

[@marklola12]

The industry never likes strong outspoken women...usually the men in the industry who pull the strings

[@docbrown3139]

She got a lot of heat for questioning and talking truth about 911. Celebrities who tell the truth get treated badly by the industry

[@KellyWeist]

Love Rosie!! Still bringing Broadway to our living rooms, just like the days of The Rosie O'Donnell Show. She's a gift.

[@ABbbb299]

realizing Rosie and I ARE THE SAME AGE AND i've been feeling like my life is over now that I'm retired and she's talking about her next 30 summers brought tears to my eyes and snapped me out of it!

[@briangarcia7370]

Rosie o donnell ! the cool aunt that everyone hopes will fly out for thanksgiving dinner

[@Nahin7866]

The kind of women who likes having lesbian orgies and snorting cocaine

[@fullyfb3847]

Unless you're a conservative 😂

[@morbidmanmusic]

No

[@crisfield4364]

I agree even though I'm old enough to be her aunt. ♥

[@richcampbell6808]

SHES a witch .

[@g.e.v9836]

I was ten when her talk show debuted. It was always fun, she made me laugh and seemed like a warm person to her guests. Also, best hair on daytime! Will probably check her podcast out

[@JOTYYY]

Rosie you are pure joy when you are interviewed! I will be listening to your podcast at work. 😊

[@carlychamberlain4237]

gawd the way she told the stories abut the shows just gave me such nostalgia for watching her growing up

[@AK-bx1ot]

Jimmy tearing up at the end. Aww my heart!! ❤

[@jellyrollnorton]

I love the heartfelt gratitude at the end Jimmy has for Rosie. ❤

[@wishingonthemoon1]

Hey don’t come for Mamma Mia 😂 Love Rosie so much. She’ll always be Betty from the Flinstones for me. She’s like that cool aunt that lets you get away with everything and just goes “don’t tell your mother.” I love seeing Jimmy and Rosie just get together and chat like this.

[@tiffanimorris7127]

We need a Rosie Renaissance!! Let's give this legend her flowers while she's still here thriving and turning into a TikTok queen!! We need a new talkshow, a sitcom, and some more movies!!

[@akmediascope]

So glad she survived tRump

[@eklectk1]

@@akmediascope We all did. As soon as we clean up the mess he made of the U.S., life may get back to normal.

[@devildoll9929]

@@eklectk1 Give it a rest. Jeez.

[@nichole8609]

I love Rosie O'Donnell. I hope she decides to do a little stand-up or movie again. I always loved her laugh.

[@JenniferDaniels909]

She recently played a small role in tv series of A League of Their Own

[@shac9131]

She very recently said no stand up to be with her 10 year old, although she would love to do it. She's still acting in small roles and she was on 2 different game shows last week that'll be airing some day into the future.

[@juliansandoval8022]

what do you mean "she"?....that's a woman???

[@JenniferDaniels909]

@@juliansandoval8022 go stick your head up your 🍑

[@Keithbythesea]

She most recently had one of the leading roles in 'American Gigolo', the Showtime series playing Detective Joan Sunday.

[@arnold934]

Hallelujah! Rosie is BACK! Big things coming for her

[@douglaswild3852]

Love Rosie! I miss her original “feel good” tv talk show. I hope her podcast does well for her.

[@southernx24]

I"m feeling ancient, she mentioned her 20yo daughter and it's Vivie,!!!! I remember when she talked about all her kids. I really miss her show

[@Cherryshake]

Came here to say how much I missed The ROD show. It was just nice, happy, fun. She’s the best at LISTENING to her guests and following up.

[@steveleeart]

@@Cherryshake always felt she belonged on some late night show. Loved ROS daytime show but yeah she could have done well at night.

[@steveleeart]

She’s also interactive on social media. I’ve responded to posts of hers, and had her like and comment back. Was happiest moment of my life online - seeing her name in my notifications!

[@1BSDjunkie]

Love, love, loving Rosie these days! The years have very much agreed with her. Oh my god she looks FANTASTIC! Full of life! 😊

[@geocape7060]

God I love this woman. She's so quick and witty and wonderful.

[@seanpaulcurran]

I Love and Miss getting to see Rosie do talk shows !

[@wowzieee]

What an enthusiasm for Broadway. Keep inspiring.

[@quinnaddison420]

She’s donated so much of her money and time too! A true supporter of the arts!

[@omgnetwork5231]

She really was the best talk show host. Her guests were always comfortable and she had great rapport with them

[@artemia79]

Tom Sellick might disagree lol

[@omgnetwork5231]

@@artemia79 hahahaha well...🤷🏻‍♂️ She did apologize right after their convo within the episode

[@Tuccie]

Tom Selleck is a moron doing that commercial for reverse mortgages to rip off seniors.

[@artemia79]

Hahaha! Can't fault her for being passionate about gun control. Sad nothing has changed. That was a long time ago.

[@omgnetwork5231]

@@artemia79 riiight? Literally the SAME damn issues. Even worse and more frequent!

[@maximilian2974]

I love Rosie interviews! Rosie keeps it real and has lots of great stories.

[@iamthevioletgirl]

When you think in ‘summers’ instead of years, it hits you in much time you actually have❤

[@Urm0mz]

Auntee Ro!!! I grew up watching Rosie. I'm a grown-up, still loving Rosie. No one can take her from me lol

[@cheryl336]

This was such a good interview I enjoyed it so much thank you rosy and Jimmy.

[@sweets3745]

Rosie Recommends should be a segment

[@tvlife19]

Her glasses are absolute 🔥🔥🔥!

[@alienmoosestudios]

Rosie is just so much fun. Miss her on the screen.🤩😍💖

[@KevinCovington5453]

My Childhood Best Friend And I Saw Greese In NYC When Rosie and Joe Piscapo and Al Jarreau starredm and we were THRILLED when you walked on!!! IT WAS OUR VERY FIRST BROADWAY PLAY!!! We were 20-somethings Were in our 60's now LOL!!! GOOD TO SEE YOU TONIGHT ROSSIE!

[@PageHallock]

I've always loved Rosie! She was done DIRTY by the industry. Glad that we are seeing more of her now!

[@meme-tg6hr]

No filter for Rosie. You know where she stands on everything. Others should take the same path.

[@mizzchuz.6413]

It's really refreshing. Love her.

[@karenges2666]

Love love love Rosie. She is such a bright light and I could listen to her all day.

[@ingaanderson7058]

I have always loved Rosie she really does seem like the real deal ,thanks Jimmy for the great Interview !

[@Angel3rdDASH]

I didn’t realize how much I’ve missed (and Love) you, Rosie until this episode aired… Thank you for filling this void in my life, Jimmy F👍🏽👏🏽😇💕

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

Rosie O DONNELL is absolutely gem love her. I miss seeing her on daytime tv always love her point of view it inspired intelligent, and entertaining thank you Jimmy for invited her on tonight 👏🏽👏🏽.

[@russwoodward8251]

Rosie is wonderful, pure honesty, and she's right about Shaun Hayes. He's been a lurking genius of talent filling bit roles. His time to shine has finally come. Thanks Jimmy, your writers are the best and I wish them well!

[@jodi-bethfelton3696]

I love Rosie! ❤️ Champion of the theater and such a talent!

[@lgee]

Love this! Reminds me of the ole Rosie before all the view drama! How badly do I want to see those shows now?

[@Trenchant468]

Great conversation, I loved the whirlwind reviews of Broadway shows.

[@korribier-lo3nm]

I love Rosie O’Donnell! I love what she does for our community! She’s a huge inspiration to me

[@elizabeth5985]

God it's good to see her. Love Rosie.

[@franblakely6361]

I have Loved Rosie for ever - she is the real deal! Would love to see her do a comedy show and come to a few cities so I could see her in person!

[@karamacompany2684]

aww he started tearing at the end

[@taffyallen3642]

I love her! How original and genuine she is!

[@miramsey1]

I love Rosie - always have - always will!! She is so real and relatable. Can't wait to start the podcast. Thank you Jimmy. Love you too!!!!!!!!

[@rinowx5]

Love her. She speaks the truth and truth hurts hateful people. 😊❤

[@Ayalaula]

When she was saying "The best thing that I saw was Sean Hayes in.." my brain was seriously waiting for the rest of the sentence to be "Just Jack!" 😅

[@lorih9180]

I’m also 61 & Rosie is a gem and so right, when you get to this age…maybe even 50, you don’t care what people think…it’s pointless because if anyone is judging you, you don’t need them in your life.

[@forgeustiss6667]

They can judge and you can smile and nod.

[@gustavovillarreal3211]

Love my Rosie to the moon and back!!

[@crisfield4364]

I love Jimmy. I love Rosie. There's so much positivity here.

[@richcampbell6808]

She's a Nasty thing with mental illness

[@AngelWithin01]

She’s so real I love her

[@JonnyDIY]

Dang I forgot Rosie had her own talk show back in the day when Jimmy was on SNL. She's such a riot, I'd have thought she'd have had a couple recent sitcoms by now 💕

[@mollyjones2944]

Wow, so nice to see Rosie! I used to watch her show every day after school.

[@riobrasilsambashowssambist1453]

I wish Rosie was a regular on Curb your Enthusiasm. I can't get enough of her kicking Larry's ass!! 😂😂😂😂👋👋👋😂😂😂😂

[@jonl7692]

Jimmy is ADORABLE and i love rosie

[@marialewis6432]

I've been missing her ... Glad to see her and glad she's busy and doing well....

[@jonathonfedna6551]

I love Rosie ever since I was a kid it’s a true privilege to follow her on TikTok to watch her podcast because she truly is humble, kind, and funny and caring

[@phillipalvarado1994]

Omg man I love Rosie O'Donnell since I remember her from Harriet the spy for Flintstones and of course I remember her from her many appearances on kids choice awards after hosted like 5 times I lost count LOL

[@Hakim21210]

she's lesbian!😂

[@jkingston5498]

​@@Hakim21210 yes she is! Isn't that wonderful?😊

[@koraldavis3474]

And voice over work in Disney's Tarzan

[@jbt6007]

I love Rosie. Pure class and a big heart.

[@sonyaunderwood933]

Loveeeeeeeee this segment! Rosie keep your light 💡 shining 💛💯🙂

[@b3blueblue]

She’s looks younger! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I almost didn’t recognise her. Good on you, Rosie!

[@PamelaS.H.]

I love Rosie!! Still miss her talk show 😊

[@emBoogie1107]

I'll forever LOVE her and miss her show!

[@zlatkoorlic7563]

I love Rosie! I just can't get enough of her. I miss her talk show!

[@iadiramorales68]

She’s phenomenal. So real, so direct. I love it 🥰 she really supports the Arts 🎭. I miss her voice, and seeing her in the big screen 📺

[@julsc2106]

Stop with the bs!!!

[@operachild]

Rosie’s show was the blueprint of how a talk show should be. Icon ❤

[@tammydeeter9287]

Nothing but love!! ❤. She’s amazing. So are you Jimmy 🥰

[@dianehiltz1193]

I miss you so much Rosie, tv is just not the same with out you. I hope one day you will return…💜💜💜💜

[@maryjoanhuhn203]

I ABSOLUETLY LOVE LOVE ROSIE!!!!!!!!! She looks AMAAAAZZZZZING!!!!!!!! YAY ROSIE

[@ALwin808]

HELLO ROSIE 🤩 You looking Amazing and glad to see you again. We miss you on TV. 👍✌️

[@mrqs1549]

Rosie is a good person, and naturally funny. We need more Rosie!

[@Anticommunism99]

Nah we need more Trump not more lesbians

[@happygirl1447]

U have a podcast now!!! I’m subscribing rn!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤🎉

[@smassey6848]

I always adored Rosie, but didn’t care for her political rants. However, she always knew what she stood for and why she felt the way she felt. Nothing but respect. I remembered watching her show for the Broadway reviews. Miss seeing her and glad Jimmy had her.

[@samueljaramillo4221]

I love this lady. I love her honesty.

[@darnitthelma4247]

Loved SMILF she was amazing in that❤

[@marybravado6787]

I had the opportunity to have a lengthy conversation with Rosie O'Donnell several years ago who DM'd me after I left her a response to a wonderful statement she made on Twitter. She is so lovely, kind, real, and absolutely wonderfully amazing.

[@dee398]

Always loved her❤😘

[@peterdavino4408]

It's so wonderful how Rosie plugs Broadway and advocates for it the way she does. She's like Broadway's Santa Claus!

[@cheleshows]

I love Rosie. Her glasses are adorable.

[@thefarrellfam1]

Love Rosie ❤

[@shortsatire5669]

Saw “Goodnight Oscar” in Chicago-incredible! Hayes deserves the Emmy, for sure.

[@curtisrobinson7962]

Been there, done that. He won an Emmy for Will & Grace.

[@EricaGamet]

The Emmys are for TV... the Tonys are for stage.

[@kittyformanrn9268]

I was an extra in the movie, “A League of their Own.” I saw her for 42 days straight. She was one of the kindest people that I have ever met, as was Tom Hanks & Penny Marshall. Madonna, on the other hand, was not.

[@EricaGamet]

One of my favorite movies, ever!

[@greenlee7smythe]

Omg how was Madonna not kind, if u don’t mind me asking for the juicy gossip? Was she mean to you personally or was it something you saw her do to someone else?

[@kittyformanrn9268]

@@greenlee7smythe I was an extra in A League of Their Own. I saw her almost everyday/night that they filmed in Indiana & Kentucky. ( The boarding house scenes were done in my hometown in Kentucky, Henderson, but it was never mentioned in the credits). Madonna was one of the most vile people that I have ever met. I thought it was because of long hours of filming in 106°F heat, day after day. But, we went to a gay bar one night. She was with Vanilla Ice, and he was nice, (not her at all). Penny Marshall, Tom Hanks, Rosie O'Donnell, Lori Petty, Gena Davis were all great. Rosie made everything fun. Anything else u would like to know, just ask.

[@greenlee7smythe]

@@kittyformanrn9268 that’s interesting. How exactly was she vile? Like, can you give examples? I don’t pay much attention to the news or like gossipy articles or pages or reports and I don’t watch tv much. (Too much reality tv and everything now has just gone downhill) I’m really really sorry she was horrible to you. I hope u weren’t a HUGE fan of hers beforehand as meeting ur idol and finding out they’re awful or not what u expected can be a pretty painful experience.

[@kittyformanrn9268]

@@greenlee7smythe I was a huge fan. I still like her music. It seems she gets stranger the older she has gotten. She was condescending, but she had probably always been that way. She would mock her fans that were there to see/meet her. Arrogant 100% of the time. Refuse to take photos or shake hands. Had nothing nice to say about Southern Indiana or it’s people. Requested no one make eye contact with her, or talk to her. Etc.

[@dojobebo4541]

Love you, Rosie . These glasses are a work of art on you.

[@alesamaa]

aaaawww not jimmy getting emotional at the end, omg i just loveeeee rosie!!!!

[@bonniebrown3412]

Hey Rosie,wonderful as always!!! You’re the best ❤TTUDS!!!❤❤

[@HarleyQuinnGamer]

My grandmother loved her talk show she would always tell us to not call her when Rosie is on

[@xennial80sxberner]

As an old Millennial, I first remember her from VH1 standup spotlight in the early 90s. She definitely has cool Aunt vibes, nice to see her back

[@gusrgutierrez]

Rosie looks absolutely fantastic ! ❤

[@melissagolden6008]

I love Rosie!! She's needs to return to the talk show, Arena!!

[@apple707]

I adore Rosie❤ America's sweetheart💋

[@riobrasilsambashowssambist1453]

3:00 we should mention Sean Hayes is an expert concert pianist. His talent blows me away

[@lisafehlman221]

I love Rosie 😊❤. You too Jimmy.

[@bellebeauty67]

Love Rosie’s glasses!

[@jedinite241]

ROSIE IS BACK!!!!

[@LidiaScherArt]

Great interview!!!😊

[@irenafacelli2882]

LOVE Rosie !!! She's the best.

[@LadyLakeMusic]

What a lovely segment ❤ I watched her every day!!!

[@ChipCain]

Actual legend.

[@Devina210]

Rosie looks great! Love her hair!

[@jako3214]

Love, love Ro! REAL fng deal anti Ellen! Her talk show was waay better too. Under appreciated. Fantastic interviewer & *listener who made basically every guest (even 'difficult' ones feel super comfortable).

[@sandrokozlovski9965]

she needs her own talk show she was so good at what she use to do

[@richcampbell6808]

She was fired from the view for a reason she's despicable and disgusting

[@NelsonVlog66]

She had one back in the 90's. She got into a heated discussion about gun control with Tom Selleck during an interview. Tom kept his cool, but she lost her temper and nearly kicked him out of the studio. IIRC, she was the one who brought up the subject. Personally, I can't stand her.