What Happened Between Rosie O’Donnell and Ellen DeGeneres? | WWHL

[@augustus1796]

love her or hate her, Rosie is never gonna bullshit you with some fake canned response, ellen could never

[@BostonMarcus]

🎯 🎯 🎯

[@mlw9195]

Literally

[@klassicalmuzik]

I love Rosie, however she can at times come off a little self righteous sometimes. Ever notice how she is always the Hero in all of her stories?

[@zibbyzubb]

She is definitely not a liar.

[@JuliaV-z6c]

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[@popalexgon34]

I feel like Rosie's always been honest so I love that about her

[@elainekellogg6345]

Same, loved her on The View

[@Taradise85]

definitely not. She claimed to be in love with Tom Cruise everyday on her talk show. We no that isn’t true

[@wendyfan8071]

​@@Taradise85😅so true

[@heydeanie]

​@@Taradise85ok so, she was. I mean, u don't have an exception? Even Melissa etheridge used to talk about how Brad Pitt was her exception...

[@ashleynicole2431]

I always love how brutally honest Rosie is.

[@harryricochet8134]

"Fat pig, dog, slob, disgusting animal" -DJT 🤣😂🤣

[@ashleynicole2431]

@@harryricochet8134 get some help

[@pj-fx7gx]

That’s one of the things I like most about her 😍

[@Harry-fk5of]

I wouldn't say anything about her response was brutal. People are way too scared of being authentic and real these days. I think that's one of the reasons we all feel disconnected and so many people are depressed

[@watchyoureyes2400]

I thought they likked each other

[@newtonduck1]

I've been watching old Rosie clips from her 90s show and that show was a great time!

[@zakkxx1]

Rosie had the biggest stars (past and future) on her show! She was a trailblazer and I adore her. So much respect for her!

[@AlaiaWilliamsx]

I loved watching her show when I was growing up

[@pj-fx7gx]

Rosie is better than anyone. I was always hoping she’d be a late night host(ess)

[@marykay7878]

rosie is everything ellen pretends to be. rosie is incredibly generous, and always sticks up for any underdog, and doesnt care how things she might say or support look, she just says or does things she believes are right. just look up how she spoke about iraq and trump in the early stages.

[@RubberWilbur]

Trump hasn't been President in 2 years, nor has Ronald Reagan or JFK. You have Trump derangement syndrome. Please get an identity of your own instead of being a parrot for main stream media.

[@jakelover1731]

Meanwhile Ellen is palling around with George W. Bush.

[@daking589]

They’re both bullies. Mean, nasty women.

[@blue3381]

Behind the scenes, Rosie O'Donnell is a known bully. I have close friend who worked on the The View. Rosie was a nightmare, and bat sh_t crazy. Ellen is cool - thinks for herself - and brave. The fact that she calls George Bush AND Michelle Obama a friend speaks volumes. The divisive world Rosie (and her ilk) want to live in is destroying the country. *and Ellen is WAY funnier.

[@sabrosavayaina]

EDG is and always has been horrible. Rosie has always been attacked over her brutal honesty but it’s actually one of her most endearing qualities. I get it, shes not for everyone but she is a much bigger person than the other one.

[@vp-oe1em]

I don't like either one of them but I will take Rosie over Ellen at any moment. She's honest as to who she is (minus the whole Tom thing but that's understandable) and she acknowledges she can be abrasive unlike fake to the core Ellen.

[@sweets3745]

Agreed

[@mykoniichistorychannel]

Rosie has her ways, too.

[@LightworkBeacon]

I don't think we need to compare and get petty.

[@nancymeyhoefer4102]

I love Ellen. Have never appreciated Rosie. my 2 cents.

[@RyanS32]

I loved how Rosie supported Broadway!

[@TastemyAtrocity]

Rosie’s Larry King impression 😂😂🤣

[@rastaboi8864]

😂😂😂😂so funny!!!

[@Jenny-yq2sd]

I love Rosie and admire her honesty😎

[@lushX1]

Always have loved her honesty and transparency. Also, Rosie’s performance on The L Word: Generation Q was absolutely incredible. Great comedian and amazing actor.

[@hutch1197]

All Ellen ever cares about is if everyone likes her. All Rosie cares about is being an honest human being, even if it means not everyone likes her. That's all you need to know about the difference between these two women.

[@mimosameltdown3796]

very well said

[@blue3381]

Behind the scenes, Rosie O'Donnell is a known bully. I have close friend who worked on the The View. Rosie was a nightmare, and bat sh_t crazy. Ellen is cool - thinks for herself - and brave. The fact that she calls George Bush AND Michelle Obama a friend speaks volumes. The divisive world Rosie want to live in is destroying the country.

[@heydeanie]

Amen! I'd rather people trusted my word but thought me brash, than knew I was only going to tell them what they want to hear

[@jonsmith7504]

It's very tough being honest and real around people like Ellen they make you feel like your the problem

[@shanceil]

Cant stand ellen...fake

[@CryptoKittyMonster]

Time for a Rosie O'Donnell comeback!

[@haydencooper_]

She was in the last couple of seasons of the L word Gen Q and she was great in that.😁

[@michaelt3308]

MAGA

[@heydeanie]

​@@michaelt3308all the more reason

[@dmballadon]

Ellen has hid behind the “be kind” motto while being the opposite

[@triffus]

I was on her show with Trisha Paytas.... We were all told backstage to " not try to be funny"... let Ellen be the funny, and you just do your tricks.

[@unprocessed_life]

one thing I like about rosie is she had to go with the marketed queen of nice schtick in the 90s which sugarcoated her. While I wouldn't call her MEAN, I hate how she felt fake. Authenticity is not mean, it's just not BSing people.

[@krystal9256]

Larry King was really clueless sometimes about hugely successful shows. He said to Jerry Seinfeld his show was possibly cancelled and he said Rosie's show went down the tubes. She chose to end her show and walked away from a gigantic amount of money. They were begging her to do more.

[@alicegauteng2358]

True! I remember once Larry King said to Chrstinah Aguelera that her voice is 'low and soft." Xina was like "No," in fact the opposite🙉

[@krystal9256]

@@alicegauteng2358 he did?! Hahaha wow!

[@alicegauteng2358]

@@krystal9256 He sure did! The man was ancient, so nobody attacked him on that faux pas😂

[@michaelcoppola7096]

@@alicegauteng2358 He was know for never researching before his interviews. Such a sham that the American public gave him such notoriety when he never even knew what the F he was talking about

[@aarfan44]

@@michaelcoppola7096 So true! When the Friends cast first came on the Larry King show, he didn’t know ANY of their names! He kept calling them different names and David Schwimmer kept having to correct him. It was so unprofessional! Lmao. You can find the video on here. I couldn’t believe how unprofessional Larry was. He got their names wrong several times, over and over. Like WTF.

[@snavgm]

So disappointing of Ellen. I wondered why Rosie was never on Ellen ..😞

[@tommarshall9927]

Rosie had the best cameos in Curb your enthusiasm

[@coreyo.conner7897]

Rosie O'Donnell always seemed more personable and honest than Ellen to me.

[@pj-fx7gx]

Exactly. When Rosie gushed over a star you knew it was genuine (even without the childhood scrapbooks). Love her😍

[@toddiwasaki3628]

Rosie is due for a come back. She is so real and entertaining

[@JamesFrew1]

@@The_Komzik she was great on the League of Their Own reboot-her scene actually brought me to tears. She’s more talented than she gets credit for.

[@rdr6686]

I’m hoping Whoopi retires and Rosie goes back to the view. She was great on it.

[@LTilli313]

Gotta love rosie for the simple fact that she doesn't bullshit -- she could've lied & made up all kinds of crap as to why she never went on show, like so many celebs do, but she just told the truth. They had a little "tiff", rosie held a grudge, and she got invited once, but it didn't work out. 2ndly, it was prob hard seeing that rosie had her show for so many years and had to cover up her sexuality, then ellen gets her show & she's just "out" -- ellen prob didn't like the fact that rosie hid it all those years, but rosie had her reasons ... she eventually came out, but u can't hold someone hiding against them. There are still probably celebrities hiding their sexuality in 2022, even tho times have changed significantly.

[@friezasama8860]

PEOPLE IN THE CLOSET DESREVE NO RESPECT NOR SYMPATHY I LLIVED MY ENTIRE LIFE OUTSIDE SO CAN THEY

[@liamd3747]

@@friezasama8860 what a bizarre thing to say .. we were all in the closet at one time

[@friezasama8860]

@@liamd3747 YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN CLOSETED AND AA COWARD BUT NOT ME I AM TRANS AND BEFORE THAT I WAS. FLAMING GAY BOY AND DMN PROUD AND ALWAYS OUT SINCE1998 WHEN I WAS 11 YRS OLD

[@bridge2space]

Firstly, you don’t know why someone else may be in the closet, so don’t judge. Secondly, Rosie was in the closet in the 90s at the same time Ellen was. They both sort of came out around the same time. Ellen became all rude and judgy when she had a talk show and everyone already knew she was out from years earlier. And that’s not even addressing things that happened behind the scenes.

[@blue3381]

Rosie is a hot mess. Ellen is the more authentic person here, folks. Don't believe Rosie's "nice" act.

[@SB-hj9ue]

You would have outshone her and she knew it Rosie. Take the snub as a compliment.

[@katharine2435]

Honesty and kindness. Ellen wishes she was as big hearted as Rosie.

[@dorothyspeaks6997]

Ellen has the character of dory literally forgetful of those that have helped her and paved the way

[@RyanS32]

More like Ellen has the character of a shark. She'll do anything to reach the top of the food chain. Can't stand her. I've always loved Rosie!

[@miuzefreak]

ROSIE O' IS THE MOST INCREDIBLE HUMAN BEING.

[@ayoitsritz]

Mind you when EDG left Kathy Griffin hanging , it was rosie that stood by her side. Idk something bout rosie gives “I have my own thoughts”. She doesn’t give off follow the leader !

[@mountainkitties]

Andy Cohen left Kathy Griffin hanging too! And his BFF Anderson Cooper.

[@1Kent]

There's a big difference between knowing a person and being friends.

[@heydeanie]

But literally when Ellen an Rosie's show they were talking about how back in the day there was a big group of them that were great friends and they'd get together and have these parties every week... They were literally reminiscing over all these great times they had together... So Ellen lied to Larry King to avoid speaking about Rosie

[@rdr6686]

I always thought it was weird Rosie was never on!

[@fearsomebeard4290]

My late mother always told me “If you can’t say something nice about someone, don’t say anything at all.” So taking my late mother’s wisdom to heart I’ll say this: Rosie is fabulous!

[@SD-co9xe]

I really miss Rosie. I know she thinks she has enough money but it isn’t about that. Comedians really touch our hearts and souls and can pull us out of dark times. We need you!

[@warmcozy]

“It hurt my feelings like a baby, and I never got over it.” Honesty is refreshing these days.

[@MWish999]

Love Rosie - always have. The other person, not so much. Rosie has class and has always been kind - wishes the other person well in her life. I wish you'd come back to your own regular talk show!

[@danfletcher8794]

Absolutely love Rosie ❤️

[@LittleBitOfLife]

Very honest response.

[@Lightner445555555555]

There's nothing worse than someone who leads you on for so many years with the impression that they're your friends 😥.

[@EM-fd8xe]

Ellen doesn't have half of Rosie's talent. I think she's jealous of her.

[@glokairaankunda1460]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@heydeanie]

Omg yes!! Remember when she had that show on MTV every week? The half hr comedy hour. Rosie would do a set every week and it was fantastic. The other comedians would be eh, hit or miss. Ellen literally based her entire stand up personality off of Bob newhart's delivery.. it's a complete rip off. And yet he's hysterical when he does it and she's just eh

[@marialewis6432]

have ALWAYS loved Rosie... she's honest, talented and a beautiful human being ❤️❤️

[@kelley652]

So classy! Tells the truth!!!

[@melissasuer9773]

Not Kevin from the Office!!!! With Rosie!!!! Iconic!!!!

[@IaneHowe]

Cause Rosie’s is actually a good person.

[@aarfan44]

I never thought Ellen was that funny or nice on her show. She was usually sarcastic or making a cutting, mean comment. She made fun of an actress for not dating and pressured her into playing an uncomfortable game. It was awkward and Ellen was a bully. Rosie is the real deal and a real talent.

[@IllumiNatetheOracle]

My opinion- The Rosie O'Donnell show> Ellen Degeneres show. Rosie was the template for that type of Daytime show

[@AlaiaWilliamsx]

I LOVED her show

[@joannplatko6196]

And Rosie I loved your show and was devastated when you went off the air. I thought for sure youd😢be back, and it never happened😢😢😢you had the best show ever! Truth❤❤❤

[@lwsandrws]

I can’t get over how good her Larry King impression is 😭

[@linsantiy6350]

Rosie has always had a moral backbone and has always been attacked for it

[@heydeanie]

Yes... And I will always love her for that honesty

[@docholliday6296]

Rosie is a genuine and caring person, and always has been. Ellen is a self absorbed individual that is honestly kind of a nasty person to people.

[@dreamthemusicnow]

A very gracious explanation by Rosie.

[@1BSDjunkie]

Wow! I never knew that. Sorry about the unfortunate feelings. I hope and pray for forgiveness. I always loved Rosie’s show better anyway and rarely did I watch Ellen.

[@MrBangbangjim]

I just heard a quote from Anthony Hopkins. "Don't allow your emotions to overpower your intelligence." That's what Rosie O'Donnell does. She is actually a highly intelligent woman but the rage she holds inside of her sabotages that. I have a great deal of respect for Rosie.

[@purselmer5931]

Andy w/his "REEEAAALLLYYYY?" LOL, what is he, 5?

[@DavidMichaelCommer]

I wasn't there and can't render judgment, but I do know that smokiness suggests fire and there's a hell of a lot of smoke swirling around Ellen. What a strange disappointment that she'd make "Be kind to one another" her personal slogan and allegedly treat people so poorly or dismissively. I worked with an executive for years who lectured and wrote about principles of leadership, nurturing and supporting people, mentoring and how a leader can't expect anything great out of someone they don't support and-of course-her day-to-day actions directly contradicted all of that. Her staff turnover averaged 60% every year. It was insane. Yet, like Ellen, she maintained her powerful position for close to 20 years.

[@emramirez7846]

Ellen did A LOT, but Rosie did it first. Haters gonna hate.

[@heydeanie]

BINGO!! first and better!

[@robbyel3958]

The older I get the more I appreciate Rosie and the less I appreciate Ellen's "appeasing" way. When Ellen glossed over Kevin Harts non-apology it hit my like a brick and I was done with her.

[@k.n.carter8089]

What did Kevin Hart apologize for? Just curious.

[@INFJparadox]

Have always loved Rosie and wish she was back doing a show. Although now everything is censored 🙄

[@amandaletendre601]

Always loved watching "Rosie" back in the day. Reminded me of my mother who was also a fan. You can't go wrong with Rosie, she is a straight shooter.

[@tillyboos]

Rosie ALWAYS keeps it 1000% REAL. Ellen is about a FRACTION of the real person Rosie ALWAYS is and has been. ❤️ Rosie & ALWAYS will.

[@Poetic_Justice1962]

When you're watching the many uploads of her old show on her own YT channel, like I have, it becomes clear pretty fast that she was in fact the best talk show host of them all.

[@hicandacesophia]

I need her to have a show again!

[@flyingsky7447]

Since Ellen had asked her to appear on her show, she had "forgotten" that she ever said such a thing. By the way, Rosie was hiding why Ellen would say that? How can we outsiders know what's going on with them?!

[@heydeanie]

For you younger folks who weren't around back then ... Ellen had recently come out at the time. Rosie was definitely not out. Rumors sure, but not out. So Ellen was invited on the show and proceeds to out rosie on her own damn show on national TV.. Now she did it as a joke, and it was funny.. But it was also hella MEAN SPIRITED much like how on her show years later she would constantly pull mean spirited pranks at peoples expense... Just sayin, Ellen sure likes to laugh AT people...

[@cheryl8886]

Yes she does!!

[@gregorymason9912]

Rosie episode of Living Single is hilarious

[@heydeanie]

Yes!! She always was a fantastic actress

[@calvthomas6153]

RO is an awesome actress. Especially her comedic roles.

[@bryanmorgan4929]

I love Rosie!! ❤❤💋💋

[@dougl945]

Ellen likes humiliating people. Rosie is brutally honest but kind.

[@tracy_222]

Always loved Rosie👍🏻⭐️

[@andyroo9381]

I've heard terrible stories about Ellen. I believe them all.

[@justinjohnson8551]

i've seen enough. this lady is cold. not nice.

[@mervinprone]

I’d like to see the larry king clip, if anybody has it

[@TheTaylw1]

Since when did Rosie turn into Bubbles from Trailer Park Boys?

[@ClevelandLeah]

Love Rosie!

[@peterriley64]

Rosie is, simply, cool. ❤️

[@anniep855]

When is Rosie going to come out?

[@ashleym5868]

Wow! She looks great! I love her hair.

[@samsmith4216]

"Only Rosie O'Donnell" lol

[@mindfree4691]

I'm sure Ellen is someone who loves and hates very clearly, whether you like her or not! So, instead, I wondered, why did Ellen said that? Rosie, can you talk a little bit more?

[@NerdyMeathead]

00:42 Kevin from the office shows up

[@glenngatlen8179]

Rosie tells it like it is though.

[@Bella-mx7rl]

And look what happened at the end to Ellen. All those allegations that she was terrible to her staff. It was probably true. You never heard anything like that about Rosie.

[@bradleynoneofyourbizz5341]

King's comment that Rosie's show was cancelled it total BS. The last season she was offered $24 million to stay on another year.

[@lliamjurdom9505]

poor Rosie a real star

[@MichaelDruck]

Rosie, Kathy Griffin, etc - Ellen really doesn't like to celebrate other female comedians.

[@krusher74]

the ego is threatened by it.

[@pablopaul6371]

Actually I think that’s a valid point Joan Rivers was famously mean to other female comedians

[@imalwaysright]

have to when you aint funny

[@heydeanie]

Yeah, because she doesn't have half their talent. They have their own style in stand up. When just ripped off Bob Newhart's cadence and it's like no one ever noticed...

[@lobaggins3328]

Damn she said it all ❤

[@simplyemily8251]

One things for sure Rosie never had a co host unalive themselves so there that…

[@juliemullen365]

Love Rosie she is brill ❤️

[@cardella.griffin8792]

Rosie’s show was very entertaining.

[@raeannames2077]

Don't forget my girl Rosie right here is the first one to point out the fact that the Twin Towers fell like they were being demolished brought down with dynamite not hit by a plane

[@heydeanie]

The thing is, even if a person didn't agree with that scenario, it took such balls for her to SAY it. And that is admirable

[@nycrawgirl]

Rosie looks better and better every year. I’m happy she is healthy and happy.

[@SRPA476]

I think Rosie is honest but kind with it. And pretty sane and grounded, too. I think Ellen has something seriously wrong with her- pathologically wrong. No doubt fame has deepened that pathology. 😕

[@JadaCol]

Wow

[@nickfernandez829]

And then Ellen entered her flop era in the last season

[@Coco-zu9ob]

Rosie, your show was so much better than Ellen's. I still miss your show and you set the bench mark for all the women doing talk shows now.

[@JamesFrew1]

Rosie is frankly infinitely more talented and likeable than Ellen so 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@kingdoener]

Im from Germany and i always thought her first Name was „only“

[@john-earlruth4433]

I miss the Rosie show!

[@JloveLamar]

I love Rosie, but why would Ellen telling the truth hurt her deeply? They WEREN'T friends, and Ellen did not know her. I'm lost.

[@dankelly2383]

They did know each other and were friends.

[@imalwaysright]

They knew each other

[@JloveLamar]

@@imalwaysright but, did she know her in depth? It's the Mariah Carey/JLO thing. You know them, but you don't KNOW them, know them. Know them in depth. Friends is a big word

[@heydeanie]

They were friends for years

[@JloveLamar]

@@heydeanie What Rosie describes here isn't a friend, imo

[@Ben-nh9xw]

The title of this instantly drew a gag reflex followed by me having to swallow my own vomit as it ran up my esophagus

[@wendyg4484]

Maybe Tom Sellick feels the same way about Rosie after she tried to fry him for belonging to the NRA. Just saying, nice is a two way street.

[@heydeanie]

He was on right after a school shooting.. she just wanted him to defend belonging to the NRA when they keep allowing nut jobs to do this when they are the only ones who could help curb it. Someone like him, should have to defend his position. I always admired her for calling him out on that when she knew people were going to get pissed at her

[@gizzykatkat9687]

Ellen is so awful I can't believe it, for her to just dismiss Rosie like that is terrible

[@tinaballerinna]

there is more behind this..

[@georgedixon9863]

Rosie never stops talking about her sexuality, Ellen never does.

[@heydeanie]

Are we watching the same tv?! It was Ellen who outed Rosie in the very episode Andy is referring to!! Plus Ellen was constantly talking about Portia, her WIFE

[@AuroraMeansDawn27]

I LOVE Rosie!

[@joevasquez3434]

Ellen's never ever was a rep of LGBT, etc's. Ever; Ellen's only been for Ellen and we LGBT'etc's. all know it and known it !!!