Rosie O’Donnell is openly lesbian. She came out publicly in 2002 and has spoken about her sexuality in interviews and on various platforms since then. The latest widely reported information confirms her identity as a lesbian and her ongoing advocacy and public discussions about LGBTQ+ issues. If you’d like, I can pull recent interviews or statements from 2024–2026 for the latest context.[3][7][8]
Rosie O'Donnell revealed on Bravo's Watch What Happens Live, Ellen Degeneres sort of came out before the famous "Puppy Episode" of her eponymous 1990s sitcom. Andy Cohen pulled a clip from O'Donnell's former daytime talk show. The clip was from an episode that aired before both DeGeneres and O'Donne...
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www.queerty.comRosie O'Donnell, in her first extensive public discussion about being gay, says in a television interview to air Thursday that she didn't come out sooner partly because she didn't consider it a big deal.
www.foxnews.comLesbian comedian Rosie O'Donnell has shared how her Now and Then character's sexuality was "made straight" by studio.
www.thepinknews.comRosie O'Donnell talks about how she came out right after 9/11 on the Oct. 14 episode of "Red Table Talk: The Estefans" on FacebookWatch.
www.edgemedianetwork.commaintained that she needed a specific political reason to disclose her sexual orientation publicly. The staggering number of foster children in the United States motivated her to protest the state law barring gay and lesbian parents from adopting them. "I don't think," she said to Sawyer, "that restricting the pool of adoptive parents is beneficial."
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