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Rosie O’Donnell returns to Howard Stern: She and Kelli likely to live apart, share parenting

”We’re working things out. We’re trying…. We have come to a point where we are seeing [if] what will make everyone happiest is maybe to not live together, but continue to parent… We have different styles of living. I’m very messy. She’s very not…. ”

”When [Oprah and Gayle] did that road trip, that’s as gay as it gets. And I don’t mean it to be an insult either. I’m just saying, listen, if you ask me, that’s the couple….”

Comedian, talk show and outfront lesbian Rosie O’Donnell cuttin’ up with Howard Stern on Monday, she also discussing her emerging personal relationship issues with wife, Kelli Carpenter. O’Donnell also jokingly discussed celebrities like Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King, and told of a fascination she had with Angelina Jolie, and joked that she would never go after Ellen Degeneres‘ wife Portia DeRossi because, ”I have an anti-fame rule.” According to Howard’s website she also opened up about troubles with her father and the disturbing thought that she had lived longer than her mother had. (MSNBC) (Howard Stern)


”She gave me her phone number…. We talked on the phone two or three times, but that was that… There was a tentative plan to have dinner that never came through…. I was a little afraid of her. She’s scary in a sexual kind of way. I have dreams about her a lot still.”

Rosie O’Donnell discussing her encounters with Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie. Rosie appeared on the Howard Stern show for a second time. During her first appearance on the show last year, she spoke openly and joked about a number of topics including her forme talk show, her dealings with Boy George, and her fascination with gay male porn. (LA Times)

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