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00:00Rosie O'Donnell reflects on painful falling out with Ellen DeGeneres.
00:04Rosie O'Donnell reflected on her friendship with Ellen DeGeneres,
00:08describing their falling out as a significant challenge in her showbiz career.
00:12On the No Filter podcast, O'Donnell recalled when DeGeneres publicly claimed they weren't
00:17friends during a 2004 Larry King live interview. At the time, O'Donnell recounted that DeGeneres
00:24was in the same position that she herself had been in years prior, as the Finding Nemo actress
00:29had come out as gay on her sitcom in 1997. O'Donnell followed in 2002, publicly coming out during her
00:36own show's conclusion. She felt betrayed when DeGeneres, once supportive, failed to reciprocate
00:42that solidarity. That was, like, one of the most painful things that ever happened to me in show
00:47business in my life. DeGeneres and O'Donnell shared a 30-year friendship, with O'Donnell recalling
00:53photos of DeGeneres holding her babies. I think in her mind she thinks I keep rehashing it for
00:58pleasure, she said, adding she'd apologize. I rehash it because our careers have taken parallel,
01:04interwoven paths. O'Donnell revisited her history with DeGeneres during a 2022 appearance on Watch
01:11What Happens Live. A year later, she shared that DeGeneres had apologized by texting to see how she
01:17was doing amid her transition from TV. O'Donnell emphasized the importance of this renewed
01:22communication. DeGeneres' longtime talk show was famously canceled after 19 seasons in 2022.
01:28Employees shared accounts of hostility, medical leave penalties, racial microaggressions,
01:33and retribution fears. DeGeneres now lives quietly overseas with wife Portia.
01:37Employees shared accounts of households and bread such as the
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