Rosie O'Donnell On Split With Girlfriend Kelli, Rage Issues, & Her New Talk Show
Sept. 7 2011, Published 1:30 p.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
Rosie O'Donnell opens up to Oprah Winfrey in O, The Oprah Magazine about her split with Kelli Carpenter, how she calmed her rage, why she takes to being a mother-of-four, what led her to the OWN network and more in an in-depth Q&A between the talk show legends.
In the interview, O’Donnell opens up about her 2007 split from ex Kelli Carpenter, calling it "humbling" and "humiliating."
"In the O’Donnell family, no one had ever been divorced," the Exit To Eden star explained.
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O’Donnell told a story about their conflicting lifestyles that ultimately led to their split.
"She wanted to play tennis at the country club, and I don’t do country clubs. I tried,"