Rosie O'Donnell Jokingly Reveals 'Straight' Love Affair With Lyle Menendez
Rosie O’Donnell is opening up about her relationship with Lyle Menendez.
The 63-year-old former daytime TV talk show host said the 57-year-old convicted killer is the first “straight man” she ever “loved” and “trusted” in an interview with the New York Times.
“He started calling me on a regular basis from the tablet phone thing they have,” she revealed.
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“He would tell me about his life, what he’s been doing in prison and, for the first time in my life, I felt safe enough to trust and be vulnerable and love a straight man.”
Lyle and Erik Menendez were convicted of first degree murder after killing their parents, Joe and Kitty Menendez, in 1989.
The brothers were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. They’re currently seeking a resentencing that could make them eligible for parole immediately.
Rosie said her relationship with Lyle began in 1996 after an appearance on Larry King Live, in which she expressed that the two may have acted as an act of self-defense amid their claims of abuse of molestation.
Rosie said “she and her siblings had been molested by their father” too, and Lyle sensed “she ‘knew’ from a personal place that what he was saying was true.”
“At that point, I had not ventured anywhere near this in my family or in my therapy,” she told the Times, adding that she didn’t initially respond to Lyle.
In 2022, Rosie watched a documentary on the case and discussed it on TikTok before reconnecting with Lyle.
His wife, Rebecca Sneed, reached out to her to “see if she was interested in speaking with him,” Rosie noted.
Their first phone conversation lasted three hours, and they have been close pen pals ever since, and she has also visited Lyle in prison.
Rosie also said that Trump‘s win should be investigated.