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Rosie O’Donnell is a comedy and speak present icon. From her roles in Will & Grace to her personal sequence The Rosie O’Donnell Present, Rosie has been a staple of the leisure trade for many years. Apart from her comedy and performing, Rosie has been a powerful advocate for the LGBTQ+ neighborhood, and she or he’s been open about her relationships and household. Rosie was married to her first spouse, Kelli Carpenter, from 2004 till their cut up in 2007. The couple adopted 4 kids collectively. In 2012, she married the late Michelle Rounds, they usually adopted one daughter earlier than separating in 2015.
Rosie has been a powerful advocate for adoption for same-sex {couples}. After she wasn’t capable of undertake a baby she fostered, due to her sexual orientation, she wished to work to vary legal guidelines to permit same-sex {couples} to undertake. “I by no means in my life had been persecuted towards for being a homosexual individual, though I do perceive that homosexual folks undergo that on a continuing and day by day foundation. It was in no way my actuality,” she instructed Larry King in a 2002 interview on CNN. “Once I was not allowed to undertake a foster little one I had raised in my residence for 16 months, a baby who had been within the system since she was a child, who had been in 20 different houses and had by no means been capable of keep, when the state of Florida stated to me, ‘You’re unworthy since you’re homosexual,’ I stated it’s time for me to face up and say this regulation is improper. And that’s why I did it.”
By her advocacy and frequent social media posts that includes her kids, it’s clear that Rosie shares a deep bond with all 5 of her children. Discover out extra about her kids right here!
Parker Jaren O’Donnell
Rosie adopted her eldest son with Kelli in 1995, when he was a child. Parker has grown into fairly the younger man, and he grew as much as be a part of the marines. He attended Valley Forge Navy Academy and School. Throughout an look on The View, Rosie raved about how proud she was of her son, and joked about how sudden his choice to affix the armed forces was. “How do you annoy your left-wing, liberal, pacifist mom? You change into an enormous army man,” she stated.
Since becoming a member of the Marines, Parker has shared quite a few pictures of his life within the service, together with photos with fellow troopers and memes about military life. He additionally often posts on Instagram lovable pictures together with his girlfriend, Hannah, whom he began relationship in 2014.
Chelsea Belle O’Donnell
Rosie adopted her oldest daughter Chelsea in 1997. Chelsea and her mother have had a little bit of tumultuous historical past collectively, they usually haven’t all the time seen eye-to-eye. Rosie’s daughter went lacking again in August 2015, when she was simply 17 years previous. She was discovered to be staying with a 25-year-old heroin addict, who had claimed that they’d began relationship after assembly on Tinder, the place Chelsea had lied about her age, by way of Individuals. A month later she moved out to stick with her organic mom.
After shifting out, Chelsea spoke about her relationship with Rosie in an October 2015 interview with DailyMail. Chelsea claimed she was “raised by nannies,” and spoke about among the points that she took together with her mother. “I discover her not real numerous the time. Once we’d exit, she was a very totally different individual in public than at residence and I had a tough time with that. It’s like two totally different folks,” she stated on the time. As information broke about Chelsea’s estrangement, Rosie spoke about their troubled relationship in her comedy, per Leisure Tonight. She spoke about her love for her daughter, but in addition talked about that she suffered from a psychological sickness that additionally strained their relationship. “Chelsea simply turned 18. For adopted kids 18 is a magic quantity,” she stated in a set on the time. “At 18 they’re gonna insurgent any means they will, any means they will get your consideration.”
Regardless of their ups and downs, Chelsea and Rosie have labored to fix their relationship. In December 2018, Chelsea gave start to her first little one, Rosie’s first grandchild, Skylar Rose. Since then, Chelsea has welcomed three extra kids: daughter Riley in January 2021, daughter Avery Lynn in February 2022, and son Atlas in October 2023.
Blake Christopher O’Donnell
Rosie adopted her third little one Blake in December 1999. Whereas not a lot is thought about Blake, his mother does share loads of pictures of her son on her Instagram, together with photos of him and his girlfriend Teresa. Rosie shared numerous pictures of the younger couple in superior Halloween costumes in October 2021, the place the pair dressed as Steve and Blue from Blue’s Clues and characters from Phantom of the Opera in one other picture. Apart from the pictures, the previous View host did share that she had dropped him off at Marist School again in August 2018 in an emotional tweet.
In Dec. 2022, Rosie introduced the completely happy information that Blake and Teresa received engaged throughout a efficiency of Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. She shared a photograph of the second he was down on one knee and presenting the excited bride-to-be together with her attractive diamond ring, which could be seen above, and added a candy caption to associate with it. “final evening – my son blake requested his gf teresa to marry him – and she or he stated sure !!! the gang clapped – and hillary clinton was there too- i cried all by way of phantom of the opera – wishing my mother was right here to see all of it #love #household ❤️❤️❤️,” the caption learn.
The couple ultimately received married on Aug. 16, 2024, throughout a lavish ceremony, the place Blake’s sister Vivienne served as his “greatest man.”
Vivienne Rose O’Donnell
Kelli and Rosie adopted their youngest daughter, Vivienne in November 2002. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it looks like Rosie and Vivienne bonded rather a lot by doing dances collectively, and the comic shared just a few of them to her Instagram for the candy mother and daughter bonding moments. Apart from dances, she’s stored Vivienne out of the highlight, however she did announce that she had graduated from highschool in June 2021 on Instagram.
Dakota O’Donnell
Rosie adopted Dakota together with her ex-wife Michelle in January 2013. Sadly, Michelle took her personal life in 2017, two years after she and Rosie divorced.
Rosie and Dakota share a particular mother-daughter bond. Whereas Rosie typically posts photos of all her kids, Dakota is featured probably the most, with candy pictures and humorous movies collectively. Rosie has shared many heartwarming moments, together with movies of Dakota leaving nuts out for squirrels or the 2 of them having enjoyable with a voice filter.
In September 2022, Rosie opened up in an essay for PEOPLE about Dakota’s autism prognosis for the primary time.
“I didn’t need Dakota to really feel disgrace about her prognosis,” Rosie shared. “I’ve instructed her from the beginning that autism is her superpower.”
In a TikTok video posted on March 11, 2025, Rosie defined that she and her daughter moved to Eire on January 15, 2025, because of President Donald Trump‘s reelection.
