Rosie O’Donnell is reflecting on the “painful” end of her friendship with fellow lesbian comedian, Ellen DeGeneres.

During a conversation on Mamamia’s No Filter podcast on 7 September, the Now and Then actress recalled hearing DeGeneres stating that the pair were “not really friends” during an appearance on Larry King Live in 2004.

O’Donnell explained that the comment came as a shock as the pair had known each other “for 30 years”, and O’Donnell had supported her friend when she came out as a lesbian in 1997.

Yet she suggested that the support wasn’t quite reciprocated.

“That was like one of the most painful things that ever happened to me in show business, in my life. I couldn’t believe it,” she said of DeGeneres’ comments about their relationship.

She said that the incident was “so

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