Rosie O'Donnell has come to the defense
of media mogul Oprah Winfrey, saying she does not believe Winfrey is
gay.
In a interview with Barbara Walters
broadcast last week, Winfrey
denied that she is involved in a lesbian relationship with her gal
pal Gayle King.
Instead, an emotional Winfrey called
King “the mother I never had … the sister everybody would want …
the friend that everybody deserves.” (The video is embedded in the
right panel of the page.)
“I think that she's always told the
truth, so why people wouldn't believe her, you know, I don't know,”
O'Donnell
told ABCNews.com. “She's not a faker in any way. … I don't
think she's gay.”
But O'Donnell has previously drawn
attention to Winfrey's sexual orientation. In a 2009 The Howard
Stern Show appearance the openly gay comedian-actress said, “I
think they [Winfrey-King] are the emotional equivalent of a gay
couple.”
O'Donnell is expected to premiere her
talk show on the new Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) launching next
month.