For Tatum O’Neal, everything’s coming up Rosie — at least according to the Daily Mail. The UK publication has reported that the Academy Award-winning actress has been quietly dating Rosie O’Donnell.
The article quotes an unnamed source close to O’Neal as stating that the two have been together for nearly two months. Tatum, who has battled substance abuse issues in the past, revealed earlier this year that she began dating women. She recently elaborated on how being drug-free has affected her love life by stating, “Now I’m clean and aware and alive and interested in the world, saying, ‘Dating women is exciting to me, and this is turning me on.’”
In addition to its anonymous source, Daily Mail also reported that the two women attended a performance together of the Broadway musical Hamilton back in August. Of course, when adhering to an outdated stereotypical template, musical theater outings between two people of the same-sex almost always translate to dating. The article also noted that the two women regularly retweet each other. If that doesn’t satisfy the skeptics then nothing will, because as we all know, a relationship isn’t real unless it plays out on social media.
It’s been a rough year for O’Donnell. After separating from her second wife and another abrupt departure from The View, the talk show host’s daughter Chelsea went missing for a few days in August. A week later, she was found with a man she met through the social networking app Tinder; however, the reunion was short-lived. Chelsea moved to Wisconsin to reunite with her biological mother shortly after her 18th birthday. Rosie has also had to deal with the death of her father, who passed away last month.
While O’Neal’s rep has not issued a response regarding the coupling, O’Donnell’s spokesperson has denied the story stating, “They’ve been friends for several years since they met in Chicago when Rosie did a show for OWN and Tatum did a docu-series for OWN.”
In case anyone was curious, Tatum tweeted Rosie’s denial of their rumored romance.
Rosie O'Donnell — I'm NOT Dating Tatum O'Neal – http://t.co/okAM3qUcHW #GoogleAlerts
— Tatum O'neal (@Tatum_Oneal) September 3, 2015
Gary Hecklinger
ewww
Randall Carpenter
Mary Howard
Mary Howard
I would love it if this is true Randall Carpenter
Xzamilio
Don’t do it, Tatum… I don’t know how Rosie O’Donnell ticks, but the bitch is wound up tight and backwards. That bundle of crazy is not sold separately, girl!!! See if Ellen or Portia have bi-curious friends or sisters.
Robert Pimentel
How many wives is Rosie going to go thru ? Good lord
Glücklich
Tatum can do better. Rosie seems to incinerate everything she comes into contact with.
Bob LaBlah
You gotta admire Rosie. Every time she goes down she comes right back licking. Gotta go. That lighting strike was too close for comfort.
Desert Boy
This pair redefines the term ‘high maintenance’.
John Malin
If so, good fo them!
Billy Budd
Tatum wrote a dramatic tell-all book about herself and her father, the gorgeous Patrick O’Neal. She is a bitch.
James Wilbanks
Who cares !!
Hal-James Pederson
Why shouldn’t they?
Kevin J Desmond
Who cares
Miguel Spatti
So what if they are, what is the big deal
Tackle
@Billy Budd: And i see you did not read the book. It’s
Ryan O’Neal.
Cam
Let me guess, the paper put them together because they were the only two single semi famous lesbians the reporter knew about.
myloginname
I like Rosie and I like Tatum and if it’s true I hope they’re happy and make it work.
Billy Budd
@Tackle: I do KNOW it is Ryan. It was a temporary memory lapse.
surreal33
ILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Curty
O’neal is an addict who doesn’t know what the fuck she wants. She seems like bad news.
sportyguy1983
Two crazies dating each other (if the story is true). What could possibly go wrong?
crowebobby
@Xzamilio: “That bundle of crazy is not sold separately, girl!!!”
Love it! Us queens do come up with some funny shit!