Out-actress, comedienne and talk show host Rosie O’Donnell, 56, has announced her engagement to police officer Elizabeth Rooney. According to reports, the two got engaged this summer but waited to make the big announcement on Instagram.
Rooney, 36, works as a police officer in Boston. She also served time in the US Army. The two began dating one year ago, and rumors of marriage have long circulated, though the couple has always downplayed them.
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“I keep telling her I’m too old for her,” O’Donnell told People. “But she’s doesn’t seem to care. She’s like, ‘I was in the Army! I put my life on the line every day, you think I don’t know who I want to date?’ I’m like, ‘All right, I guess that’s true.’ She has a lot of good points.”
The two have yet to set a date. The marriage will mark Rooney’s first, and O’Donnell’s third. She was previously married Keilli Carpenter from 2004 to 2007 (though the marriage was later annulled by the California Supreme court; one early skirmish in the fight for marriage equality) and to the late Michelle Rounds from 2011 to 2015.
Polaro
Rosie is a hoot. I hope she’s very happy.
corktownboy
everyone deserves happiness.
Onecaddy13
Really? Who cares…
Polaro
Apparently, you.
winemaker
Like really who gives a rats ass about this walrus. She’s a has been and will aways be, ’nuff said, move on to more important and interesting news!
Polaro
Apparently you care enough to complain. For a has been, she’s rich…richer than you, a never was.
o.codone
I just threw up a little in my mouth.
Toofie
3rd times the charm!
Mojohood
I pity the new girl. Rosie is a pain in the ass.
jakejacob
No one can last with her. Rosie is cray-cray.
Bob LaBlah
Whether strait or gay if your on husband/wife nbr three its time to take a nice LONG truthful look at YOURSELF to see why this is so. Its just TOO hard to believe it was always the “others” fault.