Rosie O'Donnell Lashes Out at Former Friend Stephen Collins for Sexual Misconduct

By: Dec. 24, 2014
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Rosie O'Donnell used her blog post to lash out at her former friend, '7th Heaven' star Stephen Collins, for his recent admission that he did indeed act sexually inappropriate with underage girls.

In her piece, THE VIEW host criticizes Collins for his "casual lack of accountability" during his recent interview with Yahoo's Katie Couric. In a poem-like format, she writes, "U are not equals/ she was an innocent child/ a baby girl," O'Donnell writes. "U have a daughter for god's sake/ were u able to resist the urge to touch her ?/ how noble."

O'Donnell shares her own traumatic sexual abuse experience which occurred during her childhood. The 52-year-old blames the incident on her body image issues which she still struggles with today. "Sex is not fun not now/ not ever/ it is married to a lingering terror/ joy evaporated. My body became my enemy/ i would not love it/ take care of it/ treat it well." She adds, "It had betrayed me/ caused such pain and humiliation/ i did not want 2 feel 2 know."

Read the O'Donnell's blog in full here

Rosie has hosted the Tony Awards three times and won the Emmy for Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Special for the 52nd annual Tony Awards . Her theater credits include: 'Rizzo' in Tommy Tune's 1994 revival of Grease; Seussical and Fiddler on the Roof; Love, Loss and What I Wore; and the Encores! production of No, No, Nanette. In 2004, Rosie combined her love of Broadway with 80s pop musical sensation Boy George and produced the musical Taboo.

Rosie made her dramatic television debut in CBS's Hallmark Hall of Fame production, Riding the Bus with My Sister, and has made guest appearances on Will and Grace, All My Children, Suddenly Susan, Spin City, Sesame Street, The Nanny, The Larry Sanders Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Nip/Tuck, Queer as Folk, Happily Divorced, Bomb Girls, and Showtime's Web Therapy. O'Donnell has also executive produced and hosted Stand Up Spotlight on VH1, and hosted Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Awards from 1997-2003. Rosie executive co-produced, co-wrote, and starred in the 2009 Lifetime Original Film, America. Rosie has also been involved in several HBO documentaries. She was the co-executive producer of Rosie's Family Cruise, A Family Is a Family Is a Family: A Rosie O'Donnell Celebration, and "Don't Divorce Me." On the big screen, O'Donnell has starred in A League of Their Own, Sleepless in Seattle, Another Stakeout, The Flintstones, Exit To Eden, Now and Then, Beautiful Girls, Harriet the Spy, Wide Awake, and was The Voice of "Turk" in Walt Disney's Tarzan.

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