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VIDEO: Rosie O'Donnell Would Like to Change Ending of 'League of Their Own'

Feb. 04, 2016
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Plus size superstar Rebel Wilson says she has never been pressured to lose weight, while Adele says she's hitting the gym to get in shape for herself. THE TALK hosts discussed the issue with special guest Rosie O'Donnell reflecting on her own weight battles in the media, “You know it took me having a heart attack, almost dying and then getting gastric sleeve surgery to correct the imbalance that happens in many peoples’ bodies who are obese so that now I can live a healthier life and not have another heart attack or die and leave, you know, my kids without a mom.” O'Donnell adds about the selfie obsession, "I have three daughters and to watch them be raised in a society where that is what they obsess on... They're all taking the pictures of themselves...everyone can look like a movie star now and they try and that's a false reality that no one should try to attain."

Later, the hosts, and O’Donnell discuss what film endings they wish they could change. Rosie reveals she would like to change the ending of “A League Of Their Own,” if only because she always gets asked about the controversial ball drop by the character Dottie. She shares a recent, oddly timed, example: “I was getting heart surgery, as I was going in, the nurse was like, you know, shaving me, I was naked, I was scared, I was told I might die… ‘Do you think she dropped it for real?!’” Rosie responded, “I don’t know, but please put me under Sue.”

And the Emmy winner gives a preview of her new role on the hit CBS series “Mom.” She discusses what it was like to kiss Allison Janney and shares that she was even considered an “amazing kisser” by Janney. O’Donnell admits, “I was so happy when I heard that. I was really nervous because being the gay one and her not the gay one, I didn’t want to be a predatory weirdo lesbian…at rehearsal.”

 

 


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