Tangled in Hope, Resilience & "Common Knowledge"

I know a lot of people are probably joining to hear this interview.

But if you bear with me, especially all the millennials that grew up with her and watched her every day after school, I would like to give a full rundown of what she means to me.

I couldn't do this with her because it just would have eaten up so much time.

And I really wanted to get to all the questions I had.

So I'm Let's go down memory lane a bit and reminisce with me and shout out to all the millennial gay men, millennial women, millennial everyone who just felt such a bond with her throughout the decades and I think for many our whole life.

And I remember seeing Rosie O'Donnell...

I think in the early 90s, maybe late 80s on VH1.

She used to host the stand-up Spotlight on VH1.

And I remember, you know, she had the big curly hair and she would introduce people and do her act.

And I was captivated by her then, but I, you know, wasn't, I was in my single digit years.

So I didn't really get to know her until the 90s.

And specifically, was it 92, 93, when A League of Their Own came out? Because up until 1995...

basically till i was 10 years old my number one celebrity obsession like many was madonna and then 1995 came and alanis morissette came out and i just felt such a bond with her and ever since she's been my number one musician of all time but of course i was obsessed with madonna as a child and my mom was very gung-ho about it very supportive and she would take me to get the cassette singles and We would go to the store and buy her like yearly calendar.

And so when Fourth of July came around and A League of Their Own was released, we skipped the fireworks and my mom and I went to see A League of Their Own.

That's when I really started to love Rosie O'Donnell.

And then she had a slew of hits.

Remember, she had the number one film for three years in a row, starting with The League of Their Own.

She also had Sleepless in Seattle, which I adore like so many.

Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Rosie O'Donnell.

And then she was in The Flintstones, which I was obsessed with.

I was fully on board by the mid-90s when Rosie O'Donnell was just everywhere.

And not to mention now and then, especially as a young gay kid, everything I liked and still to this day.

was female-driven.

So those female-driven movies and musicians and actresses on TV and television shows and just everything, comedians.

So Now and Then was one of my all-time favorites, and we talk a little bit about that film, and she shares some pretty exciting news.

I know a lot of people are probably joining to hear this interview.

But if you bear with me, especially all the millennials that grew up with her and watched her every day after school, I would like to give a full rundown of what she means to me.

I couldn't do this with her because it just would have eaten up so much time.

And I really wanted to get to all the questions I had.

So I'm Let's go down memory lane a bit and reminisce with me and shout out to all the millennial gay men, millennial women, millennial everyone who just felt such a bond with her throughout the decades and I think for many our whole life.

And I remember seeing Rosie O'Donnell...

I think in the early 90s, maybe late 80s on VH1.

She used to host the stand-up Spotlight on VH1.

And I remember, you know, she had the big curly hair and she would introduce people and do her act.

And I was captivated by her then, but I, you know, wasn't, I was in my single digit years.

So I didn't really get to know her until the 90s.

And specifically, was it 92, 93, when A League of Their Own came out? Because up until 1995...

basically till i was 10 years old my number one celebrity obsession like many was madonna and then 1995 came and alanis morissette came out and i just felt such a bond with her and ever since she's been my number one musician of all time but of course i was obsessed with madonna as a child and my mom was very gung-ho about it very supportive and she would take me to get the cassette singles and We would go to the store and buy her like yearly calendar.

And so when Fourth of July came around and A League of Their Own was released, we skipped the fireworks and my mom and I went to see A League of Their Own.

That's when I really started to love Rosie O'Donnell.

And then she had a slew of hits.

Remember, she had the number one film for three years in a row, starting with The League of Their Own.

She also had Sleepless in Seattle, which I adore like so many.

Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Rosie O'Donnell.

And then she was in The Flintstones, which I was obsessed with.

I was fully on board by the mid-90s when Rosie O'Donnell was just everywhere.

And not to mention now and then, especially as a young gay kid, everything I liked and still to this day.

was female-driven.

So those female-driven movies and musicians and actresses on TV and television shows and just everything, comedians.

So Now and Then was one of my all-time favorites, and we talk a little bit about that film, and she shares some pretty exciting news.