“My character was gay.
She was a lesbian,” O’Donnell told Brooke Shields.
“You know what’s funny about the movieNow and Then?
Rosie O’Donnell in ‘Now and Then.'.Everett Collection
My character was gay.
She was a lesbian.
You know, just friends, not as a lover.
“I was like, ‘This can’t be really happening.
Is this really happening?’
But you know, this was beforeWill and Grace.
This was before Ellen [DeGeneres] was out.
And I was like, ‘Come on, I’m an actress,'” she recalled.
Listen to O’Donnell discussNow and Thenwith Shields in the podcast above.
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