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Rosie O’Donnell Says Lyle Menendez Is the First ‘Straight Man’ She’s ‘Loved’ and ‘Trusted’: Comedian and Jailed Killer Are Close Friends
New York Post ^ | April 12, 2025 | Alexandra Bellusci

Posted on 04/13/2025 11:19:43 AM PDT by nickcarraway

The comedian, 63, recently detailed having a friendship with Lyle Menendez, 57, who along with his brother Erik Menendez, 54, was convicted of the 1989 murders of their parents Kitty and Jose Menendez.

“He started calling me on a regular basis from the tablet phone thing they have,” O’Donnell told The New York Times on Saturday. “He would tell me about his life, what he’s been doing in prison and, for the first time in my life, I felt safe enough to trust and be vulnerable and love a straight man.”

The brothers were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in 1994. While discussing the crime on “Larry King Live” in 1996, the former talk show host said she believed Lyle and Erik’s claims of childhood abuse and molestation by their father and that killing their parents was an act of self-defense. After her appearance, O’Donnell received a letter from Lyle that “thanked her for her support and stated his belief that she ‘knew’ from a personal place that what he was saying was true.”

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TOPICS: Local News; TV/Movies; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: crime; lylemenendez; rosieodonnell

1 posted on 04/13/2025 11:19:43 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Fun in the jail showers or with Rosie?
Tough call.


2 posted on 04/13/2025 11:21:27 AM PDT by llevrok (Keep buggering on!)
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To: nickcarraway

I don’t think the Irish would want old Lyle hangin’ out in their pubs.


3 posted on 04/13/2025 11:22:35 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The DemonRATS! The Party of Murderers, Assassins and Baby Killers. )
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To: nickcarraway

Who wrote this article? They didn’t put “comedian” in quotes.


4 posted on 04/13/2025 11:24:05 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: nickcarraway

This is one time I will go against my “no conjugal visits” for inmates. I would be in favor here and consider it as part of his punishment.


5 posted on 04/13/2025 11:28:07 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Never attribute malice to that which can be explained by incompetence.)
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To: nickcarraway

And yet people as mentally ill as her are given a platform for their bile based only on “celebrity” status.


6 posted on 04/13/2025 11:31:25 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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How straight is he now that he’s been in prison for 36 years Rosie? Even though he married while in prison, he’s doing life, and isn’t allowed conjugal visits.


7 posted on 04/13/2025 11:32:07 AM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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"This is one time I will go against my “no conjugal visits” for inmates. I would be in favor here and consider it as part of his punishment."

He's doing life in prison, and California doesn't allow conjugal visits for inmates doing life. No wonder he wants to be resentenced.

8 posted on 04/13/2025 11:33:24 AM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: nickcarraway

OK, killing your parents is one thing...but Rosie?


9 posted on 04/13/2025 11:33:33 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: nickcarraway

He’s not interested in your beautiful face and body, or your sparklingly charming personality. He sees you as a way for him to get out of prison.


10 posted on 04/13/2025 11:35:40 AM PDT by I want the USA back (America is once again GREAT!)
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wow. what a loon


11 posted on 04/13/2025 11:39:16 AM PDT by Strict9
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Could not help but remind me of the line in Splash, when the Tom Hanks character says.. “I met the girl of my dreams........ and she turned out to be a fish”. But at least that was charming. This utterly pervy enchantment of Rosie’s is a good measurement of how out of touch she is with reality....and bringing the “straight man” / gay man trope into it tells us even more about her, and the conceits of human trustworthiness.


12 posted on 04/13/2025 11:41:26 AM PDT by supremedoctrine
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To: nickcarraway

Must be some mighty slim pickins there in her beloved Ireland.


13 posted on 04/13/2025 11:44:11 AM PDT by gloryblaze
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Rosie O’Donnell Says Lyle Menendez Is the First ‘Straight Man’ She’s ‘Loved’ and ‘Trusted’: Comedian and Jailed Killer Are Close Friends

And she has no clue how insane she is.

14 posted on 04/13/2025 11:55:19 AM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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Against my better judgement, I'll take a sexist line here -

Whet is it about certain women who fall for men in prison?

Maybe they're easy and safe --- they won't sleep with your friends or kick your door in at 2AM looking for love. Dumping him is easy, you just stop visiting. He'll never touch you except through the glass, so you needn't bother to shave your legs...

15 posted on 04/13/2025 11:56:33 AM PDT by ZOOKER
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