Rosie O’Donnell given ‘crazy check’ by concerned boss Oprah Winfrey

Rosie O’Donnell given ‘crazy check’ by concerned boss Oprah Winfrey

Rosie O’Donnell ran a chat show for six years, but before being picked to host one on Oprah Winfrey’s new network, ‘OWN’ she had to pass a strange test; Oprah gave her a ‘crazy check.’
“Oprah needed Rosie’s word before she’d move forward,” an insider tells Popeater. “For as big as she is, Oprah runs her production company like a small business. She wanted to look Rosie in the eye, shake hands and make a deal in person.”
The two met in June, and Oprah told reporters Rosie knew what was coming;
“She said, ‘I know you’re here to assess how crazy I am,’” Oprah recalls the 47-year old host saying. “I said, ‘Basically, yes. I’m doing a crazy check. If you have something that’s causing a problem speak to me, so it doesn’t become a worldwide issue.”
And friends say that, with a personal fortune guessed at close to $3-billion at stake Oprah has good reason to make the new venture work;
“The last thing she wants is another Barbara Walters situation, where Rosie attacks her,” a friend of Rosie’s explains. “But the chances of that are zero – Rosie learned a lot from ‘The View.’ She would never be in a situation like that again.”
Rosie’s skills with an audience won her six daytime Emmys as ‘Outstanding Talk Show Host.’ But there’s a strong reason why she might still watch her step with the new one;
“Rosie’s telling friends she’s scared of her new boss,” the snitch shares.
Oprah’s chat show will end on September 9th next year, after 25 years. Her new channel launches on January 1, 2011, on what is currently ‘Discovery Health.’
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Rosie O’Donnell on course for divorce?

After five years of a marriage that was among the formative icons of the whole ‘Prop-8′ movement, Rosie O’Donnell and her partner, Kelli Carpenter seem bound for divorce.

Married in San Francisco in 2004, the couple lived together in Nyack, New York. But reports, as yet unconfirmed, say that Kelli, 42, has now found a new space.  And in a USA Today interview Tuesday, Rosie did not disagree with these tales;

“We’re a family. We will remain a family, and we are working on our issues.”

Hints at emotional turmoil backstage have appeared on her blog for some time, but Rosie would not discuss the pair’s current condition. The lives of four children would be affected by any split, so Rosie was asked about them;

“They’re adorable and wonderful, and they are by far a priority,” she explained. “Kelli and I love each other, and we are working on the issues, but everybody’s good and we’re still raising them together. We will continue to parent them and everything’s all right.”

With that depth of denial, maybe all this is true?

The couple have four children; Parker, 14, Chelsea, 12 and Blake, aged 9, all of whom were adopted, plus a daughter, Vivienne, age 6, whom Kelli conceived by in-vitro then carried to term.