{"id":2497857,"date":"2026-07-11T13:07:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T13:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2497857"},"modified":"2026-07-11T13:07:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T13:07:51","slug":"amount-rosie-odonnell-had-in-the-bank-when-she-quit-her-talk-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/amount-rosie-odonnell-had-in-the-bank-when-she-quit-her-talk-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Amount Rosie O&#8217;Donnell had in the bank when she quit her talk show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Rosie O\u2019Donnell knew when her time was up as the host of \u201cThe Rosie O\u2019Donnell Show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The comedian, 64, exclusively told Page Six that when she heard she had a cool $100 million in the bank, she promptly quit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I heard that [number], I thought, \u2018OK, now I\u2019m done,\u201d O\u2019Donnell recalled. \u201cAnd everyone was like, \u2018Why are you leaving?&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Rosie O\u2019Donnell quit her talk show, the comedian is pictured on it above, after finding out she had $100 million in the bank. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Warner Bros\/courtesy Everett Collection \/ Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The comedian, seen here in a promo image for her talk show, claims she was offered $100 million for another two years but turned the offer down. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Emmy winner said she realized she wanted to spend more time with her children once she knew she \u201chad enough money to take care of everyone in my life, philanthropy and strangers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to be at their softball games,\u201d she added, \u201cI wanted to be at school plays.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/19\/entertainment\/rosie-odonnell-weighs-in-on-returning-to-the-view\/\">\u201cThe View\u201d alum<\/a>\u2018s eponymous talk show ran from 1996 to 2002 and was enormously successful \u2014 so much so that Warner Brothers offered her $100 million for just two more years. She declined, shocking the studio bigwigs.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The \u201cA League of Their Own\u201d star, pictured here in a throwback photo, wanted to spend more time with her kids. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>O\u2019Donnell, seen here in 2026, is now bringing her one-woman show to Broadway. <span class=\"credit\">rosie\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThey were like, \u2018Why would you say no?&#8217;\u201d she remembered, \u201cand I was like, \u2018Because I already have that money and if I think I need more, something\u2019s wrong with me.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t get the billionaires,\u201d the \u201cA League of Their Own\u201d star said. \u201cI don\u2019t get how people only measure their life in money, not what they can do for other people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Donnell, who <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/08\/celebrity-news\/how-rosie-odonnell-felt-returning-to-us-for-tony-awards-after-trumps-citizenship-threat\/\">moved to Ireland after President Trump won the 2024 election<\/a>, is back stateside with her critically acclaimed one-woman show, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadway.com\/shows\/common-knowledge\/?gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=12965928618&amp;gbraid=0AAAAAD-mnJtDWaRnJCG0obB14k4vYIDc3&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwsMLSBhD9ARIsAIpUTDpfL8AOXHESa5Wd5z_E4DMvGQaTvzhPC5hogquxVhwSLjtfnsOKiUIaAilWEALw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cCommon Knowledge,\u201d for a limited run on Broadway.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The show delves into O\u2019Donnell\u2019s traumatic childhood \u2014 her mother died of breast cancer when she was 10 \u2014  as well as her life in Ireland and raising her fifth child, Clay, who has autism.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The Emmy winner, pictured above in 2026, discusses motherhood and her move to Ireland in the show. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The show is called \u201cCommon Knowledge,\u201d as seen above in a promo image. <span class=\"credit\">Common Knowledge<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The \u201cHarriet the Spy\u201d star said the show\u2019s theme at its core is about motherhood and how a \u201cmotherless daughter\u201d learned \u201cto be a mother to all these children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Donnell added that her experience of being a mom to Clay has \u201cbeen very different.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s allowed me to see how I parented when I was younger in the midst of a high level of fame versus how I parent now with this one child who\u2019s more vulnerable than any of my other children ever were,\u201d she explained, \u201cwhich creates an intimacy in some way.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rosie O\u2019Donnell knew when her time was up as the host of \u201cThe Rosie O\u2019Donnell Show.\u201d The comedian, 64, exclusively told Page Six that when she heard she had a cool $100 million in the bank, she promptly quit. \u201cWhen I heard that [number], I thought, \u2018OK, now I\u2019m done,\u201d O\u2019Donnell recalled. \u201cAnd everyone was 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