{"id":2498859,"date":"2026-07-12T14:01:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T14:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2498859"},"modified":"2026-07-12T14:01:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T14:01:48","slug":"rosie-odonnell-quit-her-talk-show-when-she-saw-this-number-in-her-bank-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/rosie-odonnell-quit-her-talk-show-when-she-saw-this-number-in-her-bank-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosie O\u2019Donnell quit her talk show when she saw this number in her bank account"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In the 1990s, The Rosie O’Donnell Show<\/em><\/a> was appointment TV. Drawing big-name celebrity guests while also spotlighting nostalgic stars, soap, Broadway actors, and more, the talk series transformed the actress, known for her work in A League of Their Own<\/em><\/a> and The Flintstones<\/em><\/a>, into a legend, dubbed “The Queen of Nice.”<\/p>\n

In its six years, it won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show five times. Several bits on the series crossed into the cultural zeitgeist, especially O’Donnell’s quest to have Tom Cruise<\/a> appear on the series (which he eventually did) and an emotional hour-long episode with guest (and one of O’Donnell’s heroes) Barbra Streisand<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a recent interview with Page Six<\/em><\/a>, O’Donnell revealed why she left the series behind, even as it continued to be extremely successful, in 2002. The reason, of course, was monetary. But not because she wanted more!<\/p>\n

She left because she had $100 million in the bank.<\/p>\n

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