Rosie O’Donnell says Lyle Menendez is the first 'straight man' she's 'loved' and 'trusted': Comedian and jailed killer are close friends
Alexandra Bellusci
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Rosie O’Donnell is looking back at life now, and then.
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.”
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