Actress Rosie O’Donnell says on Amy Poehler’s podcast that being gay is not something people choose and compares it to traits like being left-handed or having blue eyes. In comments reported by multiple outlets, she describes being gay as “doomed” and says, “Who would choose it?”
Both sources characterize her remarks as framed around inevitability and difficulty, suggesting that, like certain physical or personal traits, sexual orientation is presented as fixed rather than selected. The outlets differ mainly in how they paraphrase or emphasize particular phrases—one report highlights the “no different than” comparison, while the other focuses on the podcast quote about people not choosing it.
Neither source provides independent verification of the broader context of the discussion beyond the quoted statements attributed to O’Donnell on the podcast.
