Ever since becoming a mother, comedian Rosie O’Donnell has always had a full household.
“That’s the thing that he loves the most.
Incidentally, as her family matured and expanded, Rosie’s parenting has affected her children just as differently.
In fact, there was even one child who preferred being with their biological parents than with Rosie.
In addition to video games, Parker had a strong fascination with the military.
Afterward, Parker became a Marine before following his childhood passion.
“He’s working at a gaming business where he makes the Warhammer models,” Rosie toldEntertainment Tonight.
“And he’s loved that since he was a little kid.”
In her younger years, Rosie described taking in Parker as a life-changing experience.
“He used to say ‘Did I grew in your tummy?’
In her adolescent years, Chelsea became very candid about some of the issues she had with her mom.
One of themany tragic details about Chelsea’s lifeis that she ran away from home when she turned 18.
However, Chelsea claimed Rosie kicked her out of the house.
But Rosie and Chelsea wouldn’t avoid each other for long.
The two shared a picture onInstagramin August 2016, smiling side by side.
However, in 2018, Rosie asserted that their relationship was in a healthy place again.
Like with Parker, Rosie has the ideal mother-son relationship with her youngest son.
Blake has also made a few creative contributions to the O’Donnell family when he was younger.
“They call me ‘Mama,’ and they call Kelli either ‘Mommy’ or ‘Mama Kelli.’
Or sometimes they call me ‘More Mama.'”
Rosie explained to Just Jared.
and he pointed to me, and the name has kind of stuck.”
Rosie gushed when her daughter graduated high school to attend the University of Delaware.
“She was on the Dean’s List,” Rosie announced.
“I was very proud of her.
Vivienne has nothing but fond memories with her family.
She praised her parents for protecting her from the craziness of Hollywood at a young age.
But although she had a good upbringing, Vivienne confided that it was anything but normal.
And it was a message that Vivienne made sure Rosie was aware of.
“She called me first and said, ‘Normal, Mom.
That’s not normal.’
Rosie O’Donnell joked that she took in another younger child after the stress of dealing with her older kids.
“My teenagers are a nightmare.
They’re horrible,” she said during astandup comedy set.
“I had four teenagers when I decided to adopt a newborn baby.
You might ask why.
Because I had four teenagers, and I needed to remind myself that I actually do love children.”
Rosie has developed as close of a bond with Dakota as she has with her other kids.
In November 2016, she went public with her daughter’s autism diagnosis in apersonal essayshared by People.
Helping her daughter through her diagnosis, however, only strengthened the bond between them over the years.
“I am learning to have compassion much deeper than I ever did.
To really listen and communicate in a way I never had to with my other kids.
The sense of vulnerability that comes with having a kid with autism has been a gift to me.
She teaches me,” Rosie wrote.
The mother and daughter remain close, and Dakota is a constant presence on Rosie’s social media.
Dakota was even theheartwarming reason why Rosie decided to move from New York to LA.
