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Rosie O’Donnell’s Unlikely Friendship With Lyle Menendez Explained
Rosie O'Donnell and Lyle Menendez share a unique friendship formed through advocacy and weekly calls as she continues to support his release
The pair, who first crossed paths in 1996 after Lyle wrote a letter to O’Donnell thanking her for advocating for himself and his brother Erik Menendez, have grown especially close in the years since they reconnected in 2022. In an interview published on Saturday, April 26, O’Donnell told Page Six that she speaks with Lyle “about two or three times a week.” And though the actress is convinced the brothers will be released “soon,” she added, “I think it’s the only way that you can love and care for someone who’s serving life without parole, is to have endless hope and believe in their ability to get out of this really inhumane sentence.” During an interview on Larry King Live, O’Donnell said she believed the Menendez brothers acted in self-defense when they killed their parents.
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