The Median Sib

So what constitutes being a “little bit” gay? Rosie O’Donnell talked yesterday about Oprah and her best friend, Gayle King.

Her assessment? “You might be a little bit gay, you’re just not doin’ it,” she said of O and G, explaining that an absence of sex wouldn’t preclude the pair from sharing in a certain sapphic satisfaction. . . . Rosie also said that she thinks everyone could be “a tiny bit gay.”

Rosie is projecting her own feelings and attitudes on others - specifically Oprah. It doesn’t matter whether or not Oprah is gay. Who is Rosie O’Donnell to decide or talk about Oprah’s sexuality? Despite her efforts to identify and align herself with Oprah, Rosie’s vulgar, self-obsessed and sometimes mean-spirited talk confirms that despite her money and fame, she will never attain Oprah’s level of class, kindness and sophistication. Some things, money can’t buy.