Rosie O’Donnell Reveals She Quit Her Talk Show After Earning $100 Million
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Rosie O’Donnell Reveals She Quit Her Talk Show After Earning $100 Million
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TL;DR
* Rosie O’Donnell shared insight into her decision to walk away from *The Rosie O’Donnell Show* after six seasons on the air, revealing the career pivot came after she found out her bank account had amassed a whopping $100 million.
* The Emmy winner wanted to prioritize her family, sharing she hoped to spend more time with her kids once she knew she “had enough money to take care of everyone in my life, philanthropy and strangers,” she told *Page Six* in an interview published July 11.
* “I wanted to be at their softball games,” she added. “I wanted to be at school plays.”
* O’Donnell’s eponymous talk show ran from 1996 to 2002. And the show’s run was so successful that Warner Brothers offered her $100 million to sign on for two extra years, which she ultimately declined.
* “They were like, ‘Why would you say no?’” *The View* alum recalled, “and I was like, ‘Because I already have that money and if I think I need more, something’s wrong with me.’”
* “I don’t get the billionaires,” she added. “I don’t get how people only measure their life in money, not what they can do for other people.”
didn’t she say this on Howard Stern about 15 or 20 years ago?
So much for the pay gap…
Good for her. I imagine it’s hard to walk away when that kind of cash is still actively rolling in, but if I had $100M, I think I’d want to prioritize other aspects of my life too.
I’m mystified that she then decided to do the View
I feel like if the whole point is to be able to put yourself in the best position to stop working forever with enough money to take care of the people you care about, and that point is X number of dollars that you just hit after a long period, then accepting to work for just two more years and DOUBLE that amount would be worth it.
Prioritize her family… how’d that work out?
If I had $100m, I would also quit my job.