Rosie O'Donnell opens up about Lyle Menendez friendship, says she 'felt safe' to 'love a straight man'

A prison sentence was the start of a beautiful friendship for Rosie O'Donnell and Lyle Menendez. The comedian has opened up about her deep bond with Menendez, who was sentenced to life without parole in 1994 alongside his brother, Erik Menendez, for the 1989 murders of their parents, Kitty and José Menendez. O'Donnell recalled receiving a letter from Lyle thanking her for her "support" following her 1996 appearance on Larry King Live, during which she stated that she thought the siblings' killings were a form of self-defense after their father abused and molested them as children. In the letter, Lyle wrote that O'Donnell "knew from a personal place that what he was saying was true," the former talk show host said in a new interview with The New York Times published Saturday. The actress alleged that she and her siblings had indeed been molested by their father. "At that point, I had not ventured anywhere near this in my family or in my therapy," she told the Times. So she never respond...