Rosie O’Donnell and Lyle Menendez Talked on Phone Nightly for 2 Years

Rosie O’Donnell and Lyle Menendez Talked on Phone Nightly for 2 Years

Rosie O’Donnell revealed she spoke with Lyle Menendez over the phone on a nightly basis for two years, calling her friendship with the inmate “a primary relationship in my life.”

How Lyle Menendez Helped Rosie O'Donnell After Her Child's Autism Diagnosis

Rosie O’Donnell is incredibly grateful for the support she received from Lyle Menéndez after her 12-year-old child, Clay, was diagnosed with autism. “He has helped me a lot. If it wasn’t for him, we wouldn’t have [my child’s service] dog,” O’Donnell recalled while speaking exclusively to Us Weekly about her Hulu documentary special Unleashing Hope: The Power of Service Dogs for Children With Autism. “While I was really trying to decide whether i…

Lyle Menendez 'helped change' Rosie O'Donnell's autistic child's life

Rosie O’Donnell says convicted murderer Lyle Menendez encouraged her to get a service dog to help her autistic child Clay.

Rosie O’Donnell on How Lyle Menendez Helped Change Her Autistic Child’s Life

It was the diagnosis that shocked Rosie O’Donnell and changed her as a parent — the youngest of her five children, Clay, the joy of her life, was autistic.  “Extra’s” Mona Kosar Abdi spoke with Rosie, who discussed how her service dog Kuma has changed everything for Clay. She said, “I did not know as the mother of an autistic child, who was diagnosed at 2 years old, I didn't know that they had service dogs.” The special dogs are trained by inmat…