TV show host Rosie O'Donnell speaks during the 'The Rosie Show' panel during the OWN portion of the 2011 Summer TCA Tour held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on July 28, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California. (Getty Images)more pics »
Rosie O'Donnell's new partner, Michelle Rounds (Photo by Rosalie O'Connor)
Rosie O'Donnell is on a hot streak as of late: She'll return to television with a new nightly talk show that will debut on Oprah's OWN network on October 10th, and she's fallen head over heels for her new girlfriend Michelle Rounds.
Rounds, a 40-year-old corporate I.T. headhunter, met Rosie at a Starbucks a few months ago, but it was just last week that O'Donnell showed off her new partner at her annual Rosie Theater Kids Gala in New York City.
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O'Donnell recently went public with the relationship, telling People Magazine, "I did not expect it when I met her at Starbucks… She didn't look like any lesbian I'd ever met, but it's fun and very exciting." O'Donnell's new relationship with Rounds falls right in line with her return to the talk-show world, back on the air for the first time since her year-and-a-half gig on
The View. Her new show is originally titled The Rosie Show and will run weekday nights, and OWN has already committed to 130 episodes.
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