Editing Rosie O'Donnell (section)

===''Rosie'' magazine===
{{main|1 = McCall's|l1 = ''McCall's''}}

In 2000, O'Donnell partnered with the publishers of ''[[McCall's]]'' to revamp the magazine as ''Rosie's McCall's'' (or, more commonly, ''Rosie'').<ref>{{cite news|last=Jacobson|first=Aileen|title=Tv Host O'donnell to Add Name to Venerable Mccall's Magazine|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2000-11-18/lifestyle/0011170650_1_jahr-usa-namesake-magazine-rosie-o-donnell|access-date=February 18, 2014|newspaper=[[Sun-Sentinel]]|date=November 18, 2000|archive-date=February 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222045941/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2000-11-18/lifestyle/0011170650_1_jahr-usa-namesake-magazine-rosie-o-donnell|url-status=dead}}</ref> The magazine was launched as a competitor to fellow talk show hostess Oprah Winfrey's monthly magazine ''[[O, The Oprah Magazine|O]]''. ''Rosie'' covered issues including breast cancer, foster care, and other matters of concern to O'Donnell. In the September 2000 issue, she shared that "she has struggled with depression her entire life" and decided to start medications when she realized her fears were affecting her family.<ref>{{cite news |title=How Rosie O'Donnell Beat Depression |url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Depression/story?id=126783 |access-date=2024-05-09 |publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=2006-08-04}}</ref> With a strong start and a circulation close to 3.5&nbsp;million, things looked promising, but the magazine stumbled as conflicts emerged between O'Donnell and the editors.<ref>{{cite news|last=Carr|first=David|title=O'Donnell and Her Publisher Are in Clash Over Magazine|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/23/business/media/23MAG.html?pagewanted=all|access-date=March 7, 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 23, 2002}}</ref> The contract gave O'Donnell control over editorial process and editorial staff but veto power remained with publisher Gruner+Jahr USA.<ref name="MagWar">{{cite news|last=Offman|first=Craig|title=O'Donnell countersues in mag war|url=https://variety.com/2002/biz/news/o-donnell-countersues-in-mag-war-1117874695/|access-date=March 7, 2014|newspaper=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=October 21, 2002}}</ref> O'Donnell quit the magazine in September 2002, following a dispute over editorial control.<ref name="MagWar"/> "If I'm going to have my name and my brand on the corner of a magazine, it has to be my vision" she told ''People''.<ref name="PeopleBio2">{{cite web|last=Wang|first=Julia|title=Rosie O'Donnell Biography|url=http://www.people.com/people/rosie_odonnell/biography/0,,20033874_10,00.html|work=People|access-date=February 19, 2014|archive-date=January 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101135603/http://www.people.com/people/rosie_odonnell/biography/0,,20033874_10,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

''Rosie'' magazine folded in 2003. In late 2003, O'Donnell and the publishers each sued the other for [[breach of contract]]. The publishers said that, by removing herself from the magazine's publication, she was in breach of contract. The trial received considerable press coverage. O'Donnell would often give brief press interviews outside of the courtroom responding to various allegations. Of note was a former magazine colleague and breast cancer survivor who testified that O'Donnell said to her on the phone that people who lie "get sick and they get cancer. If they keep lying, they get it again".<ref>{{cite news |title=Cancer survivor says Rosie O'Donnell told her liars get cancer |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-11-05-rosie-suit_x.htm |access-date=February 18, 2014 |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |date=November 5, 2003 |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> O'Donnell apologized the next day and stated, "I'm sorry I hurt her the way I did, that was not my intention." The judge, [[Ira Gammerman (judge)|Ira Gammerman]] of the [[New York Supreme Court|New York Supreme Court in Manhattan]], dismissed the case, ruling that neither side should receive [[damages]].<ref name="Prono2008">{{cite book |last=Prono |first=Luca |title=Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Popular Culture |year=2008 |publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]] |isbn=9780313335990 |page=205}}{{tertiary source inline|date=May 2024}}</ref>