Editing Rosie O'Donnell (section)

===Marriages and children===
O'Donnell adopted her first child, Parker Jaren O'Donnell, as an infant in 1995.<ref name=PeopleBio/><ref name=People6.24.13>[http://www.wnyc.org/story/299360-rosie-odonnell/transcript/ "Rosie O'Donnell"]. [[WYNC]]. June 24, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.people.com/people/rosie_odonnell/ "Rosie O'Donnell: Snapshot"]. ''People''. Retrieved December 9, 2013.</ref> Later, Kelli Carpenter also adopted Parker. Parker is an aficionado of military history and in 2011 successfully lobbied his mother to send him to [[Valley Forge Military Academy]].<ref>Johnson, Zach (November 8, 2011). [http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/rosie-odonnells-son-parker-begged-her-to-attend-military-academy-2011811 "Rosie O'Donnell's Son Parker 'Begged' Her to Attend Military School""]. ''People''.</ref><ref>Gross, Dan (August 15, 2011). [https://web.archive.org/web/20131216095044/http://articles.philly.com/2011-08-15/entertainment/29889340_1_shyamalan-town-meeting-ali-fedotowsky "Dan Gross: Military-academy parents to Rosie O'Donnell: Get in line, soldier!"]. [[Philly.com]].</ref>

On February 26, 2004, O'Donnell married Carpenter,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=124302&page=1|title=Kelli Carpenter O'Donnell Chat|author=<!--Not stated-->|work=ABC News}}</ref> a former [[Nickelodeon]] marketing executive, in San Francisco two weeks after Mayor [[Gavin Newsom]] authorized the granting of marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Her decision to go to San Francisco to marry Carpenter was seen as a show of defiance against then-President [[George W. Bush]] over his support for the [[Federal Marriage Amendment]]. She said in 2004, "We were both inspired to come here after the sitting President made the vile and hateful comments he made ... [O]ne thought ran through my mind on the plane out here – with Liberty and Social justice for all."<ref name="Rosie O'Donnell Weds Long">{{cite news|author1=Gordon, David Gordon |author2=O'Driscoll, Sean |title=Rosie O'Donnell Weds Longtime Girlfriend|newspaper=Belfast Telegraph|date=August 13, 2004|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/|access-date=July 14, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Phang |first=Jennifer |date=March 21, 2022 |title=Rosie O'Donnell With Her Family: Photos Of The Comedian With Her 5 Kids |url=https://hollywoodlife.com/pics/rosie-odonnell-family-photos/ |access-date=March 29, 2022 |website=Hollywood Life |language=en-US}}</ref> The couple was married by San Francisco Treasurer [[Susan Leal]], one of the city's highest ranking lesbian officials, and serenaded by the [[San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus]].<ref name="Rosie O'Donnell Weds Long"/> O'Donnell said during the trial over ''Rosie'' magazine she had decided to marry Carpenter, in part because even though they acted as spouses they legally were no closer than friends: "We applied for spousal privilege and were denied it by the state. As a result, everything that I said to Kelli, every letter that I wrote her, every e-mail, every correspondence and conversation was entered into the record ... I am now and will forever be a total proponent of gay marriage."<ref name="Rosie O'Donnell Weds Long"/>

Carpenter and O'Donnell have four children together.<ref name=PeopleBio/><ref>{{cite news|last=Oldenburg|first=Ann|title=Rosie O'Donnell announces arrival of new baby|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/01/09/rosie-odonnell-announces-arrival-of-new-baby/1821063/|access-date=March 8, 2014|newspaper=USA Today|date=January 9, 2013}}</ref> In 2000, the family took in a foster child Mia (born in 1997), and announced intentions to adopt her. In 2001, the state of Florida removed Mia from their home, and O'Donnell has since worked extensively to bring an end to the Florida law prohibiting same-sex family adoption.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Rosie_ODonnell/189622|title=Rosie O'Donnell|work=Hollywood.com|access-date=March 22, 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0207/06/lklw.00.html CNN.com transcript of ''Larry King Live'' Interview of O'Donnell]</ref>

In mid-November 2009, O'Donnell disclosed that Carpenter had moved out of their home in 2007. Their marriage had ended in August 2004 when it was among the thousands voided by the California Supreme Court.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/09/fashion/weddings/kelli-carpenter-and-anne-steele-vows.html| title=Vows: A Bond Forged Over Time on the Open Sea| work=[[The New York Times]] | date=June 7, 2013| access-date= September 3, 2015|first=Kathryn | last=Shattuck | quote=She and Ms. O'Donnell married in San Francisco in 2004 and broke up three years later, but divorce wasn't necessary as the union was later annulled, along with those of about 4,000 other couples, by the California Supreme Court.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna5685429| title= Court annuls San Francisco gay marriages | date= August 12, 2004|access-date= September 3, 2015| agency=Associated Press|publisher= NBC News | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130629125524/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/5685429/ns/politics/t/court-annuls-san-francisco-gay-marriages/ | archive-date = June 29, 2013 | url-status=live}}</ref>

O'Donnell began dating 40-year-old executive-search consultant Michelle Rounds in mid-2011. On December 5, 2011, during a break in the taping of ''The Rosie Show'', O'Donnell announced to her studio audience that she and Rounds were engaged.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2011/12/rosie-odonnell-engaged-to-michelle-rounds/|title=Rosie O'Donnell Engaged to Michelle Rounds|publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|date=December 5, 2011|access-date=March 5, 2012}}</ref> The two married in a private ceremony in New York on June 9, 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://people.com/celebrity/rosie-odonnell-married-michelle-rounds-couple-wed-privately-in-june/|title=Rosie O'Donnell & Michelle Rounds Are Married|first1=Liz|last1=McNeil|first2=Maggie|last2=Coughlan|work=[[People (American magazine)|People]]|date=August 27, 2012|access-date=August 27, 2012}}</ref> On January 9, 2013, the couple announced they had adopted a baby girl.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rosie O'Donnell Welcomes Baby Girl|url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2013/01/rosie-odonnell-welcomes-baby-girl/|work=ABC News|access-date=January 10, 2013}}</ref> In February 2015, O'Donnell filed for divorce from Rounds after two years of marriage.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Rosie O'Donnell Files for Divorce from Michelle Rounds |url=https://people.com/celebrity/rosie-odonnell-files-for-divorce-from-michelle-rounds-2/ |access-date=June 22, 2023 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> Their divorce was settled in October 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 21, 2015 |title=Rosie O'Donnell and Ex Michelle Rounds Get Joint Custody of 2-Year-Old Daughter {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/news/174449_rosie_o_donnell_and_ex_michelle_rounds_get_joint_custody_of_2_year_old_daughter |access-date=June 22, 2023 |website=www.etonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref> O'Donnell was awarded full custody of the child.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rare.us/story/rosie-odonnell-surprised-fans-when-she-confirmed-something-about-her-ex-and-their-baby/|title=Rosie O'Donnell surprised fans when she confirmed something about her ex and their baby|date=July 4, 2016|language=en-US|access-date=July 5, 2016|archive-date=July 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707011810/http://rare.us/story/rosie-odonnell-surprised-fans-when-she-confirmed-something-about-her-ex-and-their-baby/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Rounds died by suicide on September 15, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/rosie-odonnells-ex-wife-michelle-rounds-dead-of-suicide|title=Rosie O'Donnell's ex-wife Michelle Rounds dead of suicide|work=FOX News Entertainment|date=September 15, 2017}}</ref>

In August 2015, O'Donnell tweeted that her 17-year-old daughter, Chelsea, had gone missing from their Nyack, New York, home along with her [[therapy dog]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.etonline.com/news/170188_rosie_o_donnell_daughter_chelsea_o_donnell_reported_missing/ |title=Rosie O'Donnell's Daughter Chelsea Reported Missing, Family Believes She Ran Away, Source Says |work=Entertainment Tonight |first=Antoinette |last=Bueno |date=August 18, 2015 |access-date=May 23, 2016}}</ref> Chelsea was found a week later in [[Barnegat, New Jersey]].

In September 2024 Chelsea was arrested in [[Marinette County, Wisconsin]] on charges involving child neglect, domestic abuse, maintaining a drug trafficking facility, possession of methamphetamine, illegally obtaining prescriptions and drug paraphernalia, and misdemeanor possession of THC after her 11 month old child was found in a house filled with crack pipes, feces and garbage.<ref name=chelseaarrests>{{cite news|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1408872/rosie-odonnells-daughter-chelsea-arrested-for-child-neglect-and-drug-offenses|title=Rosie O'Donnell's Daughter Chelsea Arrested for Child Neglect and Drug Offenses|first=Corinne|last=Heller|publisher=E News|date=October 19, 2024|accessdate=October 19, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/rosie-odonnells-daughter-arrested-for-child-neglect-meth-possession-cops/|title=Rosie O'Donnell's Daughter Chelsea Arrested for Child Neglect, Baby Found Near Meth Pipe: Police|first=Ryan|last=Naumann|publisher=In Touch Weekly|date=October 19, 2024|accessdate=October 19, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/cheat-sheet/?slug=/rosie-odonnells-daughter-chelsea-odonnell-arrested-for-child-neglect-drugs/|title=Rosie O'Donnell's Daughter Arrested for Child Neglect, Drugs|first=Lily Mae|last=Lazarus|publisher=Daily Beast|date=October 19, 2024|accessdate=October 19, 2024}}</ref> In October 2024, Chelsea was again arrested, this time in [[Oconto County]], and soon afterwards charged with bail jumping, felony possession of methamphetamine and narcotic drugs, and misdemeanor counts involving possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting or obstructing an officer.<ref name=chelseaarrests /> In November 2024, Chelsea was arrested for a third time in Wisconsin, this time in Marinette County, on two felony counts of bail jumping, two felony counts of possession of methamphetamine, and a felony count of possession of narcotic drugs.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://people.com/rosie-o-donnell-daughter-chelsea-arrested-again-in-wisconsin-while-out-on-bail-8754406|title=Rosie O'Donnell's Daughter Chelsea Arrested Again in Wisconsin While Out on Bail|first=Julia|last=Moore|publisher=People|date=December 3, 2024|accessdate=December 3, 2024}}</ref>