They tried to hide it from the world, but now Rosie O’Donnell’s fiancée has proudly confirmed that the two are engaged! Radar broke the news that O’Donnell, 56, proposed to Rooney, 33, in the summer of 2018. Now, Rooney took to Instagram to prove the talk show host put a ring on it! Rooney updated her Instagram bio this week, shown below, with a capitalized letter “R” to represent O'Donnell's first name, along with a diamond ring emoji in honor of their upcoming union.<doc-sep>Congratulations are in order for Rosie O’Donnell! The star is engaged to girlfriend Elizabeth Rooney, a new report says. Cheers to the happy couple! Rosie O’Donnell, 56, is engaged to her girlfriend Elizabeth Rooney, 33, according to Radar Online. Rosie was the one who popped the question, according to the publication, and it happened over the summer! The pair have tried to keep their big news under wraps, largely due to Elizabeth’s job. “Elizabeth is in the police force so she tries to keep a lot of those details on the low,” a source said. Things got serious between Rosie and her lady rather quickly, and according to the source, Elizabeth has already introduced Rosie to her closest family members. They are “very much in love,” the source added. Rosie’s police officer beau works on the force in Worcester, Massachusetts. HollywoodLife has reached out to a rep for Rosie for comment. Sure, there may be a 23 year age difference between the pair, but that doesn’t bother Rosie at all! The star first opened up about the age difference back in November, 2017. “I am in love. It’s the first time I’ve ever dated someone younger than me, and it’s a very trippy thing,” she revealed on SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show. “I get along with her so well. It’s kind of fascinating,” she added while speaking on the show. The report comes after Rosie claimed that she would “never” marry again. Previously, the comedian was married to Kelli Carpenter from 2004 to 2007. Rosie was then married Michelle Rounds from 2012 to 2016, who shockingly committed suicide in 2017, a year after their divorce. She shares four children with Kelli: Parker, 23, Chelsea, 21, Blake, 18, and Vivienne, 15. She also shared daughter Dakota, 5, with Michelle.<doc-sep>Is Rosie O'Donnell engaged? Us Weekly said Tuesday that a representative for O'Donnell responded simply "They are together" following a tabloid report that the Commack-raised comedian-actress, 56, proposed over the summer to police officer Elizabeth Rooney. The two have been together for at least 11 months, and have appeared as a couple at events including the Family Equality Council's Night at the Pier, at Pier 60 in Manhattan on May 7. The original report at RadarOnline.com said Rooney is with the Worcester, Massachusetts, police department. A photo on the department's official Facebook page shows her in uniform posing riding a police horse. Rooney's Instagram page -- which includes a Nov. 11, 2017, photo of her and O'Donnell posing together at an event -- lists her as a mounted police officer, Army veteran and undefeated Army boxer. In November, O'Donnell told Howard Stern on his SiriusXM radio show that she was in a relationship, saying, "It's the first time I have dated someone [much] younger than me" and calling the 22-year age difference "a very trippy thing." She added that nonetheless, "I get along so well with her it's kind of fascinating. … The one thing that she doesn't know [is the singer-actress Barbra] Streisand. She doesn't really know. I made her watch 'Funny Girl,' " the 1968 movie hit starring Streisand as comedian Fanny Brice. "She's like, 'It was good.' I'm like, 'Arhhhh! Come on!' " O'Donnell had married Kelli Carpenter in February 2004 during a window in which San Francisco conducted same-sex marriages. The California Supreme Court annulled theirs and thousands of other marriages that August. The couple broke up in 2007. O'Donnell went on to marry Michelle Rounds in 2012 but filed for divorce in February 2015. It was finalized a little over a year later. Rounds died by suicide in September 2017, at age 46. O'Donnell has five children: Parker Jaren, whom she adopted in 1995; Chelsea Belle, adopted in 1997; Blake Christopher, adopted with Carpenter in 1999; Vivienne Rose, 15, born to Carpenter through artificial insemination; and Dakota, adopted as a newborn with Rounds in January 2013. O'Donnell's spokeswoman did not respond to a Newsday request for comment, and O'Donnell has not commented on social media.<doc-sep>
Love is in the air! Rosie O’Donnell is engaged to her girlfriend of nearly one year, Elizabeth Rooney, Us Weekly can confirm. Rooney updated her Instagram bio to include an ‘R’ for her fiancée’s name, as well as a ring emoji. According to Radar Online, the Emmy winner, 56, quietly proposed to the police officer, 33, over the summer, but they decided to keep the news under wraps for a while due to Rooney’s job. A rep for O’Donnell tells Us Weekly, “They are together.” O’Donnell first revealed that she had a new girlfriend in November 2017. “I am in love. It’s the first time I’ve ever dated someone younger than me, and it’s a very trippy thing,” she gushed on SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show. “I get along with her so well. It’s kind of fascinating,” she continued. “The one thing that she doesn’t know? [Barbra] Streisand. I made her watch Funny Girl. She’s like, ‘It was good.’ I’m like, ‘Come on!’” At the time, the former View cohost said that she did not see herself walking down the aisle again. “I will not, ever,” she insisted during the radio interview. “I would rather stay in it for love and not deal with lawyers if, God forbid, it doesn’t work out.” A source later confirmed to Us Weekly exclusively that the couple met at a theater benefit, but did not cross paths again until a year later when they attended the same event. O’Donnell was previously married to Kelli Carpenter from 2004 to 2007, and Michelle Rounds from 2012 to 2016. She has four children with Carpenter: Parker, 23, Chelsea, 21, Blake, 18, and Vivienne, 15. She also shared daughter Dakota, 5, with Rounds, who died by suicide at the age of 46 in September 2017.