Rosie ODonnell and Ellen DeGeneres are both lesbian comedians with successful acting careers. They've both had major daytime talk shows, and both fled to Europe because of the current political climate, and yet despite how much they have in common, theyve been feuding for more than two decades.In a new interview with Us Weekly, ODonnell is speaking out about the deterioration of her relationship with DeGeneres and what led to the falling out between the former friends who have such a long and shared history. Although there have been years' worth of simmering animosity, ODonnell said she doesnt have any malice toward her old friend. I dont want to fight against another gay woman. Its not like were tenaciously opposed to each other. Were just very different people. We have had some stuff in the past that we never resolved, she explained.But how did the feud start, and where do the women stand now?Ellen DeGeneres and Rosie ODonnell used to be friendsThe two women both came up in the stand-up comedy scene at the same time in the '90s so they ran into each other frequently and according to ODonnell they used to go to parties together with other lesbian celebrities.I had known her for years doing stand-up and as young entertainers in Hollywood. Me, Melissa [Etheridge], k.d. [lang] and Ellen, we all would go to parties together, ODonnell told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview back in 2023. The League of Their Own actress explained that they were such good friends that right before DeGeneres came out on her sitcom Ellen and then on the cover of Time, she came on The Rosie ODonnell Show and teased coming out. To support her friend, despite still being in the closet herself, ODonnell made a lesbian joke on air. It was a good relationship. We were friends, ODonnell said. We supported each other. Which is why when she came on my show, I said, Let me not have you standing there by yourself. Lets get a joke in there.' And we sat down and came up with that, 'Oh my God, I love Casey Kasem. Maybe Im Lebanese. It became a big thing.How did the feud between Ellen DeGeneres and Rosie ODonnell start?The relationship between the comedians deteriorated when DeGeneres appeared on Larry King Live in 2004 and acted like she and ODonnell werent friends.She said it on Larry King Live. Larry King said, Whatever happened to Rosie ODonnells show? She went down the tubes as soon as she came out. And the quote that Ellen said was, I dont know Rosie. Were not friends. I was watching TV in bed with my wife going, Did she just say that?The reality of what DeGeneres told Larry King is slightly different: "I don't really know Rosie that well. I mean, I've spoken to her, but we're not really friends," she said. Rosie ODonnells feelings were hurtOn an episode of Watch What Happens Live in 2022, ODonnell admitted that she was hurt by DeGeneres snubbing her on Larry King Live. "It hurt my feelings like a baby and I never really got over it," she told host Andy Cohen after relaying the whole saga. ODonnell also claimed in the interview with THR that DeGeneres hired the staff from her talk show to work on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, which started in 2003, shortly after ODonnell left her own talk show. She used the same staff from my show Jim Paratore, Andy Lassner. So that was odd. It was very similar to my show, ODonnell told the publication. "And then I asked to go on because of something I was promoting, and she said no. And I remember going, Seriously? After she said no that one time, whenever they would ask [me to appear] on the show, I would say no."The feud may be one sidedODonnell told THR back in 2023 that after she appeared on Watch What Happens Live, she received a text from her old friend apologizing and admitting that she didnt remember saying that to Larry King.But at the time it doesnt sound like ODonnell was ready to live and let live. She wrote, Im really sorry and I dont remember that. I guess she saw me talk about it on Andy Cohens show. I remembered it so well, I had T-shirts printed and I gave them to my staff that said I dont know Rosie. Were not friends.ODonnell said that at one point the two women were so close that they knew each others family, but after the feud started, she no longer trusted DeGeneres. I have a picture of her holding [my then-infant son] Parker. I know her mother. I could identify her brother without her in the room. I knew her for so many years. It just felt like I dont trust this person to be in my world, she said.Where do they stand now?While DeGeneres hasnt spoke publicly about the feud, ODonnell went into detail about her feelings toward DeGeneres in the new Us Weekly interview. I dont want to fight against another gay woman. Its not like were tenaciously opposed to each other. Were just very different people, she admitted. We have had some stuff in the past that we never resolved. And not in any way as, as partners or lovers or anything like that, just as friends and comedians, but I wish her the best. I seriously do, she told Us. I think that theres enough room in the world for all of the gay comedians, and we all need to stick together because gay people are the next group to be threatened. And the way they attack trans people is absolutely terrifying. If people dont understand that theyre a vital part of the LBGTQIA+ community, thats tragic because we protect our own, especially the most vulnerable.