Rosie O’Donnell and her new girlfriend, Aimee Hauer, made their red carpet debut on Saturday.
The former “The View” co-host and Hauer posed for photos at the Stand Up for Friendly House comedy benefit at the Fonda Theater in Los Angeles, where they could be seen smiling as they wrapped their arms around each other.
It was a big night for O’Donnell, 60, who hosted the sold-out event.
Also in attendance was O’Donnell’s close friend Kathy Griffin, who returned to the stage for the first time since her battle with lung cancer.
The “Now and Then” star went Instagram official to Hauer on June 1, which was also the first day of Pride Month.
Hauer revealed in 2021 on the “Lesbian Speaking” podcast that she was raised as a strict Mormon in Boise, Idaho. She married “out of duty” when she was just 21 and welcomed a daughter named Izzie. Five years later, she divorced and went through an eight-year lawsuit for her daughter before she was given full custody. She also has a son.
Meanwhile, the “Sleepless in Seattle” star was previously engaged to Boston police officer Elizabeth Rooney. The two broke up at the end of 2019 after two years together.
O’Donnell was previously married to Kelli Carpenter, with whom she shares children Parker, 27, Chelsea, 24, Blake, 22, and Vivienne, 19, as well as Michelle Rounds, with whom she adopted daughter Dakota, now 9. Rounds died tragically. suicide in 2017.