Rosie O’Donnell Says ABC Blocked Her From Having Jeffrey Epstein Survivors on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’: ‘They Were Certain That Could Not Happen’

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Rosie O’Donnell said in a recent interview on the “The Jann Arden Podcast” (via HuffPo) that ABC blocked her from having Jeffrey Epstein survivors on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” during her guest hosting stint in August. O’Donnell ended up filming a video with the survivors that she posted directly to Instagram instead.

“My idea for the last night [hosting ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!] was to do the Epstein reveal and they said that they were certain that could not happen,” O’Donnell told the podcast hosts. “So I said I would do it myself and just put it out on [my own social media]… there were eight women. We met and I told them about my history and why it means so much to me and the human race and why this is a vital importance. I thanked them for trusting me. We shot it in a few hours, two hours we shot the whole thing.”

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