The two bonded over their shared trauma, and the comedian says Menendez helped her through parenting struggles with her child Clay, who is autistic Rosie O'Donnell knows her relationship with convicted killer Lyle Menendez is unexpected — and a little "weird" — but the comedian says,

In a new interview with the New York Times, Rosie revealed that she became in contact with Lyle in 1996, after she expressed support for the Menendez brothers' abuse claims during an episode of Larry King Live and Lyle wrote a letter from jail thanking her for the sentiment.