Rosie O’Donnell denied splitting with Kelli Carpenter for the past 2 years, but finally told the truth on her Sirius XM radio show today admitting Kelli moved out 2 years ago.

We understand that Rosie probably wanted to keep her personal life private, but then again she wasn’t shy about announcing she and Kelli got married in San Francisco years ago. We’re curious to know how much Rosie is paying every month to keep Kelli from taking her to divorce court.

In 2008 it was rumored that Rosie O’Donnell (47) and Kelli Carpenter had split and ended their marriage. Now Rosie is finally acknowledging that she and her partner of five years, Kelli, are having relationship problems. Rosie did not deny the allegation that Kelli has moved out of their home in Nyack, New York, and into an apartment in Manhattan. Rosie said fighting through her tears in a USA Today interview:

"We’re a family. We will remain a family forever. And we are working on our issues."

"Kelli and I love each other very much and we are working on our issues," a tearful O’Donnell says, emphasizing that the couple’s four children are "a priority." "Those are the only words I am ever going to say. Ever. And that is something that has been agreed upon by all parties. But everything’s fine and everybody’s good and we’re still both raising them together. We will both continue to parent them and we’re friendly and everything’s all right."

When asked about the reports that Carpenter, 42, had moved, O’Donnell simply repeated her first statement.

"We’re a family, we remain a family and we’re working on the issues," she said again.

The interview took place in O’Donnell’s home in the suburbs of New York, and Carpenter was not present.

Whenever you hear the words "agreed upon by all parties" you know this is more than a break, or a split, it’s a divorce.

Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman have broken up for the second time, so he went on The View dressed as Rosie O’Donnell to talk about it.

Kimmel said:

"The only thing better than breaking up is going on The View right after you break up. It’s really [like] living a dream."

When asked why did Silverman break up with him, Kimmel said:

"What do you mean, what happened? Look at me. What do you think happened? I’m a 41-year-old man with a bra filled with Koosh balls. I’m an imbecile. She couldn’t date an imbecile anymore."

Asked if the relationship was really over, he said:

"I don’t know, ask her."

Why did you break up with Jimmy again Sarah? You could have had such funny looking babies.

The short excerpt is above, and the full interview is below.

Barbara Walters talked about how proud she is for The View to have been on the air for 12 years, and she’s proud of some of the alumni. Other former co-hosts, Barbara said, choose to dump on the show for their own publicity, and she said she resents it.

Rosie was a sour puss before she ever went on The View, so Barbara knew what she was getting into. Too late to start whining now.

Rosie O’Donnell will host a Variety Show that will air on NBC next month on November 26. The show will be part talk show, party comedy, and part talent show, with prizes to be given away. If the show gets a lot of viewers, NBC will buy more episodes.

Although Rosie has said she doesn’t need work, because she doesn’t need the money, she must need a lot of attention, because she’s really going all out on this one. We’ll see if she can keep her humor appropriate for her audience, or if she burns another bridge with her big mouth. Most other networks want nothing to do with Rosie, but NBC has been losing viewers in droves, so they’ll do anything to get their ratings up.