Rosie O'Donnell Confirms Engagement To 33-Year-Old Elizabeth Rooney

Rosie O'Donnell has found love again and confirmed an engagement to Elizabeth Rooney during her Monday (October 22) appearance at the 15th-anniversary celebration of her organization, Rosie's Theater Kids, in New York City.

Describing the 33-year-old former Army veteran as a "wonderful woman" to PEOPLE, O'Donnell admitted that the two have been dating from two different cities since they went public in November 2017. "She lives in Boston now and I live here in New York. It's been a long-distance thing. It's been great. I think she's a wonderful woman," the 55-year-old host explained. "She's very much an equal, she’s very much her own person and loves what she does. She's a pretty unbelievable young woman."

Speaking of youth, O'Donnell admitted that the pair often jokes about their 23-year age gap, but it simply isn't an issue for the two. "I keep telling her I’m too old for her. But she doesn't seem to care," the comedian said. "She's like, 'I was in the Army! I put my life on the line every day. You think I don't know who I want to date?' I'm like, 'Alright I guess that’s true.' She has a lot of good points." Still, the former View co-host said that the age difference has some folks confusing her new fiancée with her 20-year-old daughter Chelsea. "A lot of people say, 'Oh my God, Chelsea looks so great,'" she recalled. "I'm like, 'That's not Chelsea.' That's my soon-to-be spouse.' It's a little tricky. In the airport people say, 'Rosie, can I have a picture of you and your daughter?’ She doesn’t seem to think it's an issue at all. Nobody ever does, but I do sometimes."

Confirmation of their engagement comes after Rooney made a subtle change to her Instagram bio in early October, leading fans to believe that marriage was in the cards. On the night of O'Donnell's reveal on Monday, Rooney also took things a step further by sharing a photo of her engagement ring alongside the caption: "Y E S ❤💍."

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