Rosie O'Donnell Turned Down Woody Allen Role Twice After Sexual Abuse Allegations

Rosie O’Donnell has no desire to work with Woody Allen.

During an appearance on The Howard Stern Show on Monday (September 12), the 60-year-old comedian and actress shared that she had rejected two offers to work with the director, who was accused of sexual abuse in 1992.

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“I had done an HBO special where I said everything about him,” she said, per Entertainment Weekly. “And then I got on my [talk] show. So it’s the first year of my show [in 1996] and I get a call and they said, ‘He wants you to be in [1999's Sweet and Lowdown]. I said, ‘Please send him my HBO special.’ And the woman said, ‘Oh he’s already seen it.’ And I said, ‘Send it anyway with two words: F— and no.’ And I sent it to him.”

She added, “They called back and said, ‘He really wants you to do it. He’d like to talk to you about it.’ I said, ‘I’m not doing it. I’m not working for him or with him and being associated with him.’ ”

Rosie went on to say that Woody “had a lot of people under his spell” at the time, but she wasn’t one of them.

Woody was first accused of sexual abuse by his daughter Dylan Farrow during his split from Mia Farrow in 1992. He has long denied the allegations, which were recently explored in a documentary from HBO.

A few months ago, Woody shared that he was thinking about ending his career as a director.