Rosie O'Donnell Says Her Father Molested Her

"And then when my mother died, it sort of ended in a weird way, because then he was with these five children to take care of," she said. O'Donnell shares the revelation in her forthcoming book "Ladies Who Punch: The Explosive Inside Story of 'The View'" which is set to be published on April 2. "Any child who is put in that position, especially by someone in the family, you feel completely powerless and stuck, because the person you would tell is the person doing it.