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Miss California 'Made Me Laugh': Rosie

Comedian found gay marriage comment funny

By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 29, 2009 9:13 AM CDT

(Newser) – It was only a matter of time before Rosie O’Donnell commented on Miss California’s gay marriage drama, but the comic wasn’t too harsh. Carrie Prejean’s comment “made me laugh,” O’Donnell told the New York Daily News. “She said, ‘In America, you have the choice between same sex marriage and opposite sex marriage,’ like it was a flavor at Baskin-Robbins. You can have rocky road or mint chocolate chip.”

Prejean has at least one celebrity in a same-sex union on her side. Cynthia Nixon said, “Maybe some of the things she said were a little awkward, but I think she expressed a feeling that a lot of people have. I feel badly for beauty contestants who are put on the spot like that!”

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In this image released by Disneyland, actress Cynthia Nixon, right, poses with her daughter Samantha, 12, left, her partner Christine Marinoni and son Charlie, 6, foreground, on Dec. 31, 2008. (AP Photo/Disneyland, Paul Hiffmeyer)

Hosts Billy Bush and Nadine Velazquez listen as Miss California Carrie Prejean answers a question from judge Perez Hilton during the Miss USA Pageant, April 19, 2009 in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Eric Jamison)

Rosie O'Donnell autographs a poster kicking off the 13th Annual Kids Night on Broadway at Madame Tussauds in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Starpix, Amanda Schwab)

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Miss California 'Made Me Laugh': Rosie