Rosie O'Donnell defends 'Teen Mom,' says show 'sends out a positive message'
Wednesday, January 26th 2011, 12:25 PM
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Rosie O'Donnell said she decided to watch 'Teen Mom' with her 13-year-old daughter, Chelsea."Teen Mom" has a surprising ally in Rosie O'Donnell.
O'Donnell, a mother of four, toldUsMagazine.com that she believes the show "sends out a positive message."
The hit MTV series has come under fire from the Parents Television Council (which is currently leading the war against MTV's other controversial series "Skins") and most recently Kim Kardashian for allegedly glamorizing pregnancy and making it "trendy."
But O'Donnell, 48, found it "interesting."
"My daughter [Chelsea] is 13. I watch it with her," the comedienne shared. "The rate of teenage pregnancy is up, so when my daughter saw that ['Teen Mom 2'] was on the air, I said 'Let's watch it.'"
O'Donnell said the series teaches a valuable lesson.
"At the end of almost every episode the mothers say they wish they used protection or waited, 'My whole life is over,' or 'I can't live the life of a teenager,'" she said.
Still, O'Donnell admitted there is at least one negative effect.
"I do feel sad that all these girls are getting pregnant in an effort to get on a TV show," she said. "That's a little tragic."
And the show has O'Donnell thinking about her own kids, including Chelsea, who was adopted.
"I think the fantasy for adopted children is to have a baby of their own, and then keeping it, which their mother did not do," she said.
O'Donnell, a mother of four, toldUsMagazine.com that she believes the show "sends out a positive message."
The hit MTV series has come under fire from the Parents Television Council (which is currently leading the war against MTV's other controversial series "Skins") and most recently Kim Kardashian for allegedly glamorizing pregnancy and making it "trendy."
But O'Donnell, 48, found it "interesting."
"My daughter [Chelsea] is 13. I watch it with her," the comedienne shared. "The rate of teenage pregnancy is up, so when my daughter saw that ['Teen Mom 2'] was on the air, I said 'Let's watch it.'"
O'Donnell said the series teaches a valuable lesson.
"At the end of almost every episode the mothers say they wish they used protection or waited, 'My whole life is over,' or 'I can't live the life of a teenager,'" she said.
Still, O'Donnell admitted there is at least one negative effect.
"I do feel sad that all these girls are getting pregnant in an effort to get on a TV show," she said. "That's a little tragic."
And the show has O'Donnell thinking about her own kids, including Chelsea, who was adopted.
"I think the fantasy for adopted children is to have a baby of their own, and then keeping it, which their mother did not do," she said.
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