Chicago, IL - Emmy® Award-winning host Rosie O'Donnell secures the exclusive one-on-one interview with former First Lady of Illinois Patti Blagojevich, to air on "The Rosie Show" Wednesday, February 29 at 7 p.m. ET/PT on OWN.
Patti Blagojevich opens up about the day the FBI took her husband Rod Blagojevich from their home, getting fired from her job, what she will do when her husband begins his 14-year jail sentence for corruption in March and how her family is surviving.
Rosie asks the tough questions and gets surprising answers including why Patti went to Costa Rica to film "I'm A Celebrity…Get Me out of Here." In a touching moment, Patti comes to tears talking about how she and her husband are dealing with the difficult task of explaining Rod's prison sentence to their children.
Later in the show, Rosie addresses her controversial statements about little people, which were made while talking with Chelsea Handler in a previous episode of"The Rosie Show," February 8. Rosie will address her comments and welcome musician and little person, Chris Errera, to the show. Chris saw the February 8 episode and taped a personal You Tube message for Rosie. Rosie tweeted that she'd like to meet Chris and he accepted her invitation to come on the show.
Other upcoming scheduled guests on "The Rosie Show" include Mike Tyson, Suzanne Somers, Lily Tomlin, Kat Von D and "Dance Moms."
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