Rosie O’Donnell is reflecting on difficult moments from her friendship with Ellen DeGeneres .

The A League of Their Own actress recalled a heartbreaking moment from the early aughts when she said the Finding Dory star denied knowing her during a TV interview, despite having what Rosie described as a decades-long friendship.

"That was one of the most painful things that ever happened to me, in show business and my life," Rosie said on the Sept. 8 episode of the No Filter podcast. "I couldn't believe it. I have photos of her holding my newborn babies. I knew her for 30 years."

The 63-year-old remembered the friendship denial “so well" that she "had T-shirts printed and I gave them to my staff that said ‘I don’t know Rosie. We’re not friends.'"

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