Who is Rosie O’Donnell’s son, Blake O’Donnell – who just got married? He was adopted by the comedian and her ex-wife Kelli Carpenter, and he proposed to his girlfriend in front of Hillary Clinton
- Rosie O’Donnell’s adopted son Blake just married Teresa Garofalow Westervelt in a ceremony on August 16, and his famous mum has been sharing photos of their special day online
- Rosie and Blake shared a sweet mother-son dance to Cyndi Lauper’s ‘Time After Time’ and the comedian has been gunning for the couple ever since Blake proposed at The Phantom of the Opera
Blake O’Donnell married his long-time girlfriend Teresa Garofalow Westervelt on August 16, with his mum sharing various glimpses of their special day on her socials, as reported by Today.
For the mother-and-son dance, Rosie revealed on Instagram that they swayed to Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time” track. “If ur lost u can look and u will find me – time after time,” she wrote in the caption with an adorable photo of them on the dance floor together.
Here’s what we know about Rosie O’Donnell’s newly married son:
Blake O’Donnell comes from a big family
The 24-year-old grew up in a busy household. According to People, Rosie O’Donnell has welcomed five children over the years, including Blake, Parker, Chelsea, Vivienne and Dakota. Rosie adopted Parker first, in 1995, and her former wife Kelli Carpenter later became his legal parent as well. She then adopted Chelsea, Blake and Vivienne with Carpenter. The same article notes that her and her second wife, Michelle Rounds, later adopted Dakota.
“My teenagers are a nightmare, they’re horrible,” she joked in 2016. “I had four teenagers when I decided to adopt a newborn baby. You might ask why. Because I had four teenagers and I needed to remind myself that I actually do love children.”
Blake O’Donnell attended Marist College in New York
Per People, Blake began attending Marist College in New York in 2018. His mum wrote at the time on X, “Dropped off my boy at college. Hard to believe.”
