The 47-year-old actress responded to questions about the status of her five-year marriage in an interview Tuesday with USA Today, saying “We are a family. We will remain a family forever. And we are working on our issues.”

Rumors that the relationship was on the rocks began after O’Donnell posted cryptic messages on her personal blog about the difficulties of marriage and the fact that she wasn’t aware Carpenter had a Facebook page until a reader asked her about it.

O’Donnell and Carpenter were married in a non-state-recognized ceremony in San Francisco in 2004 and have three adopted children – Parker, 14, Chelsea, 12 and Blake, 9 – as well as daughter Vivienne, 6, whom Carpenter gave birth to via artificial insemination.

“They’re adorable and wonderful and they are by far a priority,” O’Donnell told USA Today. “Kelli and I love each other very much and we are working on our issues. Those are the only words I am ever going to say. Ever. And that is something that has been agreed upon by all parties.”

“But everything’s fine and everybody’s good and we’re still both raising them together,” she added. “We will both continue to parent them and we’re friendly and everything’s all right.”

Carpenter has reportedly moved into the couple’s Manhattan condo with their youngest child, according to RadarOnline.com. According to the gossip site’s sources, O’Donnell’s mood swings were the cause of the split.

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JULIA Allison should watch her back getting into the el evator in her building. The self-promoting Internet fame ball twittered that Upper West Side neighbor Rosie O’Donnell and her wife, Kelly, were having a “knock- down, drag-out screaming match . . . so sad.” In re sponse, O’Donnell’s rep said, “Yes, they fought — like most couples do. Give me a break — they’re fine! They’re happy [but] they have four kids. Whatever busybody neighbor spread this [news] around probably shouldn’t knock on their door to bor row a cup of sugar — ever.” Not that Allison minds. The curvy brunette loves attention and would probably welcome a tussle with O’Don nell. Then she’d blog about it, as she did of an encounter she had with Chicago Bears quarter back Jay Cutler a few weeks ago. We’re sure she’s heard from him since.

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On today’s edition of THE MARTHA STEWART SHOW (syndicated, check local listings), Rosie O’Donnell announced that she would be taking part in an upcoming episode of the popular Fine Living Network (FLN) series, WHATEVER, MARTHA!, which was greenlit today for an additional 26 episodes. Rosie declared, “I want to do a few full episodes because I want to get to the bottom of you and Alexis. Then I want to have Dr. Phil come on and we can do a whole family therapy thing.”

Rosie on getting ready back stage:

MS: I saw them powdering your cleavage backstage.

RO: It’s always fun. They were powdering and I’m wearing SPANX so it’s very hard to know where to put the mic pack, because basically, from my toes to right under my boobs, is one piece of solid Lycra.

MS: How do you breathe?

RO: I can’t. In fact, I’m having very bad gas – fair warning.

Rosie on her height:

RO: [Sitting down] Look how much taller I am than you.

MS: I know!

RO: It’s because I have a very long torso.

MS: I need a couple of telephone books please.

RO: When my family would go to church when we were little, everybody would think, ‘oh, my god – they’re giants.’ And then we’d stand up and we’re pretty much the same height standing as we are sitting because I’ve got a 24 inch inseam…

MS: Mine’s like 40 [inches].

RO: Well, you’re a supermodel.

Martha on WHATEVER, MARTHA! on FLN:

MS: They’ll [Alexis and Jennifer] just make fun of anything, and that’s the whole idea of their show [WHATEVER, MARTHA!].

RO: Which I love. Do you watch it?

MS: Yes, I love it!

RO: Do you ever mind that the girls make fun of you on their show?

MS: The TV is edited. That’s a good show, but the radio – that’s another story. Sometimes it gets a little hairy, even for mom. Sometimes when I’m in the car with a driver, I have to turn it off.

RO: Really?

AS: And when you leave, they turn it back on.

MS: I want to just announce, because this is a big announcement…

RO: Can I announce it?

MS: Yeah, go ahead!

RO: It’s good news for all our WHATEVER, MARTHA! fans. The show has been so popular that Alexis and Jennifer are going back into production with 26 all new episodes for the Fine Living Network. You’ve been picked up ladies! Tune in, because that show, I watch in my bed, and I laugh so hard I need a Depends under garment.

Martha on Alexis’ pet pig:

RO: We’re like Charlie’s Angels.

MS: Alexis has never watched Charlie’s Angels.

AS: I wasn’t allowed to.

RO: You didn’t let her watch TV?
MS: No, no – we had other things to do.

AS: I had to ask…and then there was the look of disapproval.

RO: I’ve seen that look. You used to make her weed the gardens a lot, she told me.

MS: Weed, take care of the chicken coop, the geese…one year we had a pig.

AS: We never had a pig. Unbelievable! We never had a pig.

RO: There was no pig?

MS: She doesn’t remember that we had a pig and it was at Dottie Lays house.

AS: It was at someone else’s house?!

MS: That’s okay – it’s still our pig.

RO: Why did you keep a pig at Dottie Lays?

MS: Because Dottie Lays had a pig pen.

RO: Who is Dottie Lays? Does Dottie still have the pig?

JKH: No, they ate it.

MS: It made the best prosciutto, and Alexis actually ate it when she was not a vegetarian…and you liked it.

RO: You had a pet pig and you made your daughter eat it?!

AS: All I remember is goats and horses.

RO: I think we should all go to family therapy. All of us – because there’s a lot of stuff that you remember that I don’t think happened, Martha. I’d like to come back on the show with us and Dottie Lays.

AS: I wouldn’t.

RO: I’d like to see Dottie Lays eat some Frito Lays!

Rosie on Donald Trump:

AS: Jennifer just said the F word on television.

JKH: I did not say anything. I said ‘freak.’

RO: Do you know what the F word is in our house?

JKH: Freak!

RO: Fat. Do you remember when that billionaire was making fun of me? We don’t say his name – he’s like Lord Baltimore – we just ignore him. My little daughter said, ‘What is that guy saying about you?’ I said, ‘Oh, I made fun of his hair, so now he says that I’m fat and ugly,’ and she looks at me and she goes, ‘Mama, you are not ugly!’

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NBC is giving Rosie O’Donnell a Variety Special for Thanksgiving on November 26th according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The special will feature celebrity guests, musical acts, comedy skits and a prize give-away for the show’s in-studio and home audiences.

If the show actually gets viewers NBC will consider expanding it to a full season. All I can think of is does NBC want even less people to watch them than already do? Seriously she is not the right person to host a Variety show, she has become too loud and too angry. 

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ROSIE O’Donnell is the opposite of a sex object in Kevin Smith’s “Zack and Miri Make a Porno,” starring Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks. In the trailer for the flick, Banks argues, “Nobody wants to see us [bleep], Zack!” Rogen shoots back: “Everybody wants to see anybody [bleep]! I hate Rosie O’Donnell. But if someone said, ‘I have a tape of Rosie O’Donnell getting [bleep]ed stupid,’ I’d be like ‘Why the [bleep] aren’t we watching that right now?” Rosie’s rep had no comment.

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Former television host Rosie O’Donnell is hoping to persuade her gal pal Madonna to direct an episode of hit plastic surgery drama NIP/TUCK, after playing a recurring role on the show.The star has played lottery winner Dawn Budge on a handful of episodes of Nip/Tuck, since making a naked debut in 2006, and now she wants her pal to get on the set of the hit show. Show regular Kelly Carlson says, “Madonna’s been approached because Rosie is on our show and they’re very good friends. I’ve begged the producers to get her on the show.”She has such a great mind for stuff like this that I think she’d be a great director for an episode. I would also love to have Madonna on as a character.”

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Is the “Ellen” show worried that “The Rachael Ray” show might be set to deliver a huge ratings punch? Sounds like it.

According to a well-placed source, Telepictures Productions (the company that syndicates “Ellen”) called the “The Rachael Ray” show on May 1, asking that they pull the plug on their much-hyped Rosie O’Donnell tribute show, set to air Friday, May 2.

Telepictures was the production company associated with “The Rosie O’Donnell Show,” and according to the source, Telepictures is nervous that if O’Donnell appears on “Rachael Ray” and the show runs old “Rosie O’Donnell Show” footage, their current property, “Ellen,” could be beaten in the ratings by their former property in markets where “Ellen” and Ray compete head to head.

A spokesperson for the Rachael Ray show confirms the report. “Yes we did receive a legal complaint from Telepictures about Rachael Ray’s tribute to Rosie. We think the complaints are invalid and without merit. We stand by the show. And, it will air as scheduled … May 2.”

The source suggested that Telepictures waited until the last minute in hopes that Ray’s producers would balk, and can their pre-taped tribute to O’Donnell. “It’s unbelievable,” said the source. “They didn’t just want to pull b-roll, they wanted the whole show off the air.”

A spokesperson from Telepictures denied the complaint and said, “We love Rosie and can’t wait to watch the show.”

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Rosie O’Donnell Signs Copies of Crafty U at Barnes and Noble in New York.