Lyle Menendez and his brother Erik might soon get a chance at resentencing. They’ve been serving life sentences for the brutal 1989 murders of their parents, José and Kitty Menendez. The brothers have always claimed it was self-defense. They say they were abused for years. But if you’ve followed the case, you know how weak that story really is.

Rosie Loves Lyle

Still, that hasn’t stopped Rosie O’Donnell from practically swooning over Lyle. She says it’s just a friendship. Sure. Meanwhile, she’s out here turning a double-murder case into her latest pet project, like Lyle’s some misunderstood poet instead of a guy who blew his parents away, and calling it self-defense. Honestly, if this is Rosie’s idea of a trustworthy man, maybe being a lesbian really was a choice after all.

The brothers were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in 1994. While discussing the crime on “Larry King Live” in 1996, the former talk show host said she believed Lyle and Erik’s claims of childhood abuse and molestation by their father and that killing their parents was an act of self-defense. – New York Post

Oof. If it’s not one liberal comedian scolding us for not wanting to pay more taxes, it’s another one falling for a convicted killer. This time, it’s ex-pat liberal lesbian comic Rosie O’Donnell. She says she’s finally found the one white male she can love and trust—Lyle Menendez.

Good grief. What is in the water out there in Hollyweird?

#BREAKING: A judge ruled that the resentencing hearings for #ErikMenendez and #LyleMenendez will proceed despite objections from the Los Angeles County District Attorney.

Last year, former District Attorney George Gascón requested the #MenendezBrothers’ sentences be reduced… pic.twitter.com/3nw9GAxRX0

— Court TV (@CourtTV) April 11, 2025

Maybe this is the real reason Rosie high-tailed it to Ireland—not because of Trump, but because Lyle Menendez might actually be getting out soon. After all that fan mail and public fawning, now she’s suddenly on another continent? Sounds like someone’s getting cold feet now that her favorite convicted killer could be walking free.

Funny how fast “he’s misunderstood” turns into “he knows where I live.”

Joking Aside

But this goes beyond Rosie’s strange crush. Across the country, parole boards and resentencing panels are being filled with so-called criminal justice activists—people who care more about pushing their political views than about real justice. These aren’t unbiased decision-makers; they’re people who see violent criminals as victims and the real victims as just obstacles to their agenda.

And when convicted murderers like the Menendez brothers get another chance at freedom, not because of new evidence, but because of public pressure and activist lobbying, that’s a problem we all need to deal with.

It wasn’t until 2022 when the siblings’ case gained a new life on TikTok following a documentary, that the comic reached back out. O’Donnell explained that she heard from the prisoner’s wife, Rebecca Sneed, who contacted her to “see if she was interested in speaking with him.”

Since then, the pen pals have had consistent communication with their first phone conversation lasting more than three hours. – New York Post

Rosie O’Donnell wasn’t exactly bringing the humor when she appeared on Chris Cuomo’s show, thanking the kids online who’ve made the Menendez case go viral. Apparently, she’s giving credit to those who say they learned about the case in their government and civics classes—because nothing screams “legal expertise” like a TikTok video. According to Rosie, these young “activists” are the reason the case is getting another look. It’s almost as if the judicial system now has to answer to viral trends rather than legal precedent.

Reminder, No Free Passes

I’d like to remind Rosie of something. Just because someone goes through abuse, it doesn’t give them a free pass to kill. Yes, the Menendez brothers claim they were abused for years. But let’s not kid ourselves—abuse doesn’t automatically turn you into a murderer.

Abuse is terrible. No one is saying it’s not. But it doesn’t excuse cold-blooded murder.

Let me also remind the Lyle-loving lesbian that Kitty and José were sitting in their den watching TV when Erik and Lyle walked in and opened fire with shotguns. This wasn’t a heat-of-the-moment struggle. It wasn’t self-defense. It was an ambush. That’s not a blurry line—that’s cold, hard fact.

If we start changing the rules based on online pressure and social media trends, we’re in trouble. That’s how justice turns into a popularity contest.

Between celebrities making excuses for cold-blooded killers and radical activists taking over parole boards across the country, maybe it’s time we took a harder look at who’s really making these decisions. When justice starts getting replaced by ideology, we’ve got a real problem. The legal system should be about facts, not viral trends or political agendas. If this continues, we’ll be looking at more dangerous criminals walking free while the rest of us pay the price.

Feature Image: Rosie O’Donnell/photo by Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons/Lyle Menendez/Page Six X account/cropped and edited in Canva Pro