It’s an ugly custody battle between Rosie O’Donnell and her estranged wife Michelle Rounds.
According to Rounds, she wants the couple’s 2-year-old daughter Dakota to have “a normal life.”
“Right now she has 24/7 nannies over there at Rosie’s house,” Rounds told Entertainment Tonight. “I don’t want my child to have a nanny. I want her to be outside playing, I want to be with her. I want to go to all the parent conferences … and that’s just not what it’s about over there.”
Earlier this week, O’Donnell’s rep told PEOPLE that Rounds seeking sole custody is “an absurd and desperate attempt to use a child for her own gain.”
But Rounds insists that she’s the fit parent.
“I’m at my daughter’s every beck and call,” Rounds said. “I give her mild discipline instead of like carte blanche, do whatever you want, which is more or less how Rosie likes to do things.”
When asked if she’s after her ex-wife’s money, Rounds says these claims are a “character assassination.”
“I made my first million before the age of 39, that was before I met Rosie,” she said. “I don’t need Rosie’s money, I don’t want Rosie’s money. … The prenup money means nothing to me. I will walk away from the prenup if Rosie will give me full custody.”
On Tuesday, O’Donnell Instagrammed a shot of Dakota with her hand raised. “Excuse me – do i get a vote?,” she captioned the image of their daughter.
O’Donnell wed the New York-based headhunter in June 2012, and separated last November. The View alum, 53, also has four older children with former partner Kelli Carpenter.
excuse me – do i get a vote?
A photo posted by Rosie ODonnell (@rosie) on Apr 28, 2015 at 1:20pm PDT
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