Meat made O'Donnell avoid being Hare Krishna

Bill Maher aired the clip of that July 9, 1999, interview
with O'Donnell on Friday night on his show "Real Time with Bill
Maher." The short clip was from an interview on the comedian's former show
"Politically Incorrect." O'Donnell tells Maher that she had dabbled
in "every other kind of religion," including witchcraft and Buddhism,
before becoming a Christian.
With a laugh, she said: "I would have become a Hare
Krishna, but I didn't want to become a vegetarian. And that is honestly the
reason why, because I'm Italian and I love meatballs." It's the third clip
of O'Donnell that Maher has shown since she won her state's GOP primary last
month.
Reached by phone, O'Donnell campaign spokesman Chris
Merola had no immediate comment.