Rosie O’Donnell Spuring since 2006 with President Trump and now the frequent Trump critic has confirmed that she fled the country after his return to the Oval Office.
The comedian said she lives in Ireland and is busy applying for Irish citizenship.
“It has been pretty great, I have to say,” said the 62-year-old in a video on Tiktok. “And the people have been so loving, so friendly and so hospitable. And I am very grateful.”
O’Donnell said she left the country January 15, five days earlier President Trump’s inauguration.
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Rosie O’Donnell confirmed this week that she and her daughter moved to Ireland in January, only five days before President Trump’s inauguration. (Getty Images)
“Although I was someone who never thought I would move to another country, I decided that the best would be for myself and my 12-year-old child,” she explained.
O’Donnell does not only agree politically with Trump. The two have also been involved in a feud since 2006 after she had criticized him on “The View” about his decision to be flexible towards a Miss USA winner accused of drug use and other bad behavior.
Trump responded to the criticism by calling O’Donnell a ‘real loser’.
At the time, he said about Miss USA Tara Conner that he is a “believer in second chances. Tara is a good person. Tara has tried hard. Tara gets a second chance.”
In 2006, Trump is holding a press conference with Miss USA Tara Conner. (Michael Locisano/Filmmagic)
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Rosie O’Donnell in Ireland. (Rosie O’Donnell/Instagram)
The couple continued to spar back and forth, where O’Donnell People Magazine told in 2014 that their feud “most bullying I have ever experienced in my life”.
O’Donnell stepped up her Trump criticism during his first presidential run and win and in 2017 Seth Meyers told jokes that “about 90% of my working hours spent hatred against this administration.”
The actress even came up in a 2015 Republican primary debate when Trump was asked about the fact that Trump had named Namen like “fat pigs” and “Slob”, and he answered: “Only Rosie O’Donnell,” to laugh.
“I try to find a home here in this beautiful country, and when it is safe for all citizens to have equal rights there in America, then we will consider coming back.”
Trump also brought up O’Donnell during last year’s elections when he told a crowd during the Al Smith dinner of October that “The View” had become so bad “those show runners “Really has to bring Rosie O’Donnell back. ”
The “now” star remained engaged during the elections and often placed videos on Tiktok, including a particularly fiery on Thanksgiving when she warned people, “you can’t forget what he is capable of. … This is not a healthy person. This is a Madman. You have to get ready for what is coming.
“When democracy falls, fascism takes its place.”
Rosie O’Donnell during a protest from the White House in 2018. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty images)
Apart from all her political reasons to leave the US, O’Donnell says that she and her daughter are “happy” in Ireland and enjoy exploring the country.
“I miss my other children,” she added to her five Grown children. “I miss my friends. I miss a lot of things about life there at home. And I try to find a home here in this beautiful country. And if it is safe for all citizens to have equal rights in America, then we will consider coming back.”
The “A League of their own” star added that it is “heartbreaking to see what is politically and difficult for me personally. The personal is politics, as we all know.”
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She added that she was “sorry” against her fans who were worried about her and missed her.
“I just had the feeling that we had to take care of ourselves and make some difficult decisions and continue and now, while we settled, I was ready to post this and tell everyone what’s going on.”
“The Flintstones” star said that they encourage everyone to “stand up, use their voice, to protest, to demand that we follow the constitution in our country and not a king, no man and we have no cruelty as part of our style of administrative style.
“Protect common sense as much as you can and do not try to swim in the chaos if possible, but I know it is almost impossible if you are in the middle of it.”
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The comedian said she thinks of the US every day, and “I hope we can turn things around. I count on you, all, to do what is good. And I think we know what that is deep inside.”
