Has Rosie O’Donnell finally found peace in Ireland, or is she just swapping one battleground for another?
After Donald Trump’s re-election in November 2024, the 63-year-old comedian and former talk show host packed her bags for Ireland, citing political stress and a personal feud with the president as her reasons for leaving the U.S., while her obsession with him continues to overshadow her new life abroad.
O’Donnell’s clash with Trump is hardly news, stretching back to his first term when her emotional turmoil kicked into high gear.
During that initial presidency, she channeled her frustration into creating over 200 digital portraits of Trump, slapping labels like "Moron" and "Loser" on them from her iPad.
Fast forward to March 2024, and she was on Irish TV expressing dread over a potential second Trump term.
By October 2024, she was pursuing Irish citizenship, leaning on her brother Eddie for help with the application and pointing to her grandparents’ roots as a tie to the Emerald Isle.
Her move wasn’t just about personal escape; O’Donnell, a lesbian mother of five, fears hostility toward LGBTQ Americans and cuts to federal support for special education programs under Trump’s policies—concerns amplified by her youngest child, 12-year-old Clay, who identifies as nonbinary and has autism.
Yet, the relocation has taken a toll on her family, with her daughter blaming Trump for uprooting their lives. "He made us move for our own safety … and now he’s destroying the country," her daughter reportedly said, as quoted by O’Donnell during an appearance on "The Jim Acosta Show."
That raw emotion shows how deeply politics has infiltrated their home life, a challenge O’Donnell admits she struggles to balance while being transparent about their reasons for leaving.
Despite her stated desire for distance, O’Donnell can’t seem to quit Trump, even from across the Atlantic.
She promised her therapist around Thanksgiving 2024 to avoid mentioning him for two days, only to break that vow within hours, and later made a similar three-day pledge to her 1.2 million Instagram followers with the same result.
Her friends see the pattern too, with longtime pal Jennifer Kopetic urging, "Roseann, you’ve got to detach. You’ve got to disconnect," during a recent visit.
Let’s be frank: while O’Donnell’s personal struggles deserve empathy, her relentless focus on Trump borders on self-sabotage, especially when she claims he threatened to strip her citizenship—a dramatic assertion that fuels her narrative of victimhood.
The White House didn’t let her renewed criticism slide, with spokesperson Abigail Jackson telling Fox News Digital, "Rosie O’Donnell clearly suffers from a severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome, and it’s better for the entire country that she decided to move away." Ouch—that’s a polite but pointed jab at her inability to let go, and frankly, it’s hard to argue with the sentiment when her social media betrays her every promise to disengage.
O’Donnell herself seems torn, expressing a desire to step back from the political fray with plans to stay in Ireland, yet her actions suggest she’s still itching for a fight—perhaps it’s time for her to decide if she’s truly out of the ring or just shadowboxing from a new corner of the world.
