Rosie O’Donnell says she’s moved to Ireland because of Trump Presidency
Comedian and actor Rosie O’Donnell took to TikTok to reveal that she has moved to Ireland with her daughter Dakota.
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Rosie O’Donnell recently revealed she left the United States altogether amid a long-running feud with President Donald Trump.
In a lengthy TikTok video posted Thursday, O’Donnell said she has seen mental health benefits from leaving the U.S and moving to Ireland following a decadeslong beef with Trump dating back to her days as co-host of “The View.”
“We really felt this was the safest and best thing for us to do and it looks like sadly, we were correct for what’s happening in the United States is overwhelmingly depressing, unconstitutional, illegal, criminal and so so very sad,” she said. The outspoken O’Donnell also advocated for more women with political power, saying “enough with old white guys who don’t stand up for what’s right, in both parties.”
“I feel healthier (and) I’m sleeping better without the stress and anxiety over what was happening politically in the country,” O’Donnell said. She also said she feels relief because she is not being “singled out by the President of the United States.”
O’Donnell addressed the roots of their “quote-unquote feud with (Trump)”: “I was a host of ‘The View’ and it was my job to talk about current events and politics and when I told the truth about him, he went nutzo.”
“It’s been 17 or 18 years of it already and I’m sick of it and I didn’t want to live with it while he was back in office and I knew I couldn’t, and I knew that it would really tax me emotionally,” O’Donnell said.
O’Donnell added that “kindness counts” and “everyone is very friendly in Ireland, very kind.”
President Trump asked Irish leader ‘Do you know you have Rosie O’Donnell?’
During Trump’s March 12 meeting with Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin at the White House, Real America’s Voice conservative commentator Brian Glenn asked the Irish leader “why in the world would you let Rosie O’Donnell move to Ireland?”
“Thank you, I like that question,” Trump said as Martin laughed next to him, according to video obtained by The Hill and Fox News. “Did you know you have Rosie O’Donnell? Do you know who she is?” Martin stayed silent as Trump said that “you’re better off not knowing.”
Earlier this month, the comedian and ex-talk-show host revealed that she made a move to Ireland in a video posted to TikTok.
“It’s been pretty wonderful, I have to say,” O’Donnell said in the nearly 10-minute clip. “The people are so loving and so kind, so welcoming. And I’m very grateful.”
Although O’Donnell said she did not anticipate leaving the U.S., she said the political climate following President Donald Trump’s election inspired her relocation, which took place Jan. 15.
Contributing: Edward Segarra
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