Posted on 02/14/2026 9:33:29 AM PST by simpson96
After a self-imposed political exile to Ireland following President Donald Trump’s re-election, Rosie O'Donnell quietly returned to the United States.
During an interview with Chris Cuomo (snip) the 63-year-old actress revealed she recently returned to the country to visit her family. The actress moved to Ireland with her teenage daughter in January 2025, just prior to President Trump's second inauguration.
"I was recently home for two weeks and I did not really tell anyone," she told Cuomo. "I just went to see my family. I wanted to see how hard it would be for me to get in and out of the country. I wanted to feel what it felt like. I wanted to hold my children again. And I hadn't been home in over a year." (snip)
When speaking to Cuomo, she went on to discuss how America "feels like a very different country" to her than when she lived here because she hasn't "been watching the news" or keeping up with "American culture television" while living in Ireland.
"I've been in a place where celebrity worship does not exist," she explained. "I've been in a place where there's more balance to the news. There's more balance to life. It's not everyone trying to get more, more, more. It's a very different culture. And I felt the United States in a completely different way than I ever had before I left."
Ultimately, O'Donnell claimed she doesn't "regret leaving at all" and feels she did "what I needed to do to save myself, my child, and my sanity."
"And I'm very happy that I'm not in the midst of it there because the energy that I felt while in the United States was, if I could use the most simple word I can think of, it was scary,"
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Is that pic recent? She’s been wearing those Frankenstein glasses with bolts for years now……..
“she hasn’t “been watching the news” or keeping up with “American culture television” while living in Ireland. “I’ve been in a place where celebrity worship does not exist,” she explained. “I’ve been in a place where there’s more balance to the news” How does she know if there’s more balanced new if she hasn’t been keeping up with the news. I find it hard to believe that Irish news doesn’t talk about the US. Such a liar...
How did she get back. Was it a landing at Lakehurst NJ?
” keeping up with “American culture television”
Mental stability not everyone has it.
Didn't work. Exile for 20 more years.
What cutie! NOT...in any way.
Really? She appreciates that kind of culture? Is that why she has kept getting herself on TV constantly to attack the US / the President all the time?
She has an unhealthy obsession entirely of her own making - but blames others. It is pathetic but also very sad.
She was blabbing about coming back a while back. It was posted here on FR. I wish her passport could have been pulled.
I welcome her back as long as she just keeps our mouth shut. Her money is as good as anyone’s.
Hey Rosie, Trump is still YOUR president 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣💥🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Well, I haven't been out of the country in decades, but if you have a valid passport and a valid plane ticket, I don't think it's very hard at all. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Oh, they know. They just don't pay her any mind. They probably find her a great embarrassment.
Why give this cow the media oxygen? Ignore her.
Her move to Ireland was a virtue signal. She is actually lamenting the lack of media worship. No one will listen to her there. No one will applaud when she yells “Nazi, nazi”. She’ll be back before the midterms.
Oh good...Rosies back with her thing.
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