Rosie O’Donnell credits 'horrible' Trump with making her 're-famous' amid long feud

WASHINGTON, DC: Rosie O’Donnell is giving President Donald Trump an unexpected bit of credit, saying their decades-long feud has helped bring her back into the spotlight.

Speaking on the ‘Good Hang podcast’ with Amy Poehler this week, O’Donnell joked that she is now “re-famous” because Trump has continued to publicly target her.

The comedian and actress also called Trump a “horrible creature” while explaining how their long-running clash has affected her life and career.

Rosie O’Donnell calls herself ‘re-famous’ because of Donald Trump

O’Donnell, who has been at odds with Trump for years, said she recently realized that the constant attention surrounding their feud had given her career a surprising boost.

“I feel like recently I’m re-famous,” O’Donnell told Poehler. “That’s what I feel. I told my kids, well kids, hold on ’cause mommy’s re-famous. I don’t know how it happened. I think it’s Mango Mussolini.”

She went on to suggest Trump would probably stop talking about her if he understood just how much the attention was helping her.

“I think it’s him who did it. He didn’t know. If he knew how much he was helping my career and my life, he would shut up about me because, you know, he’s a horrible creature,” O’Donnell said.

Their public feud goes back decades, including a tense 2006 exchange when O’Donnell was a co-host of ‘The View.’

Trump continued taking aim at her during his first presidential campaign in 2016 and has remained a vocal critic since then.

Donald Trump continues targeting Rosie O’Donnell after Ireland move

O’Donnell moved to Ireland following the 2024 presidential election, explaining that the decision was made because she believed it was the “safest” choice for her family.

“It’s not easy to move to another country, and we really felt as a family this was the safest and best thing for us to do,” she said in a TikTok video last year.

Her move did not end Trump's comments about her.

During a White House meeting with Irish Taoiseach Micheal Martin, Trump joked that O’Donnell’s relocation was good news for Ireland, telling Martin, “you’re better off,” after the Irish leader appeared not to know who she was.

Donald Trump calls Rosie O’Donnell a ‘threat to humanity’

Trump later escalated his attacks in a July post on Truth Social, where he questioned whether O’Donnell should retain her US citizenship.

“Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship,” Trump wrote.

He also described the comedian as a “threat to humanity” and said she should remain in Ireland if the country wanted her.