Rosie O'Donnell says she was 'drinking too much' after Donald Trump win took a toll on her
DUBLIN, IRELAND: Rosie O’Donnell, who is currently awaiting her Irish citizenship, recently revealed that she was “drinking too much” as Donald Trump’s presidential win took a toll on her.
O’Donnell, who relocated to Ireland in mid-January with her daughter, Clay, shared with The Irish Times that Trump’s first term was quite debilitating for her.
Speaking to the outlet, the 63-year-old comedian said that she vowed to leave the country if the Republicans actually won the 2024 election.
Rosie O’Donnell was ‘drinking’ too much after Donald Trump’s win
The former ‘The View’ host shared, “I was unbelievably heavy, I was drinking too much.” Nevertheless, she added that “there were guardrails.”
While she previously admitted that she never thought Trump would win, she still made preparations to leave the country just in case.
O'Donnell shared that she got her and her 12-year-old child, Clay’s, passports renewed as they started preparing for relocating to Ireland.
“I got my passport renewed, I got Clay’s passport renewed,” she said. “My brother has his passport. All my cousins have their passports. But I was never a traveller.”
"I never thought he would win again," the veteran comedian shared, before adding, "But I said, 'If he does, I'm going to move,' and my therapist said, 'Well, let's make a real plan.'"
She admitted that while relocating to Ireland indeed felt strange initially, she was later pleasantly surprised by finding innumerable similarities,
Reflecting on her first few months of stay in Ireland, O’Donnell shared with the outlet, "I see reflections of myself in this country everywhere I look, and reflections of my family and my very Irish childhood.”
“We're 100 per cent Irish,” continued the Commack, New York-born comedian, before adding, “Being Irish Catholic was a very big part of my identity, and coming back here does feel like coming home in a way that's hard to explain or understand, even for me."
In a TikTok video last month, O’Donnell shared that she moved to Ireland in January and was in the process of getting Irish citizenship.
As reported by Deadline, she said, “When it is safe for all citizens to have equal rights there in America, that is when we will consider coming back."
Rosie O’Donnell on Donald Trump's meeting with Irish Prime Minister
Rosie O’Donnell, who has reportedly been feuding with Donald Trump since 2006 after she made a joke about ‘The Apprentice’ star on her talk show ‘The View’, also recently talked about the MAGA spearhead during her appearance on 'The Late Late Show’.
Appearing on the show in March, she opened up about Trump’s Oval Office meeting with the Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin, during which her name was reportedly mentioned.
O’Donnell said, "I felt very troubled that they put the Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) in that position and didn’t treat him with the respect that a leader of that kind deserves when he’s visiting the White House."
"I wrote the Taoiseach with a little note of apology to his email and got a note back that they had received it and thanked me. But I just wanted him to know the history and what happened and why he seems to be out to get me in ways that are startling to most," she added, as per Fox News.
During the meeting, a reporter asked Martin, "Why in the world would you let Rosie O’Donnell move to Ireland? I think she is going to lower your happiness."
Before the Irish leader could answer, Trump interjected and said, “That’s true. I like that question. Do you know you have Rosie O’Donnell? Do you know who she is? You’re better off not knowing.”
Martin chuckled but did not respond.
