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AMERICAN COMEDIAN ROSIE O’Donnell has said that she moved to Ireland from the US this year to “escape” Donald Trump, who she said “has it out” for her.
O’Donnell, an award-winning actress, made an appearance on RTÉ’s Late Late Show this evening, where she explained that she “couldn’t understand” why so many Americans supported Trump in the Presidential elections last year.
She described Trump as “a man with the personality of a teenage boy”.
Earlier this month, O’Donnell announced on social media that she had left the US to move to Ireland with her 12-year-old child in January.
Asked by Late Late Show host Patrick Kielty about the reasons for the move, Rosie bluntly replied: “The President of the United States has it out for me”.
O’Donnell added that Trump has disliked her “for 20 years” when she spoke out against him on daytime talk show The View.
“I mentioned his bankruptcies, I mentioned all the sexual assault charges, and I mentioned that he was not, in fact, the businessman that everyone thinks he is,” O’Donnell explained.
“He was very angry, and he hasn’t let it go – he uses me as a punchline whenever he feels the need”.
The comedian told Kielty that she is in the process of Irish citizenship, and has relocated with her children to Howth.
A day after O’Donnell announced that she would move to Ireland, her decision received some ridicule from Trump during his meeting with Taoiseach Micheál Martin at the White House.
A conservative commentator in the Oval Office asked Martin why he “allowed” O’Donnell to move to the country – to which the Taoiseach had no reply.
O’Donnell told Kielty that hearing her name mentioned during the Taoiseach’s visit was “very surreal”.
“I felt very troubled that they put the Taoiseach in that position and didn’t treat him with the respect he deserved,” O’Donnell said.
She added that she had “wrote to the Taoiseach with a little apology note”, and said that she had received a note back from Martin, thanking her for her message.
Rosie O’Donnell on Conor McGregor's visit to the Oval Office.#latelate pic.twitter.com/uSXrgcBudb
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Asked for her thoughts on Conor McGregor’s recent visit to the White House, O’Donnell said: “It seems unusual to me that the President of the United States has so many friends that are sexual abusers”.
“It shows that (the US) is in trouble. To think that cruelty and lack of empathy in a value that is spouted from the highest office in our country is overwhelmingly sad to me,” O’Donnell said.
Makes a change from Covid depression at least…
@William Tallon: 2 depressions don’t make a concession
@William Tallon: Commenting about covid on an article about the weather. I think you’re a bit obsessed, Willie
@JusticeForJoe: One throwaway humourous comment hardly constitutes being obsessed. Obsessed would imply a clearly observable, long-term pattern of behaviour similar to that you constantly display here, which usually takes the form of anonymously trying to put down and demean people while having nothing original to offer yourself. Now that’s what I call more than a tad obsessed…
@Hugh Morris: That’s certainly my impression…
@William Tallon: Humorous comment … Come on, now. I’m calling that a stretch. Also, ya seem a bit obsessive about me – an anonymous poster – if ya don’t mind me saying.
@JusticeForJoe: You clearly don’t understand the meaning of throwaway in the context of humour. I’m a bit obsessive about you? That’s a rather self-important claim there Mr. Justice. I don’t think many people on here take you as seriously as you do yourself much less obsess over you. Your fan club has a membership of one. You generally have very little to offer in your comments relative to the subject at hand. You do however like to snipe at those who do. It’s quite a long time since I interacted with you so I was rather surprised you chose to slag me off from out of the blue which sort of proves my point about you exhibiting obsessive behaviour – if ya don’t mind me saying, not that I care really. Replying will only confirm your obsession with me. Bet you can’t help yourself though…
@William Tallon: Yeah I’m not reading all that. I’m happy for you though! Or sorry that happened
@JusticeForJoe: Ohhhhh dear! Triggered. QED…
@JusticeForJoe: LOL! Of course you read it! Your ego wouldn’t allow you not to…
Everywhere you go, always take the weather with you.
@John Vectravi: lots of weather lately….
@John Vectravi: I though everywhere you go people always ask us who we are and where do we come from
@Hugh Morris: Haven’t heard that one in a while haha
@Burt Macklin: been a while since you were in the brownies?
@John Vectravi: John lives in a crowded house …
If you’ve the right clothes on there’s no such thing as bad weather.
That’s deeply depressing
Better go out and buy bread,that’s what usually happens I’m Ireland when a storm is predicted,
Sure nobody cares about the weather anymore
@Phil Mc Donald: ‘You don’t need a weatherman/To know which way the wind blows…’
Yippe just in time for my days off.
Gimmie rain over cold
@Mogh Roith: give me cold, bright and frosty over rain.
@Mogh Roith: Gimmie Winter over Summer….
Don’t be making any unnecessary journeys, now.
Think Wild Atlantic Way sounds better myself
They were forecasting sleet last night they haven’t a clue
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