Rosie O’Donnell has apparently traded Broadway lights for the green hills of Ireland—and even an ocean away, she can’t seem to let go of her Trump obsession.
As soon as it looked like Donald Trump might be headed back to the White House, the once-prominent comedian packed her bags and fled the United States. Now settled in Dublin, she’s spent her time shouting across the Atlantic, using social media like a megaphone to keep up her long-running feud with the former president.
In her latest installment of public outrage, O’Donnell took to TikTok—where she still commands a sizable audience of 2.9 million followers—to unveil her newest jab at Trump. And no, it’s not clever satire or punchline-worthy material. Instead, she’s simply decided to dehumanize him completely by calling him “It.” Yes, “It.”
In a Saturday night video she titled “Saturday Night Ramble,” Rosie opened up talking about the chaos of her holiday celebrations, especially dealing with five kids under 13 in one house. But the momentary warmth quickly gave way to something much colder.
The Kennedy Center recently voted to rename the venue the “Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts”—a move that sent Rosie into another one of her rants.
“It has gone too far,” she said. “It is seriously unwell. It needs to be removed from office. It, the nameless blob of negative energy. It.” That wasn’t satire. That was her attempt at political commentary.
And it’s nothing new. Rosie and Trump have been locked in a public feud for nearly two decades, dating back to the early 2000s when barbs were exchanged across late-night shows and morning talk programs. But while Trump moved on to politics and world stages, Rosie seems to have remained in that loop—amplified now by social media algorithms that reward outrage.
It’s gotten to the point that even her therapist has told her to detach from what she described as a “swivel-eyed hatred” for Trump. O’Donnell admitted that herself earlier this month. But judging by her latest content, that advice doesn’t seem to have sunk in.
While some online followers still cheer her on, others are raising eyebrows. After all, when someone moves countries and still spends every day thinking about a political figure they claim to despise, it might not be about politics anymore. It might just be obsession.
And with 2024 behind us and the political winds shifting once again, the question isn’t just whether Trump is heading back to Washington—it’s whether Rosie will ever find peace if he does.
