Rosie O’Donnell dabbled within the thought of returning to the States whereas celebrating the midterm election outcomes.
O’Donnell – a constant critic of the present administration – fled america for Eire after Donald Trump was elected president for a second time period in 2024.
Whereas the previous speak present host relished life throughout the pond, she’s now serious about shifting again dwelling to New York, and advised The Washington Put up that Dublin is “stunning — we like it right here, however my household’s not right here.”
She added, “And I miss my grown youngsters. I miss my grandson that was born six months in the past. And I really feel like I’ve missed half his life already and don’t need to miss any extra.”
The “A League of Their Personal” star has 4 kids with ex-wife Kelli Carpenter, and one baby with late ex-wife Michelle Rounds.
O’Donnell chimed in on TikTok to reward the blue wave that hit the States following Tuesday’s midterms, the place Democrats gained management of the home, along with capturing the Senate majority.
“It’s a gorgeous morning on the planet,” she stated. “The Trump regime is over, thanks America. I knew we’d do it; I knew it in my coronary heart.”
“You gotta consider folks, and you probably did, and also you confirmed up. And we gave a really loud and clear message to Trump … and his companions in cruelty. His felony buddies – Sufficient, we’ve had sufficient.”
O’Donnell famous that she “went to mattress early” in Dublin whereas returns got here again on election evening within the States.
“I didn’t suppose I might keep up; I used to be so anxious,” she stated. “I went to mattress and at 3 o’clock within the morning – ding, ding, ding, ding – everybody began texting me and I began to cry.”
“I used to be so overwhelmed with emotion – overwhelmed – and I bought up this morning and I took a bathe and I placed on my blue jumper … and I’m like, I’m sporting blue as we speak.”
O’Donnell stated she was “so pleased with all of us, of our nation” earlier than reflecting on the “unconstitutional, un-American issues that this administration has perpetrated on the folks of this nation and the world.”
“Let the investigations start, actually,” O’Donnell stated. “It is a superb day.”
The White Home responded in an announcement to Fox Information Digital, saying, “Rosie O’Donnell is a nasty girl and a complete slob whose mind has been utterly destroyed by Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
Earlier this yr, O’Donnell wrapped up guest-hosting fellow Trump critic Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night present, the place she referred to as the president “orange Voldemort.”
“I’ve actually loved my time right here because of everybody who’s been watching this week, particularly the hungry, hungry hypocrite within the White Home,” she stated throughout her last opening monologue.
“Most of all, I’d prefer to thank Jimmy Kimmel for inviting me to do that and for reminding everybody that we’ve the best to free speech on this nation, whether or not orange Voldemort likes it or not.”
O’Donnell and the president have traded jabs for years, and Trump threatened to revoke the comic’s citizenship after she fled to Eire in 2025.
The decades-long feud stems again to 2006 after O’Donnell criticized him when she was a bunch on “The View” about his choice to be lenient towards a Miss USA winner who had been accused of drug use and different dangerous habits.
