Rosie O’Donnell returns to US for family visit after moving to Ireland

After a self-imposed political exile to Eire following the re-election of President Donald Trump, Rosie O’Donnell quietly returned to the USA.

Throughout an interview with Chris Cuomo on his new present ‘SiriusXM’s Cuomo Mornings’, the 63-year-old actress revealed that she lately returned to the nation to go to her household. The actress moved to Eire together with her teenage daughter in January 2025, simply earlier than President Trump’s second inauguration.

“I used to be house for 2 weeks lately, and I did not truly inform anybody,” she advised Cuomo. “I simply went to my household. I needed to see how tough it might be for me to get in and overseas. I needed to really feel what it felt like. I needed to carry my youngsters once more. And I hadn’t been house in over a 12 months.”

She then shared that she needed to “make sure that it was secure” for her and her daughter to return again in the course of the summer season in order that they could possibly be with household throughout her break from faculty.

O’Donnell mentioned she lately returned to the U.S. with out telling anybody. (Dave Benett/Getty Pictures)

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When talking with Cuomo, she additional mentioned how America “looks like a totally totally different nation to her” than when she lived right here as a result of she “did not watch the information” or atone for “American tradition tv” whereas residing in Eire.

“I have been in a spot the place superstar worship does not exist,” she defined. “I have been in a spot the place the information has extra stability. There’s extra stability in life. Not everyone seems to be making an attempt to get extra, extra, extra. It is a very totally different tradition. And I felt the USA in a really totally different manner than I ever felt earlier than.”

O’Donnell claimed she “does not remorse her departure in any respect” and believes she did “what I needed to do to save lots of myself, my youngster and my sanity”.

O’Donnell added that she has no regrets about transferring to Eire. (Brendon Thorne/Getty Pictures for Tinderbox Productions)

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“And I am actually glad I am not in the course of that, as a result of the power I felt after I was in the USA — if I might use the only phrase I can consider — was scary,” she added. “There is a feeling that one thing is actually unsuitable, and nobody is doing something about it.”

The unhealthy blood between O’Donnell and President Trump goes again 20 years, when she criticized him on “The View.” They continued to insult one another through the years, with O’Donnell telling the Irish radio present: “Sunday with Mirjam,” “He makes use of me as a punching bag and as a approach to rile up his base.”

After asserting her transfer to Eire, the star revealed she was making use of for Irish citizenship throughout an interview with the British newspaper Daily Telegraph in October 2025.

“What nice information for America!” White Home spokesperson Abigail Jackson advised Fox Information Digital concerning the information on the time.

Rosie O’Donnell and Donald Trump (Getty Pictures)

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President Trump had beforehand threatened twice earlier than to revoke O’Donnell’s U.S. citizenship through posts on Reality Social.

“As a consequence of the truth that Rosie O’Donnell just isn’t in the very best pursuits of our Nice Nation, I’m severely contemplating stripping her citizenship,” he wrote in July 2025. “She is a menace to humanity and may stay within the lovely nation of Eire if they need her. GOD BLESS AMERICA!”

He later renewed the threats in September 2025, writing: “She just isn’t a Nice American and, for my part, incapable of being one!”

O’Donnell fired again on the president’s threats, utilizing the Structure as her protection in opposition to the president.

President Trump threatened to revoke O’Donnell’s citizenship. (Getty Pictures)

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“He cannot do this as a result of it is unconstitutional, and even the Supreme Court docket hasn’t given him the appropriate to do this. … He cannot do this. The one manner you may take away somebody’s citizenship is that if they resign it themselves, and I’ll by no means resign my American citizenship,” the ‘Now and Then’ star mentioned. “I’m a really proud citizen of the USA.

“I am additionally getting my citizenship right here so I can have twin citizenship in Eire and the USA as a result of I get pleasure from residing right here,” she added. “It is very peaceable. I like the politics of the nation. I like the individuals and their beneficiant hearts and minds. And it has been superb for my daughter. However I nonetheless need to preserve my citizenship in the USA. My youngsters are there. I will probably be there visiting and visiting them. And I’ve the liberty to do this, identical to any American citizen.”

Underneath the USA Structure, a president doesn’t have the ability to strip the citizenship of anybody born within the nation, that means that since O’Donnell was born in New York, her citizenship is protected by the 14th Modification.

Rosie O’Donnell is likely one of the most outstanding critics of President Donald Trump within the leisure business. (Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Pictures)

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