Trump Critic Rosie O’Donnell Confirms That She Moved Out of the U.S.

Rosie O’Donnell confirmed that she moved out of the U.S. after speculation due to a comment about driving on the other side of the road. The comedian teased a move across the pond in an Instagram post on March 7 after being critical of President Donald J. Trump.

She told her followers in a TikTok video that she moved to Ireland in January. “It’s been pretty wonderful. I have to say,” the actress said. “The people are so loving and so kind and so welcoming. I’m very grateful.”

O’Donnell said that she is in the process of getting her Irish citizenship since she has Irish parents.

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“Although I was never someone who thought I’d move to another country, that’s what I decided would be the best for myself and my 12-year-old,” she continued. “And so here we are.”

“I’m happy. Clay is happy. I miss my other kids. I miss my friends. I miss many things about life there at home,” the former View cohost said. “I’m trying to find a home here in this beautiful country.”

“When it is safe for all citizens to have equal rights there in America, that’s when we will consider coming back.”

“Protect your sanity is all I can say. Protect your sanity as much as you can, and try not to swim in the chaos if possible, but I know it’s nearly impossible when you’re there in the middle of it,” she ended the video.

The Trump critic made her Instagram private after sharing two posts on the platform on Friday, March 7. In the first photo, O’Donnell posed for a selfie in a car and hinted that she was not in America after saying that she was driving on the other side of the road.

“Bought a little used car to tool around the countryside on the wrong side of the road,” she wrote. “Hit the curb three times – thought I hit a cat !!! #newadventures ❤️.”

Rosie O’Donnell via Instagram

Rosie O’Donnell via Instagram

O’Donnell also shared a photo of her child, Dakota, 12, whose nickname is Clay, in the backseat of the car with her backpack beside her. Despite hinting that she was in another country, she mentioned in the post that she was taking Dakota to school and that she “can’t wait to walk to school” with her. The former talk show host has four other children, but they are all past the age to go to school.

She suggested that Trump’s administration and their policies is what caused her to move. “It’s been heartbreaking to see what’s happening politically and hard for me personally as well. The personal is political, as we all know,” she said.

O’Donnell is not the first celebrity to relocate since President Trump was elected to office. Richard Gere sold his Connecticut home in November and moved to Spain, according to Vanity Fair. Ellen DeGeneres and her wife, Portia de Rossi, also moved to the English countryside in December.

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O’Donnell has been vocal about her disdain for the president since he first took office in 2016. In November 2024, she called out the news show Morning Joe, as its cohosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, met with Trump that month.

Taking to TikTok on November 19, she swore she would never watch the MSNBC morning program again,

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“So Mika and Joe went down to Mar-a-Lago to kiss the ring,” O’Donnell said in the video. “It’s the last time I ever watch Morning Joe. Period. End of statement. Unreal. Unreal. For months, you were telling us he’s the worst thing that could happen to this country and democracy, and then you go kiss his ring? Despicable. Despicable you, both of you.”

On March 1, O’Donnell shared another video on TikTok. It was of the Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hugging children and picking them up with a smile on his face. “If only the current president had a drop of his caring, committed heart #resist #protest #defythem #love #FDT,” she captioned the post.