{"id":2452104,"date":"2025-06-25T22:01:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T02:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rosie-odonnell-blames-trump-for-her-overeating-and-overdrinking\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T22:02:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T02:02:32","slug":"rosie-odonnell-blames-trump-for-her-overeating-and-overdrinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rosie-odonnell-blames-trump-for-her-overeating-and-overdrinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosie O\u2019Donnell blames Trump for her overeating and overdrinking"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frosie-odonnell-blames-trump-for-her-overeating-and-overdrinking%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2452104&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent interview on The Chris Cuomo Project podcast, comedian Rosie O&#8217;Donnell disclosed that former President Donald Trump&#8217;s first term significantly impacted her mental and physical well-being, leading to issues with overeating and overdrinking. O&#8217;Donnell shared that following Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-big-tech-and-media-actions-to-steal-the-election-heres-whats-going-on-in-pennsylvania-and-michigan\/\" title=\"Democrat, Big Tech and Media Actions to Steal the Election \u2013 Here\u2019s What\u2019s Going on in Pennsylvania and Michigan\">election win<\/a> in November, she decided to leave the United States for Ireland, seeking &#8220;self-preservation&#8221; for both herself and her autistic, nonbinary child.<\/p>\n<p>She expressed feelings of depression and frustration over the falsehoods propagated about Trump, highlighting that her work in the entertainment industry frequently enough perpetuated these narratives for profit.O&#8217;Donnell was initially hesitant to leave the country despite many <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >celebrities making similar threats<\/a>, but ultimately realized that staying might jeopardize her mental health. <\/p>\n<p>Describing her life in Ireland as peaceful, she noted the more grounded cultural attitude toward fame, which made her feel safe and at home. The political climate in the U.S. had personally affected her, with incidents of being mocked after Trump&#8217;s victory. O&#8217;Donnell emphasized that her reason for moving was to foster a better surroundings for herself and her child, stating the importance of parental self-care. cuomo recognized the emotional toll O&#8217;donnell endured during Trump&#8217;s presidency, commending her for her resilience and empathy.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Rosie O&rsquo;Donnell blames Trump for her overeating and overdrinking<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2158445\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Actress and comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rosie-odonnell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Rosie O&rsquo;Donnell\">Rosie O&rsquo;Donnell<\/a> said President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Rosie O&rsquo;Donnell\">Donald Trump<\/a>&rsquo;s first term took a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putins-dream-of-rebuilding-the-russian-empire-died-in-ukraine\/\" title=\"Putin\u2019s Dream of Rebuilding the Russian Empire Died in Ukraine\">severe toll<\/a> on her mental and physical health, leading her to overeat, overdrink, and leave the United States for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ireland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Ireland\">Ireland<\/a> for &ldquo;self-preservation&rdquo; following his November election win.<\/p>\n<p>In an appearance Tuesday on <em>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chris-cuomo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Chris Cuomo\">Chris Cuomo<\/a> Project<\/em> podcast, O&rsquo;Donnell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l76Kthrsl78\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"revealed\">revealed<\/a> that Trump&rsquo;s presidency, particularly his second election victory, drove her to leave the country for her own well-being and for her autistic, nonbinary child.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3454019\/brett-cooper-fox-news-contributor-podcaster-influencer\/\">Brett Cooper scooped up by Fox News: Who is Gen Z influencer and podcaster?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3452543\/richard-grenell-hamilton-kennedy-center-boycott-pride-event-hickenlooper\/\">Richard Grenell slams Hamilton duo over Kennedy Center boycott after invite-only pride event<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3452685\/amazon-prime-wonder-project-unveils-new-faith-based-subscription-series\/\">Amazon Prime unveils new faith-based subscription series<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I was very, very depressed. I was overeating. I was overdrinking,&rdquo; O&rsquo;Donnell told Cuomo. &ldquo;It hurt my heart that America believed the lies about him. And then it broke my heart to be in a business that creates and sells those lies for profit.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l76Kthrsl78?si=brg6bkwMehVs3U6z&amp;start=117\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p>While many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hollywood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">celebrities <\/a>threatened to leave the country over Trump, O&rsquo;Donnell said she wasn&rsquo;t one of them, until she realized staying could endanger her mental health. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I really felt this was self-preservation,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>O&rsquo;Donnell said she chose Ireland because of its more grounded approach to fame.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When I got here, I noticed right away there was a different culture about celebrity. They&rsquo;re not lauded in Ireland. They&rsquo;re not thought of as better than anyone else,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Coming home here felt like coming home,&rdquo; she continued, noting how her child told her, &ldquo;Mommy, you can be a normal person here.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The actress also described how political tension in the U.S. had reached a personal level, including being mocked and cursed at after Trump&rsquo;s win.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;People in CVS saying to me and my autistic 12-year-old, &lsquo;Hey, Rosie, Trump won. Ha ha.&rsquo; One cursed at us,&rdquo; she recalled.<\/p>\n<p>O&rsquo;Donnell, who famously feuded with Trump for years, said life in Ireland has given her the peace and anonymity she needed to heal.<\/p>\n<p>She described older Irish men buying her pints of Guinness and saying, &ldquo;Is it true you came here because you hate Donald Trump?&rdquo; &mdash; to which she responded, &ldquo;Yes, sir, it is.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I find myself feeling safe,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s no MAGA support here.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The move, she emphasized, was about creating a better environment, both for herself and her child.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To be a good parent to this 12-year-old child that I&rsquo;ve got to be around for 20 more years, I need to take care of myself,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/watch\/2158155\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>REPUBLICANS SEE OPPORTUNITY IN ZOHRAN MAMDANI NYC MAYORAL PRIMARY WIN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cuomo, acknowledging O&rsquo;Donnell&rsquo;s public emotional struggles during Trump&rsquo;s presidency, praised her for continuing to feel and empathize deeply, even at a cost.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a price,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;And you took on a very public and profound battle.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2158445\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2158445\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rosie O&#8217;Donnell attributes her overeating and drinking to Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2678,"featured_media":2452105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rosie-odonnell-trump.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[35390,57925,57924,42605,3634],"class_list":["post-2452104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-mental-health","tag-overdrinking","tag-overeating","tag-rosie-odonnell","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rosie-odonnell-trump.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2452104"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2452108,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452104\/revisions\/2452108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2452105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2452104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2452104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2452104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}