{"id":2616946,"date":"2026-06-21T13:35:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T17:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rosie-odonnell-to-guest-host-for-kimmel-as-special-treat-for-trump\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T13:36:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T17:36:42","slug":"rosie-odonnell-to-guest-host-for-kimmel-as-special-treat-for-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rosie-odonnell-to-guest-host-for-kimmel-as-special-treat-for-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosie O&#8217;Donnell to guest-host for Kimmel as &#8216;special treat&#8217; for Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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-to-guest-host-for-kimmel-as-special-treat-for-trump%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=2616946&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>Rosie O\u2019Donnell, a longtime critic of Donald Trump, will guest host &#8220;Jimmy Kimmel Live!&#8221; during his two-month break this summer, starting August 17. Kimmel announced that the hiatus is voluntary, following a recent suspension related to a controversial monologue. O\u2019Donnell&#8217;s return to TV continues her history of feuding with Trump, which began in 2006 and intensified during his 2015 presidential campaign, including a remark from Trump about revoking her citizenship. Kimmel&#8217;s break comes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-stooge-doesnt-see-the-irony\/\" title=\"The irony escapes the DOJ puppet\">amid recent controversies<\/a>, including suspension over comments about a Trump supporter involved in a related incident. During his absence, guest hosts such as tiffany Haddish, Colman Domingo, Ike Barinholtz, Anthony Anderson, and Jelly Roll will fill in.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Longtime Trump foe and comedian <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rosie-odonnell\/\">Rosie O\u2019Donnell<\/a> will return to television later this summer as<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jimmy-kimmel\/\"> Jimmy Kimmel <\/a>takes a two-month break from his show, the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >late-night host announced<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI will be taking the next two months off, this time voluntarily,\u201d the host quipped Thursday, referencing ABC pulling his show, <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em>, for six days last September over a widely criticized monologue about conservative commentator Charlie Kirk\u2019s assassination.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4617934\/its-the-tale-of-two-countries-joe-concha\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>\u2018It\u2019s the tale of two countries\u2019: Joe Concha<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4617648\/establishment-democrats-are-dead-joe-concha\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>\u2018At this point, establishment Democrats are dead\u2019: Joe Concha<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4617599\/bidens-decline-stain-on-democrats-honesty-guy-benson\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Biden\u2019s decline \u2018is a stain\u2019 on Democrats\u2019 honesty: Guy Benson<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs a special treat for our commander in chief, I asked one of his all-time favorites, Rosie O\u2019Donnell, to be here to keep the hits coming,\u201d Kimmel said. \u201cSo you\u2019re welcome. And all I ask in return, Mr. President, is that you don\u2019t do anything stupid while I\u2019m gone.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">O\u2019Donnell will begin a weeklong guest stint on Monday, Aug. 17, a spokesperson for the comedian <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/rosie-o-donnell-will-guest-host-jimmy-kimmel-live-date-revealed-12003451\">told <em>Entertainment Weekly<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The feud between Trump and O\u2019Donnell, herself a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ga-poll-watcher-it-expert-non-trump-supporter-affidavit-sudden-surge-of-20000-mail-in-votes-for-biden-in-early-hours-on-nov\/\" title=\"GA Poll Watcher, IT Expert, Non-... Supporter Affidavit: Sudden Surge of 20,000 Mail-In-Votes For Biden In Early Hours On Nov\">talk show host<\/a>, began in 2006 when Trump criticized Tara Conner, the winner of that year\u2019s Miss USA. O\u2019Donnell, then a host on <em>The View<\/em>, defended Conner and called Trump a \u201csnake-oil salesman on <em>Little House on the Prairie<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their quarrel entered the national spotlight during Trump\u2019s first successful presidential campaign when, at a 2015 debate, moderator Megyn Kelly asked then-candidate Trump about calling women \u201cfat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals\u201d on social media, to which he responded, \u201cOnly Rosie O\u2019Donnell.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More recently, Trump threatened to revoke O\u2019Donnell\u2019s citizenship after the comedian moved to Ireland following Trump\u2019s 2024 election, writing, \u201cBecause of the fact that Rosie O\u2019Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kimmel\u2019s break comes months after he was suspended over a monologue alleging the suspected assassin in Kirk\u2019s murder was part of the \u201cMAGA gang.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4617909\/trump-keir-starmer-resign-british-pm\/\">TRUMP SAYS STARMER \u2018WILL RESIGN,\u2019 RIPS BRITISH PM OVER IMMIGRATION AND NORTH SEA OIL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them, and doing everything they can to score political points from it,\u201d he said on Sept. 15, prompting public outcry and ABC suspending his show from Sept. 17-22 before lifting the preemption on Sept. 26.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also guest-hosting during Kimmel\u2019s break are Tiffany Haddish,\u00a0Colman Domingo,\u00a0Ike Barinholtz,\u00a0Anthony Anderson, and Jelly Roll.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" 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