Rosie O’Donnell sat down with actress Amy Poehler, where she admitted the president is the reason she’s “re-famous.”
The pair filmed the latest episode of Poehler’s podcast, Good Hang, where the comedian explained that she feels like President Donald Trump is the reason she’s currently receiving any attention.
Watch:
“I feel like recently I’m re-famous. “That’s what I feel. I told my kids, ‘Well, kids, hold on ’cause mommy’s re-famous.’ I don’t know how it happened. I think it’s Mango Mussolini,” she said. “I think it’s him who did it. He didn’t know. If he knew how much he was helping my career and my life, he would shut up about me because, you know, he’s a horrible creature.”
Indeed, O’Donnell had largely fallen into irrelevance before she began going viral for her harsh and sometimes unhinged critiques of the president. She even went as far as to flee to Ireland, citing her fear of Trump’s leadership.
“It’s not easy to move to another country, and we really felt as a family this was the safest and best thing for us to do,” she said in March of last year.
Several months later, the president publicly considered revoking O’Donnell’s United States citizenship following the move, calling her out in a dramatic Truth Social post.
Look:
( @realDonaldTrump – Truth Social Post )
( Donald J. Trump – Jul 12, 2025, 9:42 AM ET )Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship. She is a Threat to Humanity, and… pic.twitter.com/Vob9SFlmZu
— Fan Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸 TRUTH POSTS (@TruthTrumpPosts) July 12, 2025
“Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship. She is a Threat to Humanity, and should remain in the wonderful Country of Ireland, if they want her. GOD BLESS AMERICA!” Trump wrote.
While this is not something that ever came to fruition, it reveals how deeply the rift between the pair goes.
X users reacted:
So she’s like Mary Trump and only famous because of him.
— MaryLouWestin (@LouWestin) August 12, 2026
Infamous at best.
— Smells Like Teen Statism (@BlueEightySix) August 12, 2026
Pretty sad when negative attention is better than no attention. One sad & lonely life she must have!
— TryAndTakeIt (@TryandTakeIt) August 12, 2026
Rosie is a deranged woman. Unstable in all her ways. I guess she is back on her mental meds and got a face lift after she moved back to USA. I guess Ireland is not the paradise she was looking for. AND SHE MISSED PRESIDENT TRUMP
— Chichi (@Chichi22966838) August 12, 2026
Well you are welcome I guess…
— US Knight (@USKnightX) August 12, 2026
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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