Rosie O’Donnell moved to Ireland to escape Trump. Did it work? – The Washington Post

Rosie O’Donnell’s life in exile

She moved to Ireland to escape Trump. Did it work? Today at 5:00 a.m. EST

For Rosie O’Donnell, the first Trump administration was tough enough. She had to distance herself from the second one. (Doreen Kilfeather / For The Washington Post)

For Rosie O’Donnell, the first Trump administration was tough enough. She had to distance herself from the second one. (Doreen Kilfeather/For The Washington Post), 16 min

By Geoff Edgers

DUBLIN — “Welcome to Ireland, Rosie,” said the woman walking toward her as she headed back from the store on Halloween night with candy. The passerby — a total stranger to Rosie O’Donnell — added blithely: “We hate him, too.”

Everyone here seems to recognize the American entertainer and know why she left the United States to move here in January.

“I felt on the verge of crying when I was there, when he got elected,” O’Donnell told an Irish television audience during a talk show appearance in March. Rosie O’Donnell

She’s a sensitive soul, a giant exposed nerve who has posed, successfully, for most of her life and career as a brassy Long Island toughie. Donald Trump’s first administration took an emotional toll on the die-hard liberal, even as she tweeted and marched and spit invective against the president every chance she got.

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