Ellen DeGeneres supports Rosie O’Donnell after Trump threatens to revoke her citizenship
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Ellen DeGeneres showed public support for Rosie O’Donnell, whose US citizenship President Donald Trump threatened to revoke, just three months after Rosie accused Ellen of never saying ‘anything political in her life.’
It all began Saturday when the 79-year-old Republican politician vowed on Truth Social: ‘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!’
On Sunday, the 67-year-old canceled comedian – who boasts 293.1M social media followers – shared Donald’s post and gave a shout-out to the 63-year-old comedian: ‘Good for you @rosie.’
Ironically, the lesbian funnywomen have never shared more in common – being former TV titans who both left the States for the UK following Trump’s re-election last November.
‘I’ve never really known Ellen to say anything political in her life, so I was surprised to read that she left because of President Trump. Like, that shocked me, actually,’ Rosie (born Roseann) marveled to Us Weekly last April.
Ellen DeGeneres (L, pictured in 2006) showed public support for Rosie O’Donnell (R), whose US citizenship President Donald Trump threatened to revoke, just three months after Rosie accused Ellen of never saying ‘anything political in her life’
‘I’ve been a political person my whole life, not better or worse, it’s just a different way to be in the world. I was very clear about the reason why I was leaving.’
O’Donnell continued: ‘It’s not like we’re tenaciously opposed to each other. We’re just very different people. We have had some stuff in the past that we never resolved. And not in any way as, as partners or lovers or anything like that, just as friends and comedians, but I wish her the best. I seriously do.’
The Long Island native’s ‘past’ comment was referring to when DeGeneres told the late Larry King that she didn’t know Rosie and was not her friend, which deeply upset her because they were close in the nineties.
‘Ellen wrote [in a text], “I’m really sorry and I don’t remember that,”‘ Rosie recalled to THR in 2023.
‘It would never occur to me to say “I don’t know her” about somebody whose babies I held when they were born. It wouldn’t be in my lexicon of choices to ever say. When she was in a perplexing situation and people were saying things about her, I said, “Let me stand next to you and say that I’m Lebanese, too.” When it was a downward media time for me, she didn’t do anything.’
The 34-time Emmy winner is reportedly ‘never coming back’ to the States after moving to a farmhouse in Cotswolds, England where she and her wife Portia DeGeneres are raising chickens and goats.
Last Thursday, Ellen and the 52-year-old retired actress enjoyed seeing the ‘amazing’ Billie Eilish at The O2 Arena in London, and they’ll celebrate their 17th wedding anniversary on August 16.
DeGeneres notoriously got ‘kicked out of show business for being mean’ after her former self-titled daytime talk show ended following 19 seasons after being hit with racism, workplace bullying, and sexual harassment claims in 2022.
It all began Saturday when the 79-year-old Republican politician vowed on Truth Social: ‘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!’
On Sunday, the 67-year-old canceled comedian – who boasts 293.1M social media followers – shared Donald’s post and gave a shout-out to the 63-year-old comedian: ‘Good for you @rosie’
Ironically, the lesbian funnywomen have never shared more in common – being former TV titans who both left the States for the UK following Trump’s re-election last November (pictured in 1996)
DeGeneres is reportedly ‘never coming back’ to the States after moving to a farmhouse in Cotswolds, England where she and her wife Portia DeGeneres are raising chickens and goats (pictured June 13)
Last Thursday, the 34-time Emmy winner and the 52-year-old retired actress enjoyed seeing the ‘amazing’ Billie Eilish at The O2 Arena in London, and they’ll celebrate their 17th wedding anniversary on August 16
Ellen notoriously got ‘kicked out of show business for being mean’ after her former self-titled daytime talk show ended following 19 seasons after being hit with racism, workplace bullying, and sexual harassment claims in 2022
DeGeneres now keeps busy running her age-positive skincare company, Kind Science By Ellen, as well as her lifestyle brand, ED Ellen DeGeneres (pictured May 19)
Meanwhile, Rosie and her child Dakota ‘Clay’ O’Donnell (R, pictured last Tuesday) are getting acclimated to Dublin and she’s ‘in the process’ of getting Irish citizenship
The New Orleans-born funnywoman now keeps busy running her age-positive skincare company, Kind Science By Ellen, as well as her lifestyle brand, ED Ellen DeGeneres.
Meanwhile, O’Donnell and her child Dakota ‘Clay’ O’Donnell are getting acclimated to Dublin and she’s ‘in the process’ of getting Irish citizenship.
The 12-time Emmy winner – whose grandparents hailed from the country – adopted the non-binary 12-year-old during her two-year marriage to late ex-wife #2 Michelle Rounds, which ended in 2015.
