From Ireland to Late Night - Rosie’s return
Viewers who tuned in to the Jimmy Kimmel show last night hoping to see guest host Rosie O’Donnell return from Ireland to pick up where she left off in her feud with President Trump were disappointed. Those who tuned in to hear how things are in Ireland were rewarded. O’Donnell, who hosted her own show from 1996 to 2002, devoted most of her monolog to the nation she now calls home. She included a bit about asking her pharmacist out on a date and what the pharmacist’s husband had to say about that. She may be a bigger fan of Ireland than Conan O’Brien, if that’s possible. Scroll down for more of her monologue and PDX HI coverage of her efforts to become an Irish citizen.
Rose O’Donnell and her daughter Clay, who she walked to and from school each day until crossing guard Angela told her to let Clay walk to school with her friends.
From her monologue on the Jimmy Kimmel Show - August 17, 2026.
“When we got to Ireland there was a guy there with a car service and our name on it. And he had galoshes on and a rain hat and a raincoat and an umbrella and a smile that said, “Don’t worry, you’ll get used to it.” And everyone thought the weather was going to be really overwhelming for me, but it wasn’t, because the people of Ireland are the kindest people I’ve ever met. Applause. They would stop me in the street, Applause, “Welcome Rosie, you’re home. We love having you here.” It’s been my refuge and my salvation and to the people of Ireland, I send my love. I’ll be home soon.”
After the first four minutes, her entire monolog dealt with living in Ireland. You can watch it here.
From the PDX HI of August 13, 2026
What her Irish neighbors said when Rosie dropped fifty pounds
This isn’t about Rosie O’Donnell’s weight loss and facelift. It’s about the reaction from her Irish neighbors. She lives in Ireland pretty much full time now. And loves it. “I lost so much weight that I had a lot of excess skin here [pointing to her chin], and it made me look sad. People in Ireland said, “Rosie, are you all right, love?” I’m like, “It’s my face. I actually feelhappy here.” Read the rest here and see photos of Rosie post-procedure. She has applied for Irish citizenship, but it hasn’t been granted. The facelift, she says, wasn’t cheap. “So why do I look like this? $90,000.” Click here to read the story and see how she looks.
From the PDX HI of April 17, 2025
It’s TRUE that Rosie O’Donnell has moved to Ireland and plans to live there. It’s FALSE that the Irish Government has officially rejected her efforts to obtain Irish citizenship. That bit of disinfo was blasted around the world on the internet and is as fake as a three-dollar bill. Where Rosie lives became an unlikely issue recently when a “reporter” asked Taoiseach Micheal Martin in the Oval Office why Ireland would let her live there. Trump jumped in before Martin could answer with a few shots at O’Donnell, with whom he’s been feuding since 2006. O’Donnell says she loves living in Dublin. “I see reflections of myself in this country everywhere I look, and reflections of my family and my very Irish childhood,” she said. “We’re 100 percent Irish. Being Irish Catholic was a very big part of my identity, and coming back here does feel like coming home in a way that’s hard to explain or understand, even for me,” she told the New York Times. Her father was born in County Donegal, her mom’s family came over from County Kildare. She got into her Irish roots about five years after she started trading insults with Trump.