Rosie O’Donnell left america shortly after President Donald Trump was elected for a second time period, however says she didn’t count on Ellen DeGeneres to equally cite politics as her motivation to maneuver overseas.
Talking to US Weekly in an interview revealed Wednesday, O’Donnell mentioned shifting to Eire “was something I needed to do for the safety and sanity of myself and my non-binary child.” Relating to DeGeneres, nevertheless, she admitted she was “shocked” to be taught of the comic and former speak present host’s resolution to relocate to England along with her spouse, Portia de Rossi.
“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,” she defined. “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, and I don’t think it came as a surprise to anyone.”
She added, “We’re not really in each other’s worlds, and it’s been kind of awkward but you know what? I wish her the best. I wish that she has peace and love in her life and that she is OK.”
DeGeneres and de Rossi reportedly put their Montecito, California, residence up on the market in late November, simply weeks after Trump swept to victory over former Vice President Kamala Harris. The couple have since been settled within the Cotswolds, a rural area in England about 100 miles west of London.
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The transfer additionally took place two months after DeGeneres unveiled “Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval,” billed as her ultimate challenge as an entertainer, on Netflix. Within the particular, she joked about about having been “kicked out of show business” for being “mean,” alluding to the explosive allegations of office misconduct that surfaced practically 5 years in the past and left an indelible mark on her status.
In 2004, DeGeneres informed Larry King that she and O’Donnell had been “not really friends.” Within the years since then, O’Donnell has hinted at a frosty relationship between the 2 ladies, although she claimed they’d “supported each other” at first.
“It became a strange, ‘There can’t be two lesbians in this town’ kind of a thing,” she informed the Hollywood Reporter in 2023. “Then we each had success and went separate ways.”
In her US Weekly chat, nevertheless, O’Donnell clarified that she had no “malice” towards DeGeneres, noting, “I don’t want to fight against another gay woman.”
“It’s not like we’re tenaciously opposed to each other. We’re just very different people,” she mentioned. “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.”
“I think that there’s enough room in the world for all of the gay comedians, and we all need to stick together because gay people are the next group to be threatened,” she continued. “And the way they attack trans people is absolutely terrifying. If people don’t understand that they’re a vital part of the LBGTQIA+ community, that’s tragic because we protect our own, especially the most vulnerable.”
