Rosie O’Donnell has revealed she was due to star in a hit comedy right before she decided to flee America and move to Ireland.
The legendary comedian left the US at the beginning of the year after President Donald Trump’s second term in office began, and was joined by her 12-year-old child, who is non-binary and goes by Clay.
In the last few months, the 63-year-old has left many delighted with a string of TV appearances – including a hilarious cameo in Hacks, and a stint as a nun in the season three premiere of And Just Like That…, which aired on Thursday.
During a new interview to promote her latest screen efforts, she opened up about other projects in the works, explaining that she was due to pop up in Poker Face with Natasha Lyonne shortly before the move.
‘I was supposed to do, right before I left, an episode of Poker Face,’ she told Variety, sharing that she would still love to take part in the hit Peacock series.
‘I’m hoping that I’ll be able to do that, although I don’t know – with the current political climate, when would it be safe to come back with my child?
‘I’m not going to push it before this administration is completely finished, and hopefully held accountable for their crimes.’
Giving an update on her new life across the pond with Clay, Rosie raved: ‘Never, for one moment since I arrived here, did I regret my choice.
‘People have been so welcoming, so accepting, and they have a different view of celebrity in the culture here. They are not prioritized over other people.
‘People are much more friendly and intimate with each other in a real way.’
Following Trump’s return to office in January, the former host of the View decided to leave the US – declaring that she ‘needed to’ make the move for her family, and her ‘own sanity’.
She has since settled down in Ireland with Clay and their new dog, but her other children, Parker, Blake, Chelsea and Vivienne, are yet to join them.
Her bitter battle with Trump has been raging for nearly 20 years, and stemmed from the moment she called him out on the View in 2006.
Appearing on the Late Late Show recently, Rosie shed further light on the move, telling the host: ‘The President of the United States has it out for me and has for 20 years, when I told the truth about him on a program called The View – where it was my job to talk about pop culture, politics…
‘I mentioned his bankruptcies, I mentioned all of the sexual assault charges and I mentioned that he was not, in fact, the businessman that everyone thinks he is because of the show, The Apprentice, where they sold a bunch of lies to America for over 10 years, and half of America believed it.
‘He was very angry to say the least, and he hasn’t let it go. And he uses me as a punchline whenever he feels the need.’
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