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Ellen DeGeneres has come forward to support Rosie O’Donnell after President Donald Trump threatened to revoke her US citizenship, despite Rosie previously criticizing Ellen for not making political statements.
This situation unfolded on Saturday when the 79-year-old Republican leader stated on Truth Social that he’s considering stripping Rosie O’Donnell of her citizenship because he believes she is not serving the country’s best interests.
‘She is a threat to humanity, and should remain in the wonderful country of Ireland, if they want her. God bless America!’
The following day, the 67-year-old comedian, who has more than 293 million social media fans, responded by sharing Trump’s post and acknowledging the 63-year-old entertainer by saying: ‘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 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 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)
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.
In response to Donald’s latest diss, Rosie shared no less than four posts on Saturday condemning the close friend of the late Jeffrey Epstein with her captive, combined 3.4M Instagram/TikTok following.
‘Hey Donald, you’re rattled again? 18 years later and I still live rent-free in that collapsing brain of yours,’ O’Donnell blasted.
‘You are everything that is wrong with America, and I’m everything you hate about what’s still right with it. You want to revoke my citizenship? Go ahead and try, King Joffrey with a tangerine spray tan.
I’m not yours to silence. I never was.’

Rosie and her 12-year-old non-binary child Dakota ‘Clay’ O’Donnell (R, pictured last Tuesday) are getting acclimated to Dublin and she’s ‘in the process’ of getting Irish citizenship

In response to Donald’s latest diss, O’Donnell shared no less than four posts on Saturday condemning the close friend of the late Jeffrey Epstein with her captive, combined 3.4M Instagram/TikTok following

The 12-time Emmy winner blasted: ‘Hey Donald, you’re rattled again? 18 years later and I still live rent-free in that collapsing brain of yours. You are everything that is wrong with America, and I’m everything you hate about what’s still right with it. You want to revoke my citizenship? Go ahead and try’

Rosie also called Trump a ‘mentally ill, untreated criminal’ and ‘a sexual-abusing liar out to harm our nation to serve himself’ writing: ‘This is why I moved to Ireland’

Legally, The Apprentice alum (pictured Sunday) doesn’t have the power to revoke O’Donnell’s citizenship due to the 14th Amendment, which grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the States

The And Just Like That guest star is next scheduled to perform a sold-out, one-hour comedy show at International Bar in Dublin this Wednesday at 6pm

Rosie is rehearsing for her one-woman show Common Knowledge, which runs August 1-10 at Scotland’s Appleton Tower during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
The outspoken Democrat also called Trump a ‘mentally ill, untreated criminal’ and ‘a sexual-abusing liar out to harm our nation to serve himself’
‘This is why I moved to Ireland,’ Rosie continued.
‘He is a dangerous old soulless man with dementia who lacks empathy, compassion, and basic humanity. I stand in direct opposition all he represents – so do millions of others. [Are you going to] deport all who stand against [your] evil tendencies? [You’re] a bad joke who can’t form a coherent sentence.’
Legally, The Apprentice alum doesn’t have the power to revoke O’Donnell’s citizenship due to the 14th Amendment, which grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the States.
The And Just Like That guest star is next scheduled to perform a sold-out, one-hour comedy show at International Bar in Dublin this Wednesday at 6pm.
Rosie is rehearsing for her one-woman show Common Knowledge, which runs August 1-10 at Scotland’s Appleton Tower during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.