Former co-host of ABC’s The View, Rosie O’Donnell received her desperately wanted dose of public consideration lately after she introduced that she left the US and moved to Eire as a result of Donald Trump was president. The bonkers transfer from the insane 9/11 truther was lauded throughout Friday’s episode by co-hosts Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro as rational.
“So, our former co-host of The View, Rosie O’Donnell, has a long-standing feud with Donald Trump that dates again years earlier than he grew to become president. And now that he is again in energy, she’s simply made a drastic transfer,” introduced Friday moderator Pleasure Behar forward of this stitched collectively soundbite:
ROSIE O’DONNELL: I am right here in Eire. [Transition] Though I used to be by no means somebody who thought I’d transfer to a different nation, that is what I made a decision could be the very best for myself and my 12-year-old. [Transition] And I am looking for a house right here on this stunning nation. And when, you understand, it’s secure for all residents to have equal rights there in America, that is after we will think about coming again.
“Oh no, he will be mad at Eire now. Right here comes the potato tariff,” Behar mocked.
Hostin responded by calling Trump “a toddler,” and suggesting, “His frontal lobe isn’t actually absolutely developed, in my view. And so, he most likely suffers from that imposter syndrome.”
Later within the phase, Hostin once more proved herself to be a sore loser, as a result of – in keeping with her – since Trump gained the election, it meant America’s “democracy” “would not appear to be working proper now.”
“It would not appear to be working for everybody,” she additional whined. She additionally huffed that O’Donnell was “one of many few folks that may choose her life up and transfer it someplace.” “Most of us are caught right here,” she exclaimed.
In 2023, Hostin claimed China was a greater nation for black folks to reside in as a result of “[America is] placing extra black folks in jail right here.” She additionally praised how she felt safer in Africa. “I felt actual good in Ghana,” she touted.
As a multi-millionaire, Hostin and her household definitely have the means to go away the U.S., however the possible motive she couldn’t was due to the truth that her surgeon husband was swept up in an enormous RICO investigation for insurance coverage fraud.
The opposite member of the forged to throw their full weight behind endorsing O’Donnell’s self-imposed, attention-driven exile was Nicaraguan immigrant Ana Navarro:
[I]f you’re Rosie O’Donnell, who he hates…and you’re listening to him threaten Liz Cheney and taking a look at him go after legislation companies, and you’re listening to him saying he is coming again to be the retribution, and you know the way ruthless and harsh he’s , and that he personally hates you, and you’ve got a 12-year-old with particular wants, and also you wish to deliver her up in a spot of affection and peace, and you’ve got the sources and skill, then you definately make the exhausting determination of leaving, good for her.
“It’s good that she’s fought her total life, she’s placing herself first. I’m very supportive,” Navarro proclaimed.
Whereas co-host Sara Haines didn’t come out strongly for both O’Donnell leaving or staying, she did tout America. “I’d completely consider that this nation is imperfect and progress is sluggish, however I would not wish to reside anyplace else,” she stated.
The opposite purported conservative on the desk, Alyssa Farah Griffin additionally talked up America and busted the liberal fantasy of Europe. “I believe Individuals like to assume we’re up to now behind and Europe is so progressive and forward of us. It is simply not likely the case,” she argued. “We are the one the place you are almost certainly to come back in from one socio-economic class and in your lifetime be in a very totally different one. This desk would not exist in lots of Europe.”
Whereas Hostin scoffed at her and claimed America was “fairly racist,” Farah Griffin declared that America “nonetheless is the best nation on Earth.”
The transcript is beneath. Click on “develop” to learn:
ABC’s The View
March 14, 2025
11:03:25 a.m. Japanese(…)
JOY BEHAR: So, our former co-host of The View, Rosie O’Donnell, has a long-standing feud with Donald Trump that dates again years earlier than he grew to become president. And now that he is again in energy, she’s simply made a drastic transfer. Watch.
[Cuts to video]
ROSIE O’DONNELL: I am right here in Eire. [Transition] Though I used to be by no means somebody who thought I’d transfer to a different nation, that is what I made a decision could be the very best for myself and my 12-year-old. [Transition] And I am looking for a house right here on this stunning nation. And when, you understand, it’s secure for all residents to have equal rights there in America, that is after we will think about coming again.
[Cuts back to live]
(…)
11:04:15 a.m. Japanese
BEHAR: Oh no, he will be mad at Eire now. Right here comes the potato tariff!
Why cannot Trump let this go? This has been years now. He is nonetheless received — because the Italians go, over right here for Rosie O’Donnell.
SUNNY HOSTIN: Are you able to remind us what it’s that she stated about him or did to him? As a result of it is virtually like — You realize, he is a toddler. His frontal lobe isn’t actually absolutely developed, in my view. And so, he most likely suffers from that imposter syndrome.
(…)
11:06:30 a.m. Japanese
ANA NAVARRO: However I do know, that in case you’re Rosie O’Donnell, who he hates – and in equity, she hates him, it is mutual –
BEHAR: Oh yeah. Oh yeah.
NAVARRO: – and you’re listening to him threaten Liz Cheney and taking a look at him go after legislation companies, and you’re listening to him saying he is coming again to be the retribution, and you know the way ruthless and harsh he’s , and that he personally hates you, and you’ve got a 12-year-old with particular wants, and also you wish to deliver her up in a spot of affection and peace, and you’ve got the sources and skill, then you definately make the exhausting determination of leaving, good for her. It’s good that she’s fought her total life, she’s placing herself first. I’m very supportive.
(…)
11:07:55 a.m. Japanese
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: So, I do assume it is essential simply to do not forget that America’s greater than the president. And I wish to acknowledge particularly the LGBTQ group could really feel uncomfortable in sure states proper now. I simply talked to Kara Swisher on our podcast yesterday about this.
And I get if in case you have the means and also you wish to make that call. However I additionally remind of us, I believe Individuals like to assume we’re up to now behind and Europe is so progressive and forward of us. It is simply not likely the case.
BEHAR: No.
FARAH GRIFFIN: We stay essentially the most ethnically numerous nations on Earth. We are the one the place you are almost certainly to come back in from one socio-economic class and in your lifetime be in a very totally different one. This desk would not exist in lots of Europe. On LGBTQ rights points we’re about as superior as most of Europe.
SUNNY HOSTIN [While grimacing]: We’re fairly racist too, although.
FARAH GRIFFIN: Properly, we’ve far more variety, although, which is an effective factor. And while you’re a very homogeneous nation like Denmark –
[Crosstalk]
BEHAR: However you understand what? That is why individuals are upset as a result of we like this nation. We wish to keep the way in which it has been.
FARAH GRIFFIN: However that’s my level although. This nation is larger than whose president for 4 years. I simply assume it is essential folks bear in mind — there are locations I would not be capable of get IVF remedies in Europe. Like, we put loads— Love my European pals, however we put everybody on type of this pedestal and act like America is so backward and damaged.
BEHAR: Who does that?
FARAH GRIFFIN: I believe this nonetheless is the best nation on Earth.
HOSTIN: It is a younger democracy that does not appear to be working proper now. So, I do assume –
FARAH GRIFFIN: I consider extra in America than Donald Trump’s capability to smash it.
BEHAR: I hope you’re proper.
HOSTIN: It would not appear to be working for everybody. And I believe that is Rosie O’Donnell’s prerogative and that’s her level. It would not work for her household and he or she is likely one of the few folks that may choose her life up and transfer it someplace. Most of us are caught right here!
SARA HAINES: I’d completely consider that this nation is imperfect and progress is sluggish, however I would not wish to reside anyplace else.
BEHAR: All proper. We received to go.
