Rosie O’Donnell Says She Missed Major Family Moment Due To Trump Threats

Rosie O’Donnell has explained why returning to the United States is “going to be a challenge” for her as she revealed that she didn’t attend her daughter’s college graduation due to her longtime feud with President Donald Trump.

The comedian, in a recent episode of Mamamia’s “No Filter” podcast, opened up about moving to Ireland back in January and claimed that her security personnel “didn’t think it was wise” for her to go back for the occasion.

“Because I think Trump will use me to rile his base … I’m his nemesis in his mind and to them, a lot of — like a third of the country,” said O’Donnell, who has recently faced threats from the president to revoke her U.S. citizenship.

Earlier this year, O’Donnell — whom the president has described as a “threat to humanity” — shared that she moved to Ireland with her daughter Dakota less than a week before the start of the president’s second term.

By March, she said she was in the process of obtaining Irish citizenship and would consider coming back to America when it is “safe for all citizens to have equal rights there.”

She told “No Filter” host Kate Langbroek that the move was “very hard,” adding that it “was not a political statement as much as it was self-preservation.”

“I knew that the last time he was in office was very difficult for me,” said O’Donnell of Trump, who remarked that she ate “too much” and was excessively “drinking” during his first term.

She noted that Trump hasn’t stopped using her “as a punchline” since she first criticized him on “The View” whereas “many, many, many male comedians” have said similar or “worse” about the president without a similar response.

“He’s misogynistic and sexist and cruel,” she said of the president.

“I think that our tumult … it created a lot of problems.”

She revealed that she “surprised herself” by making the move to Ireland, describing it as “quite a success.”

“People say to me, ‘Why do you still talk about him and the country if you left?’” said O’Donnell, who actively discusses Trump and U.S. politics on social media.

She continued, “I care about my country, I love my country, I am very patriotic and I knew that I would not be able to deal with what was about to happen and it certainly has and I think the United States is in serious trouble.”