{"id":2507329,"date":"2026-07-18T14:15:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T14:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2507329"},"modified":"2026-07-18T14:15:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T14:15:06","slug":"rosie-odonnell-shares-bold-theory-on-why-donald-trump-is-so-obsessed-with-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/rosie-odonnell-shares-bold-theory-on-why-donald-trump-is-so-obsessed-with-her\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosie O\u2019Donnell Shares Bold Theory on Why Donald Trump Is \u2018So Obsessed\u2019 With Her"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\" data-body-type=\"bodyblocks\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Rosie O'Donnell;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/rosie-odonnell\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Rosie O&#8217;Donnell<\/a> speculated on why President <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Donald Trump;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump<\/a> is &#8220;so obsessed&#8221; with her, decades after their public feud began.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On the July 17 episode of the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Work in Progress With;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/1119-work-in-progress-with-sop-49346947\/now-playing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Work in Progress With <\/em><\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sophia Bush;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/sophia-bush\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Sophia Bush<\/em><\/a> podcast, O&#8217;Donnell, 64, shared her theory about the ongoing beef the POTUS, 80, has with her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;It&#8217;s so crazy to me, Rosie,&#8221; Bush, 44, said. &#8220;He&#8217;s so obsessed with you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">To that, O&#8217;Donnell said, &#8220;I have a theory. We both grew up on Long Island. He grew up in Queens; I grew up in Commack\u2026 He grew up with girls like me: tough, probably gay, Irish girls who didn&#8217;t take s*** from no stupid, rich-boy wannabe \u2013 a**hole, liar, megalomaniac, no social skills, no empathy, no compassion. I would have told him to his face in third, fourth, fifth grade.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She continued, &#8220;And I think when I did it to him. quote unquote, on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The View;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/the-view\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The View<\/em><\/a>, he couldn&#8217;t believe that I had the balls to attack him. Because he thinks he is heralded, and held up, and belongs on Mount Rushmore, and, you know, solved 108 wars, and is the No. 1 person on &#8216;Tic Tac.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Additionally, O&#8217;Donnell claimed, &#8220;This is the president of the United States of America. Doesn&#8217;t understand that he&#8217;s being tested for dementia when he brags about acing his cognitive tests. It&#8217;s absolutely unbelievable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In December 2006, O&#8217;Donnell <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:called out Trump as a\u00a0&quot;snake oil salesman&quot;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=64YhFQ99a-c\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">called out Trump as a\u00a0&#8220;snake oil salesman&#8221;<\/a> and &#8220;not a self-made man,&#8221; per <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/celebrity\/rosie-slams-trump-the-donald-fires-back\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">People<\/a>, also criticizing him after he allowed the Miss USA winner to keep her title following controversial behavior.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/rosie-o-donnell-says-she-152601514.html\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Rosie O\u2019Donnell Had $100 Million When Her Talk Show Ended, She Says<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u00a0Related\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Rosie O'Donnell Had $100 Million When Her Talk Show Ended, She Says;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;outcm:mb_qualified_link;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/rosie-o-donnell-says-she-152601514.html\">Rosie O&#8217;Donnell Had $100 Million When Her Talk Show Ended, She Says<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Trump responded to her on-air comments by calling her a &#8220;woman out of control&#8221; and a &#8220;real loser.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More recently, the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:president threatened to revoke O'Donnell's citizenship;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/1202091\/donald-trump-makes-serious-threat-revoking-rosie-odonnell-citizenship\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">president threatened to revoke O&#8217;Donnell&#8217;s citizenship<\/a> after she spoke out about their feud following her move to Ireland. The former <em>Rosie O&#8217;Donnell Show<\/em> host then <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:issued a scathing takedown of Trump;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/1202122\/rosie-donnell-issues-scathing-takedown-donald-trump-threat-revoking-citizenship\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">issued a scathing takedown of Trump<\/a>, writing in part, &#8220;You want to revoke my citizenship?\u2028Go ahead and try, King Joffrey with a tangerine spray tan. I&#8217;m not yours to silence\u2028I never was.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the latest entertainment news on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TV Insider;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">TV Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rosie O&#8217;Donnell speculated on why President Donald Trump is &#8220;so obsessed&#8221; with her, decades after their public feud began. On the July 17 episode of the Work in Progress With Sophia Bush podcast, O&#8217;Donnell, 64, shared her theory about the ongoing beef the POTUS, 80, has with her. &#8220;It&#8217;s so crazy to me, Rosie,&#8221; Bush, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2507330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[22389,315982,350404,456070,430082,382013],"class_list":["post-2507329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-donald-trump","tag-getty-images","tag-odonnell","tag-rosie-odonnell-show","tag-rosie-o39donnell","tag-sophia-bush"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Rosie-ODonnell-Shares-Bold-Theory-on-Why-Donald-Trump-Is.com2Fen2Ftv_insider_6392F7b898330bd80f17b32cab3914fd66ac5.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2507329"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2507331,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507329\/revisions\/2507331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2507330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2507329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2507329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2507329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}