Rosie O’Donnell’s therapist told her to ‘detach’ from Trump for two days — she lasted only hours
Rosie O’Donnell’s therapist recently urged her to step back from posting about President Trump for a couple of days — but the comedian gave in within hours, returning to social media to criticize the president.
A Washington Post profile of O’Donnell’s new life in Ireland highlighted what it described as her intense “fixation” on Trump. She moved to Ireland just five days before his inauguration.
O’Donnell, known for her frequent anti-Trump posts, told the outlet that she promised her therapist the day before Thanksgiving to avoid commenting on Trump for two days. That promise lasted only a few hours. Her brief break ended after she read that Trump had told Bloomberg reporter Catherine Lucey to be “quiet, piggy” on Air Force One as she questioned him about unreleased Epstein files. The “A League of Their Own” star then took to social media, telling CNN’s Jim Acosta she was appalled by the White House press corps for allowing the president to verbally “rape” a reporter.
Her therapist, Jennifer Kopetic, reportedly pleaded with O’Donnell: “Roseann, you’ve got to detach. You’ve got to disconnect.”
O’Donnell later told her 1.2 million Instagram followers she would “try again” to ignore Trump — though that attempt quickly fell apart as well.
Friends and family have expressed concern about her inability to unplug from politics, but her brother Eddie called her move to Ireland “the best decision she’s made.” As Washington Post reporter Geoff Edgers noted, “Still, when you have a phone and a fixation, it can be hard to totally disengage.”
The article reported that during Trump’s first term, O’Donnell posted over 200 critical images of him online, labeling him with insults such as “Moron,” “Loser,” and “Liar.” The outlet suggested this relentless focus played a role in her decision to leave the U.S. She relocated to the Dublin suburb of Howth in January with her 12-year-old non-binary child after Trump defeated Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election, calling the move a “necessity” to protect her family. “My heart couldn’t take the pain” of what Trump was planning — or had already done, she said.
The feud between O’Donnell and Trump stretches back nearly two decades, beginning in 2006 when she criticized him on “The View.” Tensions flared again in July when Trump threatened on Truth Social to strip the Long Island-born comedian of her U.S. citizenship, calling her a “Threat to Humanity.” O’Donnell responded with a series of Instagram posts denouncing Trump as a “dangerous old soulless man” who craves “loyalty,” pairing images of him with Jeffrey Epstein.
O’Donnell has since revealed she is seeking Irish citizenship, noting that the 14th Amendment grants citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil.
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