Rosie O'Donnell's hatred for President Donald Trump has consumed her life for nearly two decades.
The former talk show host fled to Ireland after Trump's 2024 victory, hoping an ocean between them would bring peace.
But Rosie O'Donnell's therapist ordered a break from Trump-bashing – and she lasted only hours before melting down on social media.
Therapist Begs O'Donnell To Disconnect From Trump Obsession
The Washington Post just published a devastating profile of O'Donnell's "life in exile" that exposed the true extent of her Trump fixation.
O'Donnell's therapist and longtime friend Jennifer Kopetic made a desperate plea during a recent session.
"Roseann, you've got to detach. You've got to disconnect," Kopetic told the 63-year-old comedian.¹
The day before Thanksgiving, O'Donnell promised her therapist she would stop talking and posting about President Trump for two full days.
That vow crumbled within hours.
O'Donnell's self-imposed Trump detox lasted only "a few hours" before she exploded back onto social media.¹
The trigger? Trump told Bloomberg reporter Catherine Lucey to be "quiet, piggy" aboard Air Force One when she pressed him about the Epstein files.
O'Donnell raced to social media, telling CNN's Jim Acosta she was disgusted with the White House press corps for allowing Trump to verbally "rape" a reporter.¹
Second Attempt Fails Just As Spectacularly
Days later, O'Donnell tried again.
She told her 1.2 million Instagram followers she was "gonna try again to not give him a minute of me."¹
That second attempt fell apart just as fast.
Friends and family have grown alarmed about her inability to unplug from politics.
The Washington Post noted that "when you have a phone and a fixation, it can be hard to totally disengage."¹
O'Donnell's brother Eddie called her move to Ireland "the best decision she's made" – but even he can't deny the obsession followed her across the Atlantic.¹
Trump Derangement Syndrome Drives Her Out Of Country
During Trump's first term, O'Donnell churned out more than 200 hostile digital portraits of the President on her iPad.
She tagged them with insults like "Moron," "Loser," and "Liar" – obsessive behavior the Washington Post reporter said helped drive her out of the country.¹
O'Donnell moved to Dublin with her 12-year-old non-binary child five days before Trump's inauguration in January.
She called it a "necessity" to protect her family, claiming her "heart couldn't take the pain" of Trump's second term.¹
The feud stretches back nearly two decades to 2006, when O'Donnell criticized Trump while co-hosting The View.
She mocked his decision to let Miss USA winner Tara Conner keep her crown despite drug use allegations.
O'Donnell sarcastically called Trump "the moral authority" and pulled her hair across her head to mock his hairstyle.
Trump fired back by calling her "a woman out of control" and "a real loser."
Their war of words exploded during the 2016 presidential campaign when debate moderator Megyn Kelly asked Trump about using terms like "fat pigs" and "disgusting animals" to describe women.
"Only Rosie O'Donnell," Trump shot back, drawing gasps and laughter from the debate crowd.
In July, Trump threatened to strip O'Donnell of her U.S. citizenship, calling her a "Threat to Humanity" on Truth Social.
The 14th Amendment protects anyone born on U.S. soil from losing their citizenship, but the threat sent O'Donnell into another spiral of anti-Trump posts.
O'Donnell claims she's happier in Ireland and is seeking Irish citizenship through her grandparents' heritage.
But her therapist's failed intervention tells a different story.
Professional help can't break her Trump obsession. Moving thousands of miles away didn't work. Even promising her therapist couldn't get her to stop for 48 hours.
Rosie O'Donnell's Trump Derangement Syndrome is terminal. She lives in a self-imposed exile across the Atlantic but remains Trump's prisoner in her own mind. The therapist who knows her best tried to throw her a lifeline – and O'Donnell chose Trump-bashing over her own mental health within hours.
¹ Geoff Edgers, "Rosie O'Donnell's life in exile," The Washington Post, December 6, 2025.
