Rosie O'Donnell credited President Donald Trump for her re-discovered fame on Tuesday as the White House continued to call the actress and former co-host of "The View" "obsessed.""I feel like recently I'm re-famous.That's what I feel.
I told my kids, well kids, hold on 'cause mommy's re-famous.I don't know how it happened.
I think it's Mango Mussolini," O'Donnell told "Good Hang" host Amy Poehler, referring to Trump."I think it's him who did it.
He didn't know.If he knew how much he was helping my career and my life, he would shut up about me because, you know, he's a horrible creature."O'Donnell and the president have traded barbs over the years, as the comedian remains one of Trump's fiercest critics.
She moved to Ireland after Trump's 2024 election victory over former Vice President Kamala Harris.JIMMY KIMMEL REVEALS HE ASKED MAJOR TRUMP CRITIC TO GUEST HOST WHILE HE'S ON VACATION AS A 'SPECIAL TREAT'The comedian has appeared on multiple podcasts and shows, and she is set to guest host Jimmy Kimmel's show for a week beginning next week.Comedian and actress Rosie O'Donnell during an interview with host Seth Meyers on July 23, 2026.President Donald Trump during an executive order signing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Aug.
6, 2026.(Paula Lobo/NBC via Getty Images; Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images)The White House pointed Fox News Digital to one of Trump's Truth Social posts from June 6.The post shows four images of O'Donnell with Trump appearing in thought bubbles near her head.
The caption says O'Donnell "is obsessed."O'Donnell recently claimed that she and Trump's decades-long feud has gone on in part because of their shared roots.ROSIE O'DONNELL CLAIMS TRUMP HAS 'PTSD RESPONSE' TO HER AS BACKLASH ERUPTS"There have been so many comedians who have said things about him, but I am from the same area that he’s from," she told Variety in July.She and Trump were born and raised in New York, and O'Donnell said...