Rosie O’Donnell has opened up about her new life in Eire, saying she and her little one, Clay, who lives with autism, couldn’t be happier after fleeing the US.
“I know myself enough to know that this was something I needed to do for the safety and sanity of myself and my non-binary child,” O’Donnell confessed to Us Weekly.
“We chose Ireland and didn’t really know where to go.”
After discovering a house in Glengarry — a suburb of Dublin — O’Donnell and her 12-year-old little one, who’s non-binary and makes use of they/them pronouns, have been disheartened to study that the home she discovered on-line had mildew.
“[We] could not move there, especially with an autistic child who has some allergy issues. And so we ended up in Howth,” O’Donnell advised the outlet.
“There’s a great, great school there. And Clay has done very well. And they were really welcoming.”
“And I love the little town, the little village. It’s in the heart of Dublin, but it’s still a village where you know the name of the grocer and you know the name of the cashiers. People are unbearably kind in a way that shocks me every single day,” she added.
Final month, O’Donnell revealed that she and her little one have been within the technique of acquiring their Irish citizenship following their trans-Atlantic transfer.
Her transfer adopted carefully that of fellow comic Ellen DeGeneres, who arrange camp completely within the Cotswolds in England along with her spouse, Portia de Rossi.
Whereas O’Donnell hasn’t been in contact with the previous discuss present host, 67, she admitted that she was “shocked” to study DeGeneres and the “Arrested Development” actress ditched Hollywood.
“I’ve never really known Ellen to say anything political in her life, so I was surprised to read that she left because of President Trump. Like, that shocked me, actually,” O’Donnell advised the outlet.
“I’ve been a political person my whole life, not better or worse, it’s just a different way to be in the world. I was very clear about the reason why I was leaving, and I don’t think it came as a surprise to anyone.”
“We’re not really in each other’s worlds, and it’s been kind of awkward but you know what? I wish her the best. I wish that she has peace and love in her life and that she is OK,” she added.
O’Donnell insists she doesn’t maintain any “malice” towards DeGeneres — regardless of the pair not having been on nice phrases over the previous couple of years.
“I don’t want to fight against another gay woman,” she stated. “It’s not like we’re tenaciously opposed to each other. We’re just very different people.”
“We have had some stuff in the past that we never resolved. And not in any way as, as partners or lovers or anything like that, just as friends and comedians, but I wish her the best. I seriously do,” she added.
Elsewhere, the Emmy winner stated that whereas she enjoys constructing a brand new life in Eire, she misses her grownup youngsters and shut friends who’re nonetheless residing stateside.
“It’s been very hard because of the time zone for me to participate in that. And I really miss that,” she stated. “I call my kids, I FaceTime my kids. I have two best friends, Junie and Jackie, since I [was] 3 years old.”
“They’re really like sisters. And I talk to them all the time. I have two brothers I’m very close to. I talk to them all the time,” she added.
