Rosie O'Donnell says she's ditched the U.S.A. for her ancestral homeland ... telling fans she and her daughter have moved to Ireland -- and, President Trump's team says the White House couldn't be happier.
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00:00Just in time for St. Patrick's Day, Rosie O'Donnell is off to greener pastures in Ireland.
00:06Literally greener pastures.
00:07Yes, indeed.
00:08Ireland.
00:09She says she is moving out of the U.S.
00:11She's there.
00:12She's there now.
00:13She's already there.
00:14She's already there.
00:15And the reason, I don't think anyone would be shocked, is because of President Trump.
00:18With whom she has had a bitter feud for many, many years.
00:22Yes, indeed.
00:23And it finally came to a head.
00:24So this was Rosie talking about why she's now an Irish, well, I guess she's not a citizen
00:30yet.
00:31She's an expat.
00:32Yes.
00:33I'm here in Ireland.
00:34And it's beautiful and warm.
00:39Not physically, it's actually quite cold.
00:41Moved here on January 15th.
00:44And it's been pretty wonderful in the process of getting my Irish citizenship, as I have
00:53Irish grandparents.
00:55And that's what's going on when, you know, it is safe for all citizens to have equal
01:03rights there in America.
01:07That's when we will consider coming back.
01:13It's been heartbreaking to see what's happening politically and hard for me personally.
01:22Wow.
01:23Wow.
01:24January 15th.
01:25January 15th, five days before.
01:26About the same time that Ellen moved to England, right?
01:30Yeah.
01:31Roughly within, wow.
01:32You know what's really interesting about that?
01:33The man who really greenlit TMZ, Jim Paratore, who was running the company over at Warner
01:41Brothers when we started, Jim created two big talk shows, Rosie O'Donnell and Ellen
01:46DeGeneres, both of whom have now moved out of the country.
01:50Yes.
01:51And Jim knew something.
01:52Indeed.
01:53He knew a lot of things.
01:55So how does President Trump feel about this?
01:57Here you go.
01:58Predictably.
01:59Ireland is known for very happy, fun-loving people, great attitude.
02:00Many in this room right now that I've met.
02:01Why in the world did you let Rosie O'Donnell move to Ireland?
02:02I think she's going to lower your happiness level.
02:04I like that question.
02:05Are you expecting?
02:06Do you know who she is?
02:07No.
02:08No.
02:09No.
02:10No.
02:11No.
02:12No.
02:13No.
02:14No.
02:15No.
02:16No.
02:17No.
02:18No.
02:19Do you know who she is?
02:21You're better off not knowing.
02:24Wow.
02:25By the way, it's the Irish prime minister who he was meeting with today in the Oval
02:29Office.
02:30You know what else he said?
02:31He said you should deny her entry.
02:34It's like, I mean, the pettiness will never, ever.
02:40I mean, it has been going on, as you say, for decades between the two of them.
02:44What kind of focaccia question was that?
02:46Well, come on.
02:49It's a focaccia loaded question.
02:50Hi, this is Darius Wyesson out of Tennessee.
02:53I got the utmost respect for Rosie O'Donnell.
02:56So many people have talked about, oh, I'm going to leave America, I'm going to leave
02:59the country after Trump got elected.
03:00And she actually stood on business.
03:04I can't be mad at her.
03:05I can't be mad at her.
03:06She actually went out and did it.