Rosie O'Donnell saved choking pensioner (90) at Dublin restaurant

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The comedian sprung to action to help a 90-year-old who was choking at a restaurant.
The 63-year-old moved to Ireland earlier this year to avoid living under the presidency of US President Donald Trump, with the pair having been locked in a long-running public feud.
Taking to TikTok on Thursday, the TV star had to tap into some life-saving skills after sitting down with her cousin Mary and her friend Kiki for a meal at the swanky five-star Dylan Hotel in south Dublin.
Fresh from having performed at the International Comedy Club on Wednesday night, Rosie was in for a shock when she found herself scanning the room of the hotel restaurant.
Describing herself as a 'hyper-vigilant person', she laid eyes on a elderly woman who had become distressed while sitting down for a meal with her daughters.
Rosie O'Donnell.
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"I see a 90-year-old woman choking,' O'Donnell told her followers. 'She's with two women who are in their fifties I'd guess. And I jump into action like I'm an EMT – which I'm not, I'm a stand-up comedian and actress.
'So I'm eating my tuna tartare and I go, 'that woman is choking, that woman is choking!' I get up, nearly knock over the table and run over with Kiki and my cousin Mary.
"We run over to the woman and stand her up. We put Kiki behind her and I put her fist in the right place. She starts to give her the Heimlich which she hadn't done before.
"I'm holding her hands and talking to her saying 'it's okay, it's okay. Can you breathe?' I put my hand near her and she could not breathe at all.
"She started getting caught red in the face. My heart is going and I'm one of those people who is great in a crisis but after the crisis I'm a mess."
The woman's daughters had become upset with the stress of the dramatic incident but were quickly relieved when Rosie began to coach her friend Kiki on how to perform the Heimlich manoeuvre.
Rosie O'Donnell on TikTok.
'My cousin Mary put a napkin in front of her and told her to get it out,' she continued. 'I pushed Kiki's hand and she got it and something came out, a big wad of stuff.
"It was unbelievable to me. I was thinking am I going to have to do a tracheotomy because I took a course and they told you what to do if it wasn't working and you were in a dire situation – and we were in a dire situation.
"In panic mode, I go into thinking I'm Superman or something and I'm not. I'm not an EMT. But when I see something like that I spring into action."
The 90-year-old woman then revealed her name to be Angela and was incredibly thankful that the comedian and her pals were on hand to help.
And while an emotional Rosie then struggled to finish her meal when she finally got back to her table, she was thrilled to see the 'unbelievable' Angela polishing off her own food despite having come under such distress moments before.
The former talk show host has been a regular sight around the Irish capital since making the move across the Atlantic, including dropping in on The Late Late Show.
In May, she revealed that her appearance on the RTÉ programme led to a Dublin woman in a bathrobe taking her into her home after she got lost in the city. Read more
Rosie was on her way to a podcast interview about her childhood trauma after the tragic loss of her mum when a taxi driver dropped her at the wrong address.
When she knocked on the door, a lady in a bathrobe, just out of the shower, answered it.
'She said, 'You look familiar, where do I know you from?'' Rosie reveals.
''I'm an American actress.' 'You were on The Late Late Show, you've got an autistic child.' I said, 'Yes I was.' 'What's your name?' 'Rosie.' 'I'm Jennifer, come on in.''
Jennifer connected Rosie to her wi-fi and helped her contact radio presenter and podcaster Venetia Quick of The Grief Pod.
Before leaving, Rosie advised Jennifer: "'Listen, I just want you to know you shouldn't do this again [let a stranger into her home]. In New York nobody would ever do this.
'She laughed, 'You know Rosie, I wouldn't open the door unless you were on The Late Late Show.'
The former Rosie O'Donnell Show star has deep connections to Ireland with family roots in Donegal, Tyrone, and Belfast.