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Rosie O'Donnell's $100million fortune, Donald Trump, and a new life in Ireland
The American actor, comedian and 'Trump fugitive', Rosie O'Donnell who moved to Ireland on a work visa is not short of a few dollars.
Now residing as an 'exile' in Ireland, O'Donnell revealed this week, she 'already had $100million in the bank' when she turned down a further $100m to extend her 1996 US daytime show writing, 'if you have $100 million and you're thinking you want more, then you are missing the point of your life' .
But her extreme wealth hasn't seen the chat-show star retire as she is currently preparing to open her one-woman show 'Common Knowledge' at the Dublin's Olympia Theatre later this month. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JULY 16: Rosie O'Donnell performs onstage during FRIENDLY HOUSE LA Comedy Benefit, hosted by Rosie O'Donnell, at The Fonda Theatre on July 16, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by)
In August, the show travels to the Edinburgh Festival for 10 nights but she is quick to dismiss the notion that she will make money from Edinburgh, saying it will probably cost her money.
There is also the prospect of a podcast in the mix. Under the Irish tax system O'Donnell is entitled to benefit from the very generous Artists Tax Exemption, when she gets her Irish citizenship. Daniel O'Donnell and Rosie O'Donnell on The Late Late Show. Pic: RTÉ
In her show O'Donnell apparently speaks about how depressed she became when Donald Trump was elected US President first time around and she knew she couldn't handle a second incarnation. So she took to TIKTOK to announce she was packing up and moving to Ireland -her ancestors were Irish-to escape his second term.
Trump disparaged her during Taoiseach Micheál Martin's annual St Patrick's Day trip to Washington, saying Ireland will now have to put up with Rosie 'O'Donnell. 'Who?' said the puzzled looking Taoiseach. 'You don't wanna know,' Trump replied in a characteristic put down. Ellen DeGeneres and Rosie O'Donnell (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)
Apart from her daytime TV series O'Donnell also had a bit part in the Meg Ryan/Tom Hanks romantic comedy 'Sleepless in Seattle'. In her recent documentary 'Unleashing Hope', the mother of five wrote about the power of service dogs for autistic children, as one of her children is autistic.
In the new show she talks about how depressed she became when Trump got into office the first time around. She knew she couldn't handle a second Trump term. Actress and comedian Rosie O'Donnell attends Comedy Central's 'Night Of Too Many Stars' benefit for Autism education at the Beacon Theater in New York City on April 13, 2008. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/FilmMagic)
She is living in Dublin and in the process of applying for citizenship as her grandparents were Irish.
