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Sunday World
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Sunday World
Rosie O'Donnell sold NYC penthouse for nearly ‘half its price' when she left US for Ireland
city sale | The comedian's Midtown East home that she bought for $8 million in 2017, was sold for $4.75 million last month Rosie O'Donnell The comedian's Midtown East home that she bought for $8 million in 2017, was sold for $4.75 million last month, according to the New York Post. The penthouse located at 255 E. 49th Street features four bedrooms, three bathrooms, a glass-enclosed room with a view of the East River, a sauna and a rooftop deck. The 63-year-old originally listed the penthouse for $8.3 million in early 2023 but later dropped the price. The star who gave up the home before Trump's inauguration in January, had previously said she was motivated to move to keep her non-binary child, Clay, safe. 'I was never someone who thought I would move to another country, that's what I decided would be the best for myself and my 12-year-old child. And here we are,' she explained. 'You know, I'm happy. Clay is happy. I miss my other kids. I miss my friends. I miss many things about life there at home and I'm trying to find a home here in this beautiful country and when it is safe for all citizens to have equal rights there in America, that's when we will consider coming back.' O'Donnell, whose grandparents are from Ireland is reportedly in the process of obtaining her citizenship in Ireland. In another video made since her move she said: 'I feel healthier [and] I'm sleeping better without the stress and anxiety over what was happening politically in the country The TV personality who is a parent to kids Parker, 29, Chelsea, 27, Blake, 25 and Vivienne, 22 is to make her comedy debut on a Dublin stage this week. Having starred in films such as Sleepless in Seattle, A League of Their Own and The Flintstones, she has also had her own talk show, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, and has appeared in the likes of HBOs Curb Your Enthusiasm and Netflix's Russian Doll. Now, the 62-year-old is performing at a number of Dublin venues this week including the Craic Den Comedy Club in Workman's, The Comedy Cellar at the International Bar, and In Stitches Comedy in Peadar Kearney's pub, according to the Irish Independent. Read more As she prepares material ahead of her performance at Edinburgh Fringe Festival later this summer. She took to Instagram to say: 'Tuesday and Wednesday nights this week, I will be trying out some new stand up as I prepare for Edinburgh Fringe Festival - come by and say hello.' According to the Craic Den Comedy Club, 'Rosie is a rockstar comedian with a stand-up career spanning four decades.' A long-time critic of the US President, when Taoiseach Micheál Martin visited Mr Trump ahead of St Patrick's Day, a reporter asked about Ms O'Donnell's move to Ireland in the Oval Office with Mr Trump responding: 'Do you know who she is? You're better off not knowing.' Last month she told CNN's The Situation Room that 'not a day has gone by that I thought it was the wrong decision'. Revealing that she already decided to leave the country if Trump won the presidency, she told CNN: 'And although I was not one of the celebrities who announced that that's what I would do, I made the decision within my family and my therapist should he win.' She said that both her and her son were 'gone before he was inaugurated' and are now both settling into her new life in Ireland. 'We chose Ireland and didn't really know where to go,' O'Donnell told Us Weekly. 'Someone said Dalkey and I found a house online that was in Glengarry. But when the people who were helping us move in went there, there was mould in it.' She said she couldn't move there 'especially with an autistic child who has some allergy issues', and so they ended up in Howth, where they stayed in an Airbnb. Once their time was up there, O'Donnell and Clay officially settled in Dublin and 'couldn't be happier'. 'There's a great, great school there,' she said while discussing her Hulu documentary special Unleashing Hope: The Power of Service Dogs for Children With Autism. '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.'
Irish Independent
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Hollywood actress Rosie O'Donnell to make comedy debut on Dublin stage
Ms O'Donnell has been in films such as Sleepless in Seattle, A League of Their Own and The Flintstones. She has also had her own talk show, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, and has appeared in the likes of HBOs Curb Your Enthusiasm and Netflix's Russian Doll. Now, the 62-year-old is performing at a number of Dublin venues this week including the Craic Den Comedy Club in Workman's, The Comedy Cellar at the International Bar, and In Stitches Comedy in Peadar Kearney's pub. She is preparing material ahead of her performance at Edinburgh Fringe Festival later this summer. According to the Craic Den Comedy Club, 'Rosie is a rockstar comedian with a stand-up career spanning four decades.' Ms O'Donnell took to Instagram to say: 'Tuesday and Wednesday nights this week, I will be trying out some new stand up as I prepare for Edinburgh Fringe Festival - come by and say hello.' We need your consent to load this Social Media content. We use a number of different Social Media outlets to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review your details and accept them to load the content Ms O'Donnell moved to Dublin from the US with her 12-year-old child, Clay, who has autism. She is in the process of getting Irish citizenship as she has Irish grandparents. Last month, they took part in AsIAm's Same Chance Walk for autism in Malahide Castle. She told the event's official ambassador, TikTok star Eric Roberts, how Clay was diagnosed as autistic at two years old. 'We need a lot of help and attention, but we're getting there. I think that AsIAm is a wonderful organisation, and I'm proud to be associated with it,' she said. She also told Mr Roberts that she wants to spend the rest of her 'notoriety' helping families who have a loved one with autism. Ms O'Donnell has also attracted headlines since moving to Ireland, largely due to comments from US President Donald Trump. She has been a long-time critic of the US President. When Taoiseach Micheál Martin visited Mr Trump ahead of St Patrick's Day, a reporter asked about Ms O'Donnell's move to Ireland in the Oval Office. Mr Trump responded: 'Do you know who she is? You're better off not knowing.'
