Rosie O’Donnell may be a 9/11 conspiracy theorist, a Trump assassination attempt conspiracy theorist, and a 2024 election conspiracy theorist, but she was right at home in her old studio on Thursday as he visited NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers. During her discussion with Meyers, O’Donnell would claim she fled to Ireland after President Trump’s 2024 win because “we are all screwed” and previewed her upcoming time as a Jimmy Kimmel Live! guest host by claiming she wishes to “be a good soldier for him” because he and Meyers “are doing a tremendous job” helping people through “the tragedy that’s occurring.”
A sarcastic Meyers began by wondering if Trump’s inauguration had anything to do with O’Donnell’s decision to move, “So, and that was a coincidence or?”
Rosie O'Donnell recalls to Seth Meyers running away to Ireland, "I had read Project 2025. And I thought, if they're writing this down for people to read, we are all screwed."
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O’Donnell replied that, “No. That was very purposeful. I had read Project 2025. And I thought, if they're writing this down for people to read, we are all screwed.”
She further recalled how, “I got out and took my little 13-year-old now with me. And we've been there, like, over 18 months, and it's been glorious. It really has.”
What O’Donnell did not say, but has said elsewhere, is that her child claims to be non-binary. The implication being that Trump’s America is a dystopian nightmare because Project 2025 does not believe that 10-year-olds are authorities on gender.
As it was, Meyers then asked, “How is the experience of being amongst the Irish?”
O’Donnell recalled that “There was recently a survey that was ‘Who were the nicest people in Europe?’ and Ireland won. And I believe it's true. When they would see me walking in the street or whatever, people would never, like, stop and ask for an autograph or a picture. They said, ‘Welcome to Ireland, Rosie. You belong here, love.’"
She also claimed that “I'd go out to a bar and, like, an older guy, he'd come over and drop a pint right in front of me and say, ‘It's for you, Rosie. We hate him too.’"
Later in their discussion, Meyers eagerly looked forward to the week of August 17, “I'm also very excited about this. You're going to wrap Common Knowledge in August, and then you're going to go out to L.A. and you're going to guest-host our friend Jimmy Kimmel's show for a week.”
O’Donnell professed to be “thrilled to do it” as Meyers echoed, “I am thrilled to see you behind a desk again.”
Later, Meyers previews O'Donnell's upcoming Jimmy Kimmel guest hosting gig, "I am thrilled to see you behind a desk again."
O'Donnell also hypes "he and you are doing a tremendous job at alerting people through humor about the tragedy that's occurring. So, congratulations. And… pic.twitter.com/mOTQQ1gfPA— Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) July 24, 2026
Meyers further declared, “It is absolutely wonderful. It's a great tradition they have over there. They have a great staff. They take care of their guest hosts.”
O’Donnell then explained that her goal for that week is to be just like Kimmel and Meyers, “Yes, well, he and you are doing a tremendous job at alerting people through humor about the tragedy that's occurring. So, congratulations.”
After Meyers interrupted to add, “We're gonna get through it,” O’Donnell concluded, “And I hope to do the same thing. I just want to be a good soldier for him and do what he's been doing so well for a week so he can have a nice vacation.”
In 2026 alone, Kimmel’s guest hosts have accused Trump of being a racist, mocked Sen. Lindsey Graham after he died unexpectedly, mocked his sister in gross ways, and brought on guests to suggest that those who would oppose their child transitioning are akin to those who would oppose them dating someone of another race. In that respect, Rosie O’Donnell would fit right in.
Here is a transcript for the July 23-taped show:
NBC Late Night with Seth Meyers
7/24/2026
12:58 AM ET
SETH MEYERS: So, you—you are not living in America right now. You are—you are living in Ireland.
ROSIE O’DONNELL: I'm living in Ireland. We moved right before he was inaugurated.
MEYERS: Gotcha. So, and that was a coincidence or?
O’DONNELL: No. That was very purposeful. I had read Project 2025.
MEYERS: Yep.
O’DONNELL: And I thought, if they're writing this down for people to read, we are all screwed.
MEYERS: Well, look at you. You got out, and –
O’DONNELL: I got out and took my little 13-year-old now with me.
MEYERS: Yep.
O’DONNELL: And we've been there, like, over 18 months, and it's been glorious. It really has.
MEYERS: How is the experience of being amongst the Irish?
O’DONNELL: Well, they are so kind and warm.
MEYERS: Yeah.
O’DONNELL: There was recently a survey that was "Who were the nicest people in Europe?" and Ireland won. And I believe it's true. When they would see me walking in the street or whatever, people would never, like, stop and ask for an autograph or a picture. They said, "Welcome to Ireland, Rosie. You belong here, love."
MEYERS: Very straight –
O’DONNELL: Or I'd go—I'd go out to a bar and, like, an older guy, he'd come over and drop a pint right in front of me and say, "It's for you, Rosie. We hate him too."
MEYERS: Oh, that’s very nice.
…
MEYERS: I'm also very excited about this. You're going to wrap Common Knowledge in August—
O’DONNELL: Yes.
MEYERS: —and then you're going to go out to L.A. and you're going to guest-host our friend Jimmy Kimmel's show for a week.
O’DONNELL: And I'm thrilled to do it.
MEYERS: I am thrilled to see you behind a desk again.
O’DONNELL: Yes.
MEYERS: It is absolutely wonderful. It's a great tradition they have over there. They have a great staff. They take care of their guest hosts.
O’DONNELL: Yes, well, he and you are doing a tremendous job at alerting people through humor about the tragedy that's occurring. So, congratulations.
MEYER: We're gonna get through it.
O’DONNELL: And I hope to do the same thing. I just want to be a good soldier for him and do what he's been doing so well for a week so he can have a nice vacation.
