{"id":258333,"date":"2026-08-19T06:20:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T06:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/19\/rosie-odonnell-thanks-donald-trump-for-bringing-her-back-into-the-spotlight-during-jimmy-kimmel-live-monologue\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T06:20:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T06:20:21","slug":"rosie-odonnell-thanks-donald-trump-for-bringing-her-back-into-the-spotlight-during-jimmy-kimmel-live-monologue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/19\/rosie-odonnell-thanks-donald-trump-for-bringing-her-back-into-the-spotlight-during-jimmy-kimmel-live-monologue\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosie O\u2019Donnell Thanks Donald Trump For Bringing Her Back Into the Spotlight During \u2018Jimmy Kimmel Live\u2019 Monologue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption><span class=\"copyright\">ABC, Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"\/tags\/rosie-odonnell\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Rosie O&#8217;Donnell<\/strong><\/a> gives a special shoutout to <a href=\"\/tags\/donald-trump\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a> during the second night of guest hosting duties on <em><a href=\"\/tags\/jimmy-kimmel-live\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/strong><\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 64-year-old comedian took to the stage on Tuesday (August 18) and thanked the President for bringing her back into the spotlight during the opening monologue. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This has been kind of a strange experience for me because all of a sudden I&#8217;m re-famous,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I\u2019m back in the spotlight, all thanks to President Oompa J. Loompa, who is watching us this evening from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/08\/12\/donald-trump-addresses-backlash-over-reporters-flying-on-air-force-one-while-he-took-another-jet-amid-apparent-threat\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/08\/12\/donald-trump-addresses-backlash-over-reporters-flying-on-air-force-one-while-he-took-another-jet-amid-apparent-threat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inside a catering cart<\/a>. You know, I couldn&#8217;t have done it without you, sweetie. You brought me back! Just like you did with fascism and the measles!&#8221; <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"iframe-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She later spoke about<strong> Trump<\/strong> once again, bringing up him claiming the Strait of Hormuz is now a US territory. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We also learned today \u2013 that the United States could be acquiring some new land soon,&#8221; <strong>Rosie<\/strong> said. &#8220;Velveeto Corleone was up bright and early at 7 AM this morning to post an image of a map \u2013 listing the Strait of Hormuz as a U.S. Territory. Which makes literally no sense.&#8221;<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>&#8220;I\u2019ll put it this way: if the U.S. is in charge of the strait, then I\u2019m also straight,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;And let\u2019s face it, I\u2019m not. The moronothon continues!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you recall, <strong>Rosie<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/03\/11\/rosie-odonnell-confirms-move-to-ireland-reveals-what-would-have-to-change-to-return-to-america\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/03\/11\/rosie-odonnell-confirms-move-to-ireland-reveals-what-would-have-to-change-to-return-to-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">moved to Ireland<\/a> after <strong>Trump<\/strong> was elected for a second term. Later that year, the President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/07\/12\/rosie-odonnell-speaks-out-after-donald-trump-threatens-to-revoke-her-citizenship\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/07\/12\/rosie-odonnell-speaks-out-after-donald-trump-threatens-to-revoke-her-citizenship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said her US citizenship should be revoked<\/a>, and she should stay in Ireland. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last month, she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/07\/09\/rosie-odonnell-reacts-after-trump-shares-ai-generated-video\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/07\/09\/rosie-odonnell-reacts-after-trump-shares-ai-generated-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reacted to <strong>Trump<\/strong> sharing an AI-generated video of her<\/a> and said he was the &#8220;worst thing that ever happened to our country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/08\/19\/rosie-odonnell-thanks-donald-trump-for-bringing-her-back-into-the-spotlight-during-jimmy-kimmel-live-monologue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rosie O&#8217;Donnell Thanks Donald Trump For Bringing Her Back Into the Spotlight During &#8216;Jimmy Kimmel Live&#8217; Monologue<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just Jared &#8211; Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/08\/19\/rosie-odonnell-thanks-donald-trump-for-bringing-her-back-into-the-spotlight-during-jimmy-kimmel-live-monologue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABC, Getty Rosie O&#8217;Donnell gives a special shoutout to Donald Trump during the second night of guest hosting duties on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The 64-year-old comedian took to the stage on Tuesday (August 18) and thanked the President for bringing her back into the spotlight during the opening monologue. &#8220;This has been kind of a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":258334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-258333","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}