# 'The View' co-hosts cheerlead for Rosie O'Donnell fleeing to Ireland to escape Trump

## O'Donnell revealed she has been living in Ireland since just before Trump's inauguration

### By  - Fox News

Published March 14, 2025 8:47pm EDT

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"The View" co-hosts debate whether it was right for comedian Rosie O'Donnell to flee to Europe to avoid President Trump.

### Co-hosts and Co-hosts Defense

Multiple co-hosts of "The View" expressed support for comedian and former "View" host Rosie O’Donnell’s permanent , saying it’s a fair response to Donald Trump being the President of the United States.

During Friday’s episode of the ABC daytime talk show, co-hosts Ana Navarro and Sunny Hostin defended O'Donnell's decision, noting that America is becoming a difficult place to live for people like her.

Hostin said that America “doesn’t seem to be working for everyone,” suggesting that O’Donnell’s freedom is somehow threatened by a second Trump term.

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Rosie O'Donnell recently revealed that she moved to Ireland just before President Donald Trump's inauguration. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for ELLE; Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

### Trump Responds

Trump responded by slamming her as a "real loser," and the two have been at odds ever since. O’Donnell would eventually describe receiving the "most bullying I ever experienced in my life" since the start of their feud, and has opposed Trump’s political career at every step.

### Navarro's Reply

Navarro stated that O’Donnell was right to leave, considering the treatment she had gotten from Trump over the years, and the threat Trump allegedly represents while in office again.

“But I do know if you’re Rosie O’Donnell, who he hates and – in fairness, she hates him, it’s mutual – and you are listening to him threaten Liz Cheney, and you’re looking at him go after law firms, and you are listening to him saying he’s coming back to be the retribution, and you know how ruthless and vicious he is, and that he personally hates you, and you have a 12-year-old with special needs… then you make the hard decision of leaving. ” she said.

“Good for her,” Navarro added. “She’s fought for her entire life. She’s putting herself first. I’m very supportive.”

### Alyssa Farah Griffin

Alyssa Farah Griffin wasn’t buying the suggestion that America isn’t a free place for some under Trump.

"I do think it’s important to remember that America’s bigger than the president," she said.

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This country is bigger than who is president for four years. Griffin later added. "This country is bigger than who is president for four years." Griffin later added. "This country is bigger than who is president for four years."

"Good for her," Navarro added. "She’s fought for her entire life. She’s putting herself first. I’m very supportive."

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