Rosie O’Donnell’s brother, Eddie O’Donnell, said the comedian made the “best decision” of her life by leaving the United States after President Donald Trump’s election, as reported by Breitbart.

His comments were included in a Washington Post profile detailing her relocation to Ireland and her efforts to obtain full Irish citizenship, a process he has been helping facilitate.

“The best decision she’s made, I think, in her life, honestly,” Eddie O’Donnell said when asked about her choice to leave the country.

“When will someone recognize her mental derangement & get her committed for help?”

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— Cajun Jarhead (@bayou_barry) December 10, 2025

According to the profile, O’Donnell’s fixation on President Trump intensified after the 2016 election, and her therapists have repeatedly told her to limit her posting about him on social media.

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The story described several attempts she made to reduce her online commentary, often at her therapist’s request, though those attempts were short-lived.

The Wednesday before Thanksgiving, O’Donnell agreed not to post anything about President Trump for two days. The break lasted only a few hours.

“Roseann, you’ve got to detach,” her therapist, identified as Kopetic, told her during their session. “You’ve got to disconnect.”

O’Donnell attempted again the following Friday, promising a three-day pause. She told her 1.2 million Instagram followers she was “gonna try again to not give him a minute of me.”

The Washington Post profile also referenced past reporting, including O’Donnell’s comments about how her daughter reacted to their move.

As previously reported by Breitbart News, O’Donnell told Jim Acosta during an appearance on The Jim Acosta Show that she informed her 12-year-old autistic daughter the move was necessary because of President Trump.

“My daughter is now saying, ‘Damn him, damn Trump’ and smashing her hand on the table,” O’Donnell said.

“And I said, ‘Wow, honey, what are you thinking?’ And she said, ‘He made us move in order for our own safety, and now he’s destroying the country!’”

O’Donnell told Acosta she regretted how much of her own political frustration had been absorbed by her child.

“Listen, she lives here [Ireland], she hears what I’m saying to you — not that I go around speaking like this every day if it’s not an interview — but I think to myself, ‘You don’t want to give this to her,’” O’Donnell said.

She added, “Whatever this thing is, of me thinking that I have to somehow stand in defiance of him. No, no, I don’t, somebody can tap me out, you know?”

“I did 22 years, I don’t really need to do any more, and I don’t want my kid to be so affected by it, and, you know, she has autism,” she continued.

The Washington Post profile reported that O’Donnell remains in Ireland as she finalizes her citizenship paperwork and continues to navigate her political and personal response to President Trump’s time in office.

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