Rosie O'Donnell and Ellen DeGeneres

Rosie O’Donnell left the United States shortly after Donald Trump was elected for a second term, but says she didn’t expect Ellen DeGeneres to similarly cite politics as her motivation to move abroad.

Speaking to US Weekly in an interview published on Wednesday, Rosie said that moving to Ireland “was something I needed to do for the safety and sanity of myself and my non-binary child”.

Regarding Ellen, however, she admitted she was “shocked” to learn of the comedian and former talk show host’s decision to relocate to the UK with her wife, Portia De Rossi.

“I’ve never really known Ellen to say anything political in her life, so I was surprised to read that she left because of President Trump. Like, that shocked me, actually,” she explained.

Rosie continued: “I’ve been a political person my whole life, not better........

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