You’ve seen this movie before. A celebrity declares America unlivable under Republican leadership, dramatically announces their departure, and jets off to some foreign locale. Here’s the twist nobody asked for: they never actually leave us alone. Instead of enjoying their self-imposed exile, they spend every waking moment fixated on the very country and leader they supposedly escaped. It’s exhausting to watch. It must be even more exhausting to live.

The latest episode in this tiresome saga centers on the Kennedy Center. Last week, the Center’s board voted to rename the prestigious venue “The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.” Whether you voted for Trump or not, this is pretty standard fare. Presidents get buildings named after them. It’s how the system works. But for one former talk show host fuming from Dublin, this routine honor apparently triggered a full-scale meltdown.

From Breitbart News:

The former TV talk show host quickly embraced her favorite topic of Trump and seethed as she refused to call him by his name. O’Donnell called him “It” instead. She said, “The Kennedy Centre debacle. It has gone too far. It is seriously unwell. It needs to be removed from office. It, the nameless blob of negative energy. It.”

She made it 3 days without talking about Trump.. 😭😭 https://t.co/7Gzomb6Adu pic.twitter.com/5pGrJVDzgX

— American AF 🇺🇸 (@iAnonPatriot) December 21, 2025

A Pattern She Can’t Break

Let me get this straight. O’Donnell fled the country because Trump won. Fine. Lots of celebrities threatened to do that. She actually followed through. Credit for commitment, I suppose. But here’s where it gets absurd.

Just days before this latest tirade, O’Donnell joined something called a “Presidential Blackout.” The concept was simple: millions of liberals pledging to stop talking about Trump entirely. Starve him of attention. Reclaim their mental energy. A reasonable enough idea, honestly.

O’Donnell made it three days.

Three. Days. That’s shorter than most juice cleanses. She couldn’t even make it to the weekend before hopping on TikTok with what she titled a “Saturday Night Ramble.” The faded A League of Their Own cast member started by discussing Christmas celebrations with her family—five kids under 13, holiday cheer, all that. Then, like clockwork, she pivoted right back to her obsession.

Professional Help Isn’t Helping

Here’s where I genuinely don’t know whether to laugh or wince. Earlier this month, O’Donnell admitted that her therapist—a trained mental health professional she presumably pays good money—advised her to “detach” from her all-consuming Trump fixation. Solid advice. Healthy boundary-setting. Textbook stuff.

She lasted two hours.

I’ll repeat that. A medical professional told her to step back from her obsession for her own wellbeing. She made it 120 minutes before diving back in. Now, weeks later, she’s escalated to refusing to even speak his name. The man is “It” now. A “nameless blob of negative energy.”

This isn’t political engagement. This is someone who cannot stop picking at a wound. When your own therapist waves a red flag and you ignore it within the same afternoon, you’ve got a problem that transcends politics.

What This Actually Tells Us

O’Donnell’s spiral would be a mere curiosity if she were an outlier. She’s not. She represents a specific strain of progressive thinking that treats election losses as existential catastrophes rather than temporary setbacks. Instead of staying and organizing, they flee. Instead of debating policy, they dehumanize opponents. Instead of modeling the emotional stability they demand from everyone else, they post rambling videos from across the Atlantic.

Consider the contrast. While O’Donnell obsesses over a building’s name from her Dublin residence, President Trump has been occupied with actual governance. This includes brokering a peace deal that brought hostages home from Hamas captivity. One person is getting things done. The other is calling him “It” on a Chinese-owned social media app.

The irony of her chosen platform deserves its own paragraph. Serious national security experts have raised legitimate concerns about TikTok for years. But sure, that’s the venue for your political pronouncements. Makes perfect sense.

Christmas is days away. Most Americans are gathering with family, grateful for their freedoms, secure in their traditions. Meanwhile, Rosie O’Donnell sits in Ireland, unable to enjoy any of it because a building got renamed.

She needs to get her head screwed on straight. Genuinely. Not as an insult—as an observation. This level of fixation isn’t healthy for anyone. The rest of us will keep living our lives just fine either way.

Key Takeaways

• Rosie O’Donnell broke her “Presidential Blackout” pledge after just three days to rant about Trump on TikTok.
• Her therapist advised her to detach from her Trump obsession—she lasted only two hours before relapsing.
• O’Donnell now refuses to say Trump’s name, instead calling him “It” and a “nameless blob of negative energy.”
• Hollywood exiles who flee America somehow remain incapable of moving on from its leadership.

Sources: Breitbart