Rosie O’Donnell details new life in Ireland, ‘shocked’ Ellen DeGeneres left the US: ‘People are unbearably kind’

Rosie O’Donnell has opened up astir her caller life successful Ireland, saying she and her child, Clay, who lives pinch autism, couldn’t beryllium happier after fleeing nan US.

“I cognize myself capable to cognize that this was thing I needed to do for nan information and sanity of myself and my non-binary child,” O’Donnell confessed to Us Weekly.

“We chose Ireland and didn’t really cognize wherever to go.”

After uncovering a location successful Glengarry — a suburb of Dublin — O’Donnell and her 12-year-old child, who is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns, were disheartened to study that nan location she recovered online had mold.

“[We] could not move there, particularly pinch an autistic kid who has immoderate allergy issues. And truthful we ended up successful Howth,” O’Donnell told nan outlet.

“There’s a great, awesome schoolhouse there. And Clay has done very well. And they were really welcoming.”

“And I emotion nan small town, nan small village. It’s successful nan bosom of Dublin, but it’s still a colony wherever you cognize nan sanction of nan grocer and you cognize nan sanction of nan cashiers. People are unbearably benignant successful a measurement that shocks maine each azygous day,” she added.

Last month, O’Donnell revealed that she and her kid were successful nan process of obtaining their Irish citizenship pursuing their trans-Atlantic move.

Her move followed intimately that of chap comedian Ellen DeGeneres, who set up campy permanently successful nan Cotswolds successful England pinch her wife, Portia de Rossi.

While O’Donnell hasn’t been successful touch pinch nan erstwhile talk show host, 67, she admitted that she was “shocked” to study DeGeneres and nan “Arrested Development” character ditched Hollywood.

“I’ve ne'er really known Ellen to opportunity thing governmental successful her life, truthful I was amazed to publication that she near because of President Trump. Like, that shocked me, actually,” O’Donnell told nan outlet.

“I’ve been a governmental personification my full life, not amended aliases worse, it’s conscionable a different measurement to beryllium successful nan world. I was very clear astir nan logic why I was leaving, and I don’t deliberation it came arsenic a astonishment to anyone.”

“We’re not really successful each other’s worlds, and it’s been benignant of awkward but you cognize what? I wish her nan best. I wish that she has bid and emotion successful her life and that she is OK,” she added.

O’Donnell insists she doesn’t clasp immoderate “malice” toward DeGeneres — contempt nan brace not having been connected awesome position complete nan past fewer years.

“I don’t want to conflict against different cheery woman,” she said. “It’s not for illustration we’re tenaciously opposed to each other. We’re conscionable very different people.”

“We person had immoderate worldly successful nan past that we ne'er resolved. And not successful immoderate measurement as, arsenic partners aliases lovers aliases thing for illustration that, conscionable arsenic friends and comedians, but I wish her nan best. I earnestly do,” she added.

Elsewhere, nan Emmy victor said that while she enjoys building a caller life successful Ireland, she misses her big children and adjacent pals who are still surviving stateside.

“It’s been very difficult because of nan clip area for maine to participate successful that. And I really miss that,” she said. “I telephone my kids, I FaceTime my kids. I person 2 champion friends, Junie and Jackie, since I [was] 3 years old.”

“They’re really for illustration sisters. And I talk to them each nan time. I person 2 brothers I’m very adjacent to. I talk to them each nan time,” she added.