AMERICAN COMEDIAN ROSIE O’Donnell has revealed that she moved to Ireland to escape the “cruelty” of her government shortly before Donald Trump began his second term as US President in January.

O’Donnell made the announcement in a nine-minute video posted to TikTok in which she said she has been here since 15 January, before thanking the “loving and kind” Irish people for their “warm” welcome.

She also said she is in the process of applying for Irish citizenship for which she qualifies through her grandparents.

The former host of US daytime talk show The View has a two-decade-long feud with the current US President which began in 2006 when she attacked his history of infidelity, to which Trump responded by calling her a “real loser”.

Rosie O'Donnell, left, talks to co-hosts of The View. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

Perhaps the most contentious and high-profile flashpoint in the pair’s dispute was during a Republican primary debate ahead of the 2016 US Election where he addressed a question from moderator Megyn Kelly about having previously labelled women as “fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals”.

He responded with “only Rosie O’Donnell” in addition to a slew of other insults directed at her including “slob” and “degenerate”.

In her TikTok address, O’Donnell revealed she is looking to set down roots here with her 12-year-old daughter, before hinting at her motivation for relocating.

“I’m trying to find a home here in in this beautiful country,” she said. “When you know it is safe for all citizens to have equal rights there in America, that’s when we will consider coming back.

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“It’s been heartbreaking to see what’s happening politically, and hard for me personally as well. The personal is political, as we all know.”

O’Donnell lamented the current state of American democracy in the hands of the Trump administration, questioning the efforts of the media in her homeland to successfully hold the MAGA juggernaut accountable.

“It seems as though the only place you can get the news of what’s really happening in terms of protests and whatnot is on Tiktok, and the mainstream media has been letting us all down there in America, where the fourth estate is required in order to maintain a democracy.”

She added: “I encourage everyone to stand up, to use their voice to protest, to demand that we follow the Constitution in our country, and not a king, not a man. We don’t have cruelty as part of our governing style.”

O’Donnell reportedly decided to move to a mystery location in Dublin.

The news came hours before President Trump convened a meeting with Micheál Martin at the White House during which the Taoiseach was asked by a reporter about why a country of “very happy, fun-loving people” (Ireland) would allow her to live there.

Trump interjected, issuing a scathing takedown of the comedian: “Did you know you have Rosie O’Donnell? Do you know who she is? You’re better off not knowing.”

Martin entered the Oval Office a day after the EU announced “countermeasures” against the US in response to Trump tariffs of 25% on steel and aluminium imports from the bloc.