{"id":5122,"date":"2026-06-08T19:41:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T19:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/how-rosie-odonnell-felt-returning-to-us-for-tony-awards-after-trumps-citizenship-threat\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T19:41:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T19:41:31","slug":"how-rosie-odonnell-felt-returning-to-us-for-tony-awards-after-trumps-citizenship-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/how-rosie-odonnell-felt-returning-to-us-for-tony-awards-after-trumps-citizenship-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"How Rosie O&#8217;Donnell felt returning to US for Tony Awards after Trump&#8217;s citizenship threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F130267318.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Rosie O\u2019Donnell had concerns about returning to the US for the 2026 Tony Awards after President Trump previously <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/07\/12\/celebrity-news\/president-trump-considering-revoking-rosie-odonnells-us-citizenship\/\">threatened to revoke her citizenship.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI worried the first time I came back, whether that would be problematic, and I came alone without my child, who is 13 and has autism. She\u2019s my youngest of five,\u201d she told us. \u201cI wanted to make sure that if anything happened, it didn\u2019t happen in her presence, so it was fine \u2014 as it should be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cI\u2019m an American citizen and always will be, and he can\u2019t really arrest American citizens without cause, and using freedom of speech is not a reason to be arrested in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Rosie O\u2019Donnell told Page Six at the 2026 Tony Awards Sunday that she did worry about returning to the US after President Trump threatened to revoke her citizenship last July. <span class=\"credit\">Page Six<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>She told us she had already made sure she could get in and out of the US with no issues when she took a secret trip back in February to see family. <span class=\"credit\">Page Six<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>O\u2019Donnell also talked to us about her decision last month to <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/26\/celebrity-news\/rosie-odonnell-feels-shameful-as-she-reveals-secret-facelift\/\">reveal she got a secret facelift<\/a>, and explained that she wanted to be truthful \u2014 unlike some celebrities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, a lot of people were saying, \u2018What did you do?\u2019 and I didn\u2019t want to be one of those celebrities who has a weight problem their whole life and then suddenly they\u2019re skinny and fit and didn\u2019t admit it\u2019s Mounjaro.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t want to do that to people who are obese and struggling [and thinking], \u2018Why can\u2019t I do it,\u2019 you know? So I just wanted to tell the truth,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Donnell doesn\u2019t regret her pricey facelift, but admitted she wouldn\u2019t do it again.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>O\u2019Donnell also talked to us about recently revealing her secret facelift, explaining that she didm\u2019t want to lie about getting cosmetic work done. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>She told us she wouldn\u2019t get another facelift, even if she\u2019s happy with the results. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll be 75 in 10 or 12 years. At 75, I think I\u2019ll say \u2018no,\u2019 but I love my doctor, and I love doing it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>In February, O\u2019Donnell talked about making a secret return to the US for two weeks during her appearance on\u00a0\u201cSiriusXM\u2019s Cuomo Mornings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to see how hard it would be for me to get in and out of the country,\u201d she shared. \u201cI wanted to feel what it felt like. I wanted to hold my children again. And I hadn\u2019t been home in over a year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also wanted to make sure that it was safe for me before I brought my daughter this summer, where we plan to spend the summertime off from her schooling here with my family,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Trump, seen here last month, has been feuding with O\u2019Donnell for years. <span class=\"credit\">Bonnie Cash \u2013 Pool via CNP\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The comedian, seen here in September 2022, moved to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election. <span class=\"credit\">Weiss Eubanks\/NBCUniversal via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>O\u2019Donnell has been an outspoken critic of Trump for years, but their feud came to a boiling point in July 2025 when Trump wrote on Truth Social, \u201cBecause of the fact that Rosie O\u2019Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is a Threat to Humanity, and should remain in the wonderful Country of Ireland, if they want her. GOD BLESS AMERICA,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Donnell <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/07\/16\/celebrity-news\/rosie-odonnell-hits-back-at-trumps-citizenship-threat-in-heated-rant\/\">hit back on her own social media<\/a>, writing in an Instagram post, \u201cThe president of the usa has always hated the fact that i see him for who he is \u2013 a criminal con man sexual abusing liar out to harm our nation to serve himself \u2013 this is why i moved to ireland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also labeled the president a \u201cdangerous old soulless man with dementia who lacks empathy compassion and basic humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/08\/celebrity-news\/how-rosie-odonnell-felt-returning-to-us-for-tony-awards-after-trumps-citizenship-threat\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rosie O\u2019Donnell had concerns about returning to the US for the 2026 Tony Awards after<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/130267318.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}