{"id":8537,"date":"2026-07-12T12:54:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T12:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/rosie-odonnells-details-emotional-prison-visit-with-daughter-chelsea\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T12:54:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T12:54:14","slug":"rosie-odonnells-details-emotional-prison-visit-with-daughter-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/rosie-odonnells-details-emotional-prison-visit-with-daughter-chelsea\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosie O&#8217;Donnell&#8217;s details emotional prison visit with daughter Chelsea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F07%2F134020481.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Rosie O\u2019Donnell is repairing her relationship with her eldest daughter, Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first time that I saw her in a consistent way was the four hours in the prison,\u201d she added, noting that Chelsea cried when the visit was cut short due to a tornado warning.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Rosie O\u2019Donnell visited her daughter Chelsea (seen above with the actress) in prison in June. <span class=\"credit\">rosie o&#8217;donnell \/ instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The \u201cView\u201d alum (seen here in June) told Page Six it was her first meaningful conversation with Chelsea in years. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cAnd that\u2019s the first time I\u2019ve seen, kind of, an empathetic emotion from her,\u201d O\u2019Donnell explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, you know, she\u2019s growing up,\u201d she said, \u201cand I hope that her future is brighter than this past decade has been.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cA League of Their Own\u201d actress, 64, wrote a poem about the visit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe guard explained the rules,\u201d she wrote in part. \u201cA hug hello and goodbye only \/ No money exchanged \/ Hands above the table \/ No loud voices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Donnell penned that her heart \u201cskip[ped] a beat\u201d and she described Chelsea as looking \u201cgood\u201d and exuding a \u201chealthy calm.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>O\u2019Donnell (seen above at the Tony Awards 2026) wrote a poem about the visit. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Chelsea (seen above in 2024) is currently in prison for violating her parole. <span class=\"credit\">Marinette County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In February 2025, Chelsea, a mother-of-four, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/10\/19\/celebrity-news\/rosie-odonnells-daughter-arrested-for-child-neglect-after-baby-found-near-meth-pipe\/\">appeared in court<\/a> over felony bail jumping, resisting or obstructing an officer and possession of methamphetamine and child neglect.<\/p>\n<p>She was sentenced to six years of probation and warned that prison was an option if she violated her probation requirements.<\/p>\n<p>That October, her <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/10\/29\/celebrity-news\/rosie-odonnells-troubled-daughter-chelsea-sentenced-to-prison-after-violating-parole-in-drug-case\/\">probation was revoked<\/a> and she was sentenced to jail.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The comedian (seen above with her eldest daughter) adopted Chelsea as a baby. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>O\u2019Donnell is working on a show about her relationship with Chelsea (seen above with her mom, Vivienne Rose O\u2019Donnell and Blake Christopher O\u2019Donnell in 2015). <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe View\u201d alum noted that Chelsea, 28, has been sober for \u201calmost two years now and that\u2019s a very big part, you know; she was born addicted, and when I was adopting, I thought, \u2018Well, love can cure everything,\u2019 but I don\u2019t know that that\u2019s true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Donnell has four other children: son Parker, 31; son Blake, 26; daughter Vivi, 23; and her youngest, Clay, 13.<\/p>\n<p>Her relationship with Chelsea will be the subject of Rosie\u2019s next one-woman show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve asked for Chelsea\u2019s input,\u201d the Emmy winner explained. \u201cI sent it to her and said, \u2018I\u2019d really love to get you \u2014 your voice heard and just now what I perceive to be your voice \u2026 and I think she\u2019s ready to do that now.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The Emmy winner (seen above) has a new show opening on Broadway called \u201cCommon Knowledge.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Common Knowledge<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>It explores motherhood and O\u2019Donnell\u2019s move to Ireland. (Pictured: A selfie of O\u2019Donnell.) <span class=\"credit\">rosie\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, Rosie\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.broadway.com\/shows\/common-knowledge\/?gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=12965928618&amp;gbraid=0AAAAAD-mnJtDWaRnJCG0obB14k4vYIDc3&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwsMLSBhD9ARIsAIpUTDpfL8AOXHESa5Wd5z_E4DMvGQaTvzhPC5hogquxVhwSLjtfnsOKiUIaAilWEALw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">current show, \u201cCommon Knowledge,\u201d<\/a> is set to open on Broadway later this month, and it touches on her childhood, motherhood and <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/03\/11\/celebrity-news\/rosie-odonnell-moves-to-ireland-following-trump-election\/\">recent move to Ireland<\/a> following President Trump\u2019s second term in office.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cSleepless in Seattle\u201d star says she \u201cwasn\u2019t nervous\u201d about the move \u201cbecause I had read Project 2025 and I knew what they were planning and I knew if they were successful, that we were in very big trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew the best thing for me to do would be to leave until it all got worked out,\u201d she continued. \u201cWhich \u2013 I believe now people have woken up in the United States, and they understand, as you can tell by how empty his state fair was, and how his support has diminished significantly since I left.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/07\/12\/parents\/rosie-odonnells-details-emotional-prison-visit-with-daughter-chelsea\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rosie O\u2019Donnell is repairing her relationship with her eldest daughter, Chelsea. \u201cThe first time that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8538,"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-8537","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\/07\/134020481.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8537","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=8537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}