Rosie ODonnell details new life in Ireland, shocked Ellen DeGeneres left the US: People are unbearably kind

Rosie O’Donnell has opened up about her new life in Ireland, saying she and her child, Clay, who lives with autism, couldn’t be happier after fleeing the US.“I know myself enough to know that this was something I needed to do for the safety and sanity of myself and my non-binary child,” O’Donnell confessed to Us Weekly.“We chose Ireland and didn’t really know where to go.”After finding a home in 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 learn that the house she found online had mold.“[We] could not move there, especially with an autistic child who has some allergy issues.And so we ended up in Howth,” O’Donnell told the outlet.“There’s a great, great school there.

And Clay has done very well.And they were really welcoming.”“And I love the little town, the little village.

It’s in the heart of Dublin, but it’s still a village where you know the name of the grocer and you know the name of the cashiers.People are unbearably kind in a way that shocks me every single day,” she added.Last month, O’Donnell revealed that she and her child were in the process of obtaining their Irish citizenship following their trans-Atlantic move.Her move followed closely that of fellow comedian Ellen DeGeneres, who set up camp permanently in the Cotswolds in England with her wife, Portia de Rossi.While O’Donnell hasn’t been in touch with the former talk show host, 67, she admitted that she was “shocked” to learn DeGeneres and the “Arrested Development” actress ditched Hollywood.“I’ve never really known Ellen to say anything political in her life, so I was surprised to read that she left because of President Trump.

Like, that shocked me, actually,” O’Donnell told the outlet.“I’ve been a political person my whole life, not better or worse, it’s just a different way to be in the world.I was very clear about the reason why I wa...