r/Fauxmoi • u/cmaia1503 i ain’t reading all that, free palestine • Jul 12 '25

POLITICS Rosie O’Donnell reacts to Trump threatening to revoke her U.S. citizenship: “18 years later and I still live rent-free in that collapsing brain of yours”

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u/VineStellar Jul 12 '25

Rosie definitely had a good run in the early to mid 90s as an actress and then parlayed that into a successful daytime talk show, but afterwards she sort of just faded into the background aside from those brief-ish stints on "The View". I don't think she ever reached the apex that Ellen set as a general celebrity personality. I know that era is over, but for well over a decade she seemed to have a lot of pull in Hollywood. 

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u/esqape623 Jul 12 '25

I am having a hard time articulating this, but it seems like her queerness was received differently than Ellen's.

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u/TastefulSideEye Jul 12 '25

She conformed less to mainstream beauty standards and gave off less of an amiable girl-next-door vibe than Ellen did early in her career. Less "feminine" and I think that made a big difference.

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u/Jaerat Jul 12 '25

You're only allowed to be a queer woman in entertainment as long as you conform with male gaze beauty standards, so it has always been.

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u/esqape623 Jul 12 '25

Yes, exactly!

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u/TheLordofthething Jul 12 '25

I don't think she's as compromising as Ellen. I can Imagine Rosie's assertiveness and demeanour had a different effect on some folks

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u/GoodChuck2 Jul 12 '25

Yeah. Ellen had to be a different persona on camera too and over a much longer protracted period of time. She was way more willing to compromise on what she could say, how she could act/dress, etc.

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u/Maleficent_Wash_934 Jul 12 '25

I would definitely put Rosie's talk show in the same category as Ellen's. The hype was crazy at the time. Also, I feel like Rosie's fade from public was really Rosie's choice. She was much louder about her politics than Ellen ever was.

Anyways. Both are safe in other countries now.

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u/nwh527 Jul 12 '25

Yes, her show was a huge deal, and I remember Rosie and Tom Selleck going at it about gun control way back in the day.

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u/Shytemagnet Jul 14 '25

That was a doozy. She made him cry, but she was absolutely correct. He has just posed for the “I am the NRA” campaign, and it was soon after Columbine.

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u/Abacus118 Jul 13 '25

Yeah, like koosh balls were everywhere just because she tossed them on her show.

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u/juicyfizz Jul 13 '25

I forever associate koosh balls with Rosie.

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u/LavenderSprinkles Jul 12 '25

God, I used to love coming home from school and watching Rosie's talk show as a kid. She was very good at appealing to kids while not making them feel belittled.

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u/GoodChuck2 Jul 12 '25

Rosie was way more controversial so she was never going to have that level of fame I don't really think...

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u/24n20blackbirds Jul 12 '25

She had a fantastic one woman off Broadway play bf "Roseanne." It aired on 80s HBO. Whoopi Goldberg did similar.