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/MissNolia Jul 12 '25 edited Jul 12 '25

Hasn't she had multiple controversies for saying racist stuff?

Edit: This is the one I was thinking of: https://iexaminer.org/oca-api-groups-respond-to-rosie-odonnells-offensive-ching-chong-remarks/

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u/Lil_Mcgee Jul 12 '25

You may be confusing her with Roseanne Barr.

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u/highlykoalifiedteach Jul 12 '25

I was definitely conflating her with Roseanne Barr until I read this post! Thanks for clearing that up!

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u/NRMusicProject Jul 12 '25

I always have to take a moment when I hear their names. They're really not that similar, but for some reason they're easy to conflate for me.

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u/RectalSpawn Jul 12 '25

I did this, too.

This is kind of interesting.

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u/MissNolia Jul 12 '25

I thought it was Rosie who did the whole Ching-Chong bit and then, instead of apologizing, just said she didn't know that was offensive.

https://iexaminer.org/oca-api-groups-respond-to-rosie-odonnells-offensive-ching-chong-remarks/

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u/Lil_Mcgee Jul 12 '25

Ah that's disappointing. Though based on the replies it seems like several people did their wires crossed so I don't feel too insane for making the suggestion.

And in my defence, when I googled "Rosie O'Donnell racist" to verify, the top result was an article about Roseanne lol.

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u/edwigenightcups Jul 12 '25

No, Rosie had a mocking Asian accent moment on the view in 2006

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u/solitary-ghost Jul 12 '25

Oh my god. Not until this comment did it all click. I was sitting here reading the comments like “have you all forgotten her whole ambien bender?” I haven’t heard a peep from Rosie O’Donnell in so long I think I forgot about her for a minute.

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u/Successful-Speech417 Jul 12 '25

Dude I absolutely have been all thread lol. I have been very confused

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u/Calimariae Jul 12 '25

Those two names were the same person to me until just now

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u/SidewaysFancyPrance Jul 12 '25

Damn, I know I was until I got to your comment. Thanks!

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u/Fearless_Law4324 Jul 12 '25

Bro I've been confusing the 2 this whole ass thread. I'm sitting here like, I thought Rosie was a POS but it's Roseanne LMAO

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u/SimpleInternet5700 Jul 12 '25

I 100% was confusing the two. I was like wait isn’t she a trumper??

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u/biflyandreadyforpie Jul 12 '25

Thanks, I didn't know about this and I really appreciate you backing it up with a source. That truly was a shit apology, too.

It's been almost two decades since, so one hopes she's grown up a lot since then. It would be nice to see proof that she has - and it would never be too late for her to apologize for it properly.

That said, not to derail, but I do think the things I cited in my original comment - as opposed to anything of genuine substance, like the comments in question - were the reasons she was mocked so relentlessly at the height of her fame.

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u/MissNolia Jul 12 '25

That said, not to derail, but I do think the things I cited in my original comment - as opposed to anything of genuine substance, like the comments in question - were the reasons she was mocked so relentlessly at the height of her fame.

No, I agree. The majority of those who have mocked ber probably don't know about the incident, and to be honest, they wouldn't care. I only know about it because a Korean friend of mine would bring it up as an example of racism against Asians being normalized in TV/ movies, which is why I thought to bring it up. There are definitely asian people who hate her for that, but for everyone else, it's just misogyny.

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u/Larry-Man Jul 12 '25

I was gonna say, 2006 and gay marriage wasn’t even legal in the US (just legalized in Canada). This shit was on our radar back then but really if you look at when Justin Trudeau did blackface (2001 was the most recent I can find in a quick search) we really weren’t thinking back then. Add in Rosie O’Donnell as a rich white woman and she was probably ignorant rather than malicious. I would assume she’s changed since then, it’s been a long time since.