Ellen DeGeneres Supports Rosie O’Donnell After Donald Trump Threatened to Revoke Her U.S. Citizenship

Ellen DeGeneres is standing with Rosie O’Donnell in the wake of President Donald Trump’s threat to revoke O’Donnell’s American citizenship.

On Sunday, July 13, DeGeneres, 67, took to Instagram to voice her support, posting a two-image carousel: one showing Trump’s Truth Social post labeling O’Donnell a “threat to humanity,” and the other highlighting O’Donnell’s sharp rebuttal.

“Good for you,” DeGeneres wrote, tagging O’Donnell in the caption.

O’Donnell, 63, fired back at the president with a scathing post of her own, calling herself everything Trump “fears” — “a loud woman,” “a queer woman,” “a mother who tells the truth,” and “an American who got out of the country b4 u set it ablaze.” She also shared a photo of Trump standing beside Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier charged with sex trafficking minors.

“You build walls — I build a life for my autistic kid in a country where decency still exists,” O’Donnell continued. “You crave loyalty — I teach my children to question power. You lie, you steal, you degrade — I nurture, I create, I persist. You are everything that is wrong with America — and I’m everything you hate about what’s still right with it.”

Addressing Trump’s threat directly, she added, “You want to revoke my citizenship? Go ahead and try, King Joffrey with a tangerine spray tan. I’m not yours to silence. I never was.”

In another post, O’Donnell wrote that Trump has always resented her because she’s one of the few people who has consistently “seen him for who he is — a criminal con man sexual abusing liar out to harm our nation to serve himself.”

She later added, “This is why I moved to Ireland. He is a dangerous old soulless man with dementia who lacks empathy, compassion, and basic humanity. I stand in direct opposition to all he represents — and so do millions of others.”

The feud reignited on July 12 after Trump suggested on social media that O’Donnell’s citizenship should be stripped:
“Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship,” he wrote, adding, “She is a Threat to Humanity, and should remain in the wonderful Country of Ireland, if they want her. GOD BLESS AMERICA!”

O’Donnell relocated to Ireland earlier this year with her 12-year-old child, Clay, citing political and personal safety concerns. In a recent TikTok, she said, “Leaving the U.S. was necessary. My heart couldn’t take what he was going to do — and what he’s done.”

Despite Trump’s threats, legal experts agree that he has no authority to revoke citizenship from anyone born on U.S. soil. The 14th Amendment protects Rosie O’Donnell’s status as an American citizen.

DeGeneres — who herself recently moved with wife Portia de Rossi to the English countryside — appears to sympathize with O’Donnell’s decision to leave the U.S. A source told PEOPLE last fall that the 2024 election played a role in DeGeneres’ relocation.

Still, O’Donnell was surprised to learn of DeGeneres’ political stance. “I’ve never really known Ellen to say anything political in her life,” she told Us Weekly. “I was shocked to read that she left because of President Trump. That actually surprised me.”

Though they’ve had differences in the past, DeGeneres and O’Donnell now appear aligned in their stance against Trump — and vocal in their support of one another.