Rosie O'Donnell 'surprised' by being tapped to guest host for Kimmel, but eager for anti-Trump platform

Rosie O'Donnell was surprised at being tapped to guest-host "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" after her past adversarial relationship with Kimmel, but shares his hostility to President Donald Trump.

O'Donnell makes her weeklong talk show return in what Kimmel calls a "special treat" for Trump.

Rosie O’Donnell is back in the hosting seat. Nearly 25 years after “The Rosie O’Donnell Show” went off the air, the outspoken comedian — and former co-host of “The View” — is helming “Jimmy Kimmel Live” for four nights, starting Monday, Aug. 17. During her first opening monologue, she called President Trump the “Mango

“Buckle up, people!” Rosie O’Donnell immediately set the tone for her first monologue as guest host on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Monday. The comedian, who is filling in for vacationing host Jimmy Kimmel, reflected back on her stint from 1996-2002 on her own talk show, The Rosie O’Donnell Show, in her first monologue of the we

The tension between the Jimmy Kimmel Live! host and the president dates pack more than a decade

Comedian Rosie O’Donnell, who moved to Ireland last year to escape President Trump’s second administration, gave Trump little air during her recent guest host appearance on ABC. O’Donnell, whose feud with the president has appeared in headlines in recent months, focused most of her “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” monologue on the

Rosie O'Donnell is guest-hosting 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' and has words for Donald Trump.

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“And if you thought the president hated ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ when it was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, buckle up, people. Buckle up!” O’Donnell said.

When Jimmy Kimmel announced that Rosie O’Donnell would be filling in as a week-long guest host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” during his summer vacation, he teased it would be “a special treat” for Donald Trump, who’s harbored a 20-year-long vendetta against the comic for her mocking his bankruptcies on “The View” back in 200

ABC Rosie O’Donnell taunted President Trump in her first-ever monologue as Jimmy Kimmel’s replacement host. “The President hated Jimmy Kimmel Live! when it was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel,” O’Donnell told viewers, adding, “Buckle up, people.” O’Donnell explained how she had moved to Ireland following Trump’s 2024 election w