Jimmy Kimmel announced comedian Rosie O\u2019Donnell will be temporarily taking over his late-night show as he steps back for a two-month sabbatical.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will be taking the next two months off, this time voluntarily,\u201d Kimmel said on Thursday night\u2019s episode<\/a>, jokingly referring to the brief period his show was pulled by ABC<\/a> over his comments regarding Charlie Kirk\u2019s death in September.<\/p>\n But, the show will still go on as he named the \u201cpotent group of\u201d guest hosts which includes Tiffany Haddish, Colman Domingo, Ike Barinholtz, Anthony Anderson and Jelly Roll.<\/p>\n Jimmy Kimmel announced on Thursday night\u2019s episode of \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live\u201d(seen here) that Rosie O\u2019Donnell will be stepping in as one of the upcoming guest hosts on his late-night TV show during his two-month leave. jimmy kimmel live\/ youtube<\/p>\n \u201cI asked one of our commander-in-chief\u2019s all-time favorites, Rosie O\u2019Donnell, to be here to keep the hits coming,\u201d he shared. <\/p>\n \u201cAnd\u2026 I asked one of our commander-in-chief\u2019s all-time favorites, Rosie O\u2019Donnell, to be here to keep the hits coming,\u201d he shared, prompting a roar of applause from the audience.<\/p>\n O\u2019Donnell is one several celebrities who left the states<\/a>\u00a0following Donald Trump\u2019s second election win. Along with her youngest child, Clay, 13, they settled down in Ireland.<\/p>\n \u201cThe View\u201d alum and Trump have long had beef between each other. Though, it appears their feud reached its peak in July 2025 when the president\u00a0threatened to take away the actress\u2019s US citizenship<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cBecause of the fact that Rosie O\u2019Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship,\u201d he wrote in his Truth Social post at the time.<\/p>\n O\u2019Donnell (pictured here in New York City on June 15), who has long been feuding with the president over their opposing political ideals, fled the US last year after Trump was elected to his second term. GC Images<\/p>\n Their feud reached its peak in July 2025 when Trump (pictured here giving a speech on June 19) threatened to take away the comedian\u2019s citizenship. Getty Images<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n He continued: \u201cShe is a Threat to Humanity, and should remain in the wonderful Country of Ireland, if they want her. GOD BLESS AMERICA.\u201d<\/p>\n O\u2019Donnell hit back at Trump with an equally heated Instagram post. <\/p>\n \u201cThe president of the usa has always hated the fact that i see him for who he is \u2013 a criminal con man sexual abusing liar out to harm our nation to serve himself \u2013 this is why i moved to ireland,\u201d she captioned her post.<\/p>\n Since her citizenship appears to remain intact, it looks like O\u2019Donnell will be returning to the US for an extended stay. <\/p>\n \u201cThe president of the usa has always hated the fact that i see him for who he is \u2013 a criminal con man sexual abusing liar out to harm our nation to serve himself,\u201d O\u2019Donnell (pictured above at the 79th annual Tony Awards on June 7) said of the ongoing beef in a fiery Instagram post. WireImage<\/p>\n The actress has since returned to the US for several visits since leaving for Ireland. Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions<\/p>\n It wouldn\u2019t be the first time she\u2019s made the trip back home. In February, she revealed she quietly returned to the US <\/a>to visit her family. <\/p>\n \u201cI recently went home for two weeks and I did not really tell anyone. I just went to see my family,\u201d the comedian recently told Chris Cuomo during an appearance on \u201cSiriusXM\u2019s Cuomo Mornings.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI wanted to see how hard it would be for me to get in and out of the country,\u201d she added. \u201cI wanted to feel what it felt like. I wanted to hold my children again. And I hadn\u2019t been home in over a year.\u201d<\/p>\n