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We Can Do Hard Things

Rosie O’Donnell: Why She Really Left & Her New Ireland Life

We Can Do Hard Things

Treat Media and Glennon Doyle

Society & Culture, Relationships, Education, Self-improvement

4.841.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

The legendary, hilarious, and ferociously tender Rosie O’Donnell is here for an unfiltered conversation about how to survive the world while feeling it all. We discuss: - Why she left the U.S.—and how her new life in Ireland is healing her for the very first time;   - How to be a mother when you’ve lost your mother; and - The letter Rosie wrote right after Abby’s DUI—and how it helped her heal.   Pod Squad: Keep going hard and staying soft. We love you.  About Rosie O’Donnell:  Rosie O’Donnell is an Emmy Award–winning comedian, actor, producer, and cultural force who has shaped American entertainment for more than four decades. She first rose to national prominence as a stand-up comic and film actor before hosting The Rosie O’Donnell Show, which became one of the most celebrated daytime programs of its era and earned multiple Daytime Emmy Awards. Rosie’s film and television career has spanned everything from A League of Their Own and Sleepless in Seattle to acclaimed roles on The L Word, Curb Your Enthusiasm, SMILF, and And Just Like That. A passionate advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, children and families, and gun violence prevention, she founded Rosie’s Theater Kids and has raised millions for charitable causes throughout her career. Now living in Ireland, Rosie continues to write, paint, make art, and use her voice for justice.

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0:00.0

Welcome to We Can Do Hard Things. It's a terribly exciting day. Today we have Rosie O'Donnell.

0:08.4

We're not doing a bio for Rosie because Rosie is in a league of their own.

0:16.6

That's good.

0:18.4

I'm mute like my kid. Okay, my favorite thing about this episode,

0:23.9

she's talking about growing up,

0:26.2

losing her mom and how living in Ireland

0:29.0

is healing her for the very first time.

0:31.9

She talks about the first time she ever got a hug

0:34.6

when she was 12 and the teacher that changed her life.

0:41.7

My favorite part of the whole show was when she talked about the letter that she wrote to you,

0:46.9

Abby, when you got your DUI and how it came out of her daughter's struggle with substance

0:53.4

abuse.

0:53.9

Just a deeply human, deeply Irish

0:57.7

conversation. Also, I made this connection today that maybe a league of their own was like a really

1:05.0

big important reason in the start of women's sports and the rise of women's sports in this country.

1:10.3

I made that connection

1:11.4

today. Thank you, Rosie. Look at you connected dots. The O'Donnell Dots connected today. You're

1:17.9

going to want to stick around. Rosie, oh my God, I have been waiting for this moment.

1:31.4

Oh, gosh.

1:33.1

How are you?

1:34.1

How are you guys?

1:35.4

I feel like I know you.

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