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New York Post
3 days ago
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Rosie O'Donnell tells Chris Cuomo she was ‘very depressed' and ‘overdrinking' after first Trump win
Rosie O'Donnell told former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo that she was 'very depressed' and 'overdrinking' following President Donald Trump's first election victory in 2016 on 'The Chris Cuomo Project' podcast on Tuesday. O'Donnell revealed that she left the United States for Ireland out of a sense of 'self-preservation' after Trump's second election victory, considering the difficulties she experienced after his first win in 2016. 'During his first go-round, it was very difficult, and I got myself into some bad places. You know, I was very, very depressed. I was overeating. I was overdrinking … I was so depressed, Chris,' she told the former cable host. She also shared that it hurt her heart to know that Americans 'believed the lies' of Trump and, furthermore, that she worked in a business that 'sells those lies for profit.' Another reason O'Donnell listed for leaving the U.S. was to ensure that she could be a 'good parent' to her 12-year-old child. On 'The Chris Cuomo Project' podcast, Rosie O'Donnell told ex-CNN anchor Chris Cuomo that she blamed President Trump's victory on election night in 2016 led her to be 'very depressed' and 'overdrinking.' Getty Images 'Coming to Ireland was totally a way to take care of myself and my non-binary autistic child, who's going to need services and help and counseling and all the things that he's [Trump is] threatening to cut in his horrible plan of the big, beautiful bill,' she stated. Later in their discussion, Cuomo recalled telling O'Donnell after Trump's first victory that 'this is going to affect you a lot more than it's going to affect him,' and asked how moving to Ireland has impacted her life. She told Cuomo that she enjoys the fact that people in Ireland typically don't approach celebrities the way they do in America, and also noted that she feels safe considering there's no 'MAGA support' in the country. After President Trump won the 2024 presidential election, O'Donnell moved out of the United States and now resides in Ireland. Rosie O'Donnell/Instagram O'Donnell related an experience she had in Ireland where an older man bought her a pint of Guinness after she told him that she had left the U.S. because of Trump being elected. She contrasted this with a story from the U.S., where the entertainer and her child were allegedly mocked in a CVS store after Trump won the 2024 election. 'One cursed at us, and she's like, 'Why are they cursing at us?' And I'm like 'Honey you know the bad guy? They're all bad guys too,'' she detailed.
Yahoo
12-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Ex-ABC reporter Terry Moran immediately moves to Substack after abrupt exit
Former ABC News correspondent Terry Moran announced on Wednesday that he was moving to Substack after being dropped from the network for attacking President Donald Trump and Stephen Miller on social media. "For almost 28 years, I was a reporter and anchor for ABC News and, as you may have heard, I'm not there anymore. I'm here with you on Substack, this amazing space, and I can't wait to get at it, get at the important work that we all have to do in this time of such trouble for our country," he said in a video posted to X. Moran, who'd been at ABC since 1997, deleted a post directed at Trump and Miller early on Sunday, and ABC News initially suspended the journalist. Substack has become a landing area for numerous journalists who've left corporate media positions, such as ex-CNN figures Jim Acosta and Chris Cillizza. Liberals, Anti-trump Figures Bash Abc For Suspending Terry Moran Over Social Media Rant "The thing about Stephen Miller is not that he is the brains behind Trumpism," Moran wrote in the since-deleted weekend post on X. "Yes, he is one of the people who conceptualizes the impulses of the Trumpist movement and translates them into policy. But that's not what's interesting about Miller. It's not brains. It's bile." Read On The Fox News App Moran's social media rant was met with pushback from White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who called it "unhinged and unacceptable." ABC News confirmed on Tuesday it was dropping Moran over the incident. Moran's contract was set to expire this week. "We are at the end of our agreement with Terry Moran and based on his recent post – which was a clear violation of ABC News policies – we have made the decision to not renew," a spokesperson for ABC News told Fox News Digital. "At ABC News, we hold all of our reporters to the highest standards of objectivity, fairness and professionalism, and we remain committed to delivering straightforward, trusted journalism," the spokesperson added. Abc News Insider Says There Was 'No Alternative' But For Network To Fire Terry Moran Over Anti-trump Post ABC News staffers were disappointed over Moran's rant, with some conveying surprise over his comments. "Nobody disagrees with the decision [to suspend Moran]. Everybody was shocked, everybody was disappointed… this just sucks," one staffer told Fox News Digital after ABC's initial decision to suspend the correspondent. ABC News journalists believe they've had a "good dialogue with the administration," and felt Moran landing the Oval Office sit-down with Trump to mark his first 100 days in office in April was proof that the relationship was workable. "People love Terry here, I want to be clear, nobody thinks Terry is a bad person, but this was a very, very stupid thing to do in a time where all of our credibility is on the line," the staffer said, adding the entire journalism industry is fighting to win trust. Click Here For More Coverage Of Media And Culture Trump called out ABC and Moran during the interview in April, as the president accused him of not being nice and asking him "fake questions." "They're giving you the big break of a lifetime," Trump told Moran. "You're doing the interview, I picked you because, frankly, I never heard of you, but that's OK. I picked you, Terry, but you're not being very nice." Fox News' Joseph Wulfsohn and Brian Flood contributed to this article source: Ex-ABC reporter Terry Moran immediately moves to Substack after abrupt exit
Yahoo
18-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Jim Acosta takes shot at Trump supporters, says only half the country cares about the truth
Liberal ex-CNN anchor Jim Acosta took a shot at Donald Trump supporters in an interview published Friday, suggesting that half of the country was uninterested in the truth. Speaking with The Washingtonian shortly after his exit earlier this year from CNN and launching his new Substack video outlet, Acosta said news outlets should put more emphasis on fact-checking Trump in his second administration. "I think it does make a difference," he said. "Half the country still wants to hear the truth." Acosta said he used to tell college students that they shouldn't go into journalism because of how much time they lose, but how he's pleading for "reinforcements." Associated Press, Reuters Rip Trump White House For Cutting Wire Service Slot In Press Pool "When I go talk to college students, I used to say, 'Don't go into this business. You're going to lose your weekends and your holidays, and your mother's going to say, You don't call me anymore.' And now I tell them, 'Please come into this business, because we need reinforcements,'" he told The Washingtonian. Read On The Fox News App Acosta didn't trouble to hide his feelings about Trump while at CNN. As a White House correspondent, he often sparred with Trump and his press secretaries in melodramatic fashion and editorialized during his reporting, such as scolding Kim Kardashian for being at the White House to discuss criminal justice reform, complaining about the term "Wuhan coronavirus" being xenophobic, and reciting the poem from the Statue of Liberty. He was moved off the White House beat and onto an anchor job as President Joe Biden took office in 2021. Shortly after Trump's return to office this year, he was offered an assuredly low-rated midnight slot and turned it down, leaving CNN in January. Click Here For More Coverage Of Media And Culture In a "town hall" he held with a series of liberal media figures this week, including former CNN colleague Don Lemon, Acosta referred to the "show" Trump and his team put on every day as "sh---y." "We have to teach Americans, teach people to be more media-literate. What Donald Trump does is a show," Lemon said. "Every single day you have to realize from morning until the end, 'til midnight, it's a show that is produced like a television show. Every single day." "A pretty sh---y one, but yes," Acosta replied, to laughter from the article source: Jim Acosta takes shot at Trump supporters, says only half the country cares about the truth
Fox News
18-04-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Jim Acosta takes shot at Trump supporters, says only half the country cares about the truth
Liberal ex-CNN anchor Jim Acosta took a shot at Donald Trump supporters in an interview published Friday, suggesting that half of the country was uninterested in the truth. Speaking with The Washingtonian shortly after his exit earlier this year from CNN and launching his new Substack video outlet, Acosta said news outlets should put more emphasis on fact-checking Trump in his second administration. "I think it does make a difference," he said. "Half the country still wants to hear the truth." Acosta said he used to tell college students that they shouldn't go into journalism because of how much time they lose, but how he's pleading for "reinforcements." "When I go talk to college students, I used to say, 'Don't go into this business. You're going to lose your weekends and your holidays, and your mother's going to say, You don't call me anymore.' And now I tell them, 'Please come into this business, because we need reinforcements,'" he told The Washingtonian. Acosta didn't trouble to hide his feelings about Trump while at CNN. As a White House correspondent, he often sparred with Trump and his press secretaries in melodramatic fashion and editorialized during his reporting, such as scolding Kim Kardashian for being at the White House to discuss criminal justice reform, complaining about the term "Wuhan coronavirus" being xenophobic, and reciting the poem from the Statue of Liberty. He was moved off the White House beat and onto an anchor job as President Joe Biden took office in 2021. Shortly after Trump's return to office this year, he was offered an assuredly low-rated midnight slot and turned it down, leaving CNN in January. In a "town hall" he held with a series of liberal media figures this week, including former CNN colleague Don Lemon, Acosta referred to the "show" Trump and his team put on every day as "sh---y." "We have to teach Americans, teach people to be more media-literate. What Donald Trump does is a show," Lemon said. "Every single day you have to realize from morning until the end, 'til midnight, it's a show that is produced like a television show. Every single day." "A pretty sh---y one, but yes," Acosta replied, to laughter from the audience.
The Independent
15-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Handmaid's Tale showrunners say show's ‘chilling' warning ‘was ignored' by Trump voters
The Handmaid's Tale showrunners have expressed concern about the current state of America, saying that 'women in our country have fewer rights now than when we started production in 2016.' Hulu 's hit dystopian series — adapted from Margaret Atwood 's best-selling 1985 novel about a totalitarian society, Gilead, ruled by a fundamentalist regime that sees women as state property — returned last week for its sixth and final season. The show, led by Elisabeth Moss, premiered in April 2017, months after President Donald Trump took office for the first time. Since its debut, viewers have found some of the show's storylines eerily relevant to the U.S. political climate under the Trump administration — and even more so now, eight years later. Speaking to ex-CNN reporter Oliver Darcy for his Status newsletter, showrunner Eric Tuchman admitted: 'No, I don't think any of us could have predicted how closely the show would maintain its relevance and continue to reflect real events. 'The series has been called a cautionary tale about what can happen when power is abused and people's rights and freedoms are stripped away,' he continued. 'But that warning was ignored, apparently, by the majority of voters, and Roe v. Wade was overturned. Women in our country have fewer rights now than when we started production in 2016,' Tuchman added. He clarified that while the writers' room never sets out to 'make a political statement or write the show in response to headlines,' he suggested that 'the fact that their struggles on the show can sometimes feel eerily relevant to the real world is the result of us trying to write honestly about power, resistance, and how fragile our democracy and freedom are.' Tuchman was joined by his co-showrunner Yahlin Chang, who added that the show's depiction of how democratic backsliding can happen so quickly 'is chilling.' 'It's also true — democracies backslide and fail all the time,' Chang said. 'Seventy percent of the world's population lives in an autocracy. In our show, America as we know it was just this exceptional, temporary, extremely fragile experiment. Living in the world of Gilead imaginatively for this many years, I'm actually shocked that American democracy has lasted for so long.' The sixth season welcomes the return of Moss as lead character June, whose 'unyielding spirit and determination pull her back into the fight to take down Gilead,' according to an official logline. 'This final chapter of June's journey highlights the importance of hope, courage, solidarity, and resilience in the pursuit of justice and freedom.' By the end of the series, Tuchman said he hopes audiences recognize that the show is a 'story of hope, courage, and resilience.' 'It's a survival story,' he said. 'I hope people feel inspired and empowered by [June's] journey.' The remaining episodes of The Handmaid's Tale season six will be released on Tuesdays on Hulu before concluding on May 27. The final season premieres in the U.K. on May 3 on Channel 4 and on Amazon Prime Video.
