Rosie O’Donnell speaking on something she knows nothing about? I’m shocked.
Wynonna Judd is setting the record straight after comments made by her friend and the former co-host of The View about the country singer’s politics.
During a recent interview on The Tangle podcast, Rosie was talking about (what else) President Donald Trump and how she refuses to be friends with Trump supporters – except for Wynonna:
“I don’t really have any people in my life who support him. I think it would be very difficult to do that.
Now, I am friends with Wynonna Judd, who I love very much, and I’ve known her for many, many years. And she is a supporter of Trump. And somehow, we never bring it up.
I kind of give her a grace in a way. She’s had so much in her life with her mom taking her own life and just the complicated nature of her upbringing, and I really love her and I care about her, and for some reason, I’m able to put that aside when we interact.”
How nice of Rosie to give Wynonna “grace.” Like she’s doing her a favor by being friends with her.
But anyway, Wynonna has never publicly talked politics, so it was a little bit of a surprise for Rosie to reveal that she’s a Trump supporter. But Wynonna responded in an interview with People by clarifying that…Rosie has no idea what she’s talking about and was just making an assumption:
“I’m in shock, just so you know. I’ve never spoken to her about politics in my life. Assumption, 100%. She doesn’t know anything about my stuff. And I’m an independent. I don’t discuss it.
I don’t know where it came. It’s complete assumption. And I’m not angry about it, I heard it and I went, ‘What the, I don’t ever remember talking to her about this.’ So she’s assuming.’”
As to whether or not she plans to call her friend Rosie to discuss the comments, Wynonna says she might just let it go:
“I’m thinking about it. I just don’t want drama. So if there’s going to be drama, I’m like, ‘Oh for crap’s sake, there’s so much going on right now in the world. Can we just love each other?’”
@people After #RosieODonnell called #WynonnaJudd a Trump supporter, the singer is clearing the air on where her political beliefs really lie. Watch #ThePeopleInterview at the link in our bio. #PeopleApp
So why did Rosie assume that Wynonna was a Trump supporter? Well after her friend pushed back, Rosie issued a snarky statement apologizing – sort of – and pointing out that the country singer has performed at Trump’s Florida resort in the past:
“I just thought as she has performed at Mar-a-Lago that she was. I apologize if I was wrong.”
Wynonna’s performance at Mar-a-Lago came in 2023, when she performed “Love Is Alive” during a gala hosted by the America First Policy Institute in 2023.
Of course Rosie O’Donnell is pretty much the poster child for Trump Derangement Syndrome, to the point that she left the country when he was elected in 2024 and moved to Ireland (a move that it sounds like she’s regretting a bit, calling it “lonely” and saying that she misses her friends and family).
But it’s no surprise that she would try to publicly call out her friend because she viewed her as a Trump supporter.
