In January, gay comedian Rosie ODonnell pulled up stakes and moved to Ireland. She was looking to escape the mental jail in which Donald Trump locked her during his first term in office, and where he threatened to put her again in his second, along with deporting her. Related Rosie ODonnell slams Trump for his attempt to deport her: Old soulless man with dementia Now she says shes loving her life in a Georgian farmhouse near Dublin, the Washington Post reports, enjoying walks around town like a civilian, and thankful that her nonbinary kid one of five adopted children is thriving. Shes even got work lined up on Irish television.But how is she really doing?Apparently fine, apart from the continuing obsession with Trump that took her to Ireland in the first place. Never Miss a Beat Subscribe to our newsletter to stay ahead of the latest LGBTQ+ political news and insights. Subscribe to our Newsletter today Thats something shes still working on with her therapist, she says. A 20-year feud between tri-borough rivals must be hard to shake.ODonnell and Trump came up at the same time in the 1990s in tabloid-obsessed New York: ODonnells platform was daytime talk, following her breakout performance as baseball brawler Doris Murphy in A League of Their Own. Trump was playing PR flack John Baron to promote himself on Page Six and tabloid TV shows like Inside Edition.They finally came to blows in 2006, when ODonnell traded her Queen of Nice persona for liberal attack dog in her first outing as a host on The View. Trump was a ratings hit by then on The Apprentice, and gaudy, easy prey for ODonnell, who mocked his hair, called him bankrupt, and compared him to snake oil salesmen.Left the first wife, had an affair; left the second wife, had an affair. Had kids both times, but hes the moral compass for 20-year-olds in America,she said, referring to his reportedly smarmy behavior with contestants in the Miss Universe Pageant, which he then owned. Donald, sit and spin, my friend, she advised him.The very same day on Entertainment Tonight, Trump responded, Rosie ODonnell is disgusting, I mean both inside and out. Take a look at her, shes a slob. She talks like a truck driver.Its been downhill ever since depending on how you look at it.Its been all upside for Trump, who thrives on conflict and milked their rivalry as his political career went into overdrive.ODonnell stayed relevant amid the ugly back-and-forth as her own career slowed.But ODonnell has a heart and a soul buried under her tough exterior. So, fearing the worst when he was elected to a second term, she fled to the home of her paternal grandparents, seeking safety, distance, and relief from the orange specter haunting her.Shes checked two of those boxes on the Emerald Isle.ODonnell loves being able to head down to the local pub unaccosted, unlike life in the States as an approachable celebrity.People may say hello or I hate him, too! as one neighbor recently blurted but theyre respectful and easy going.Now, ODonnell says, she is, too.She recounted a long conversation with a young couple canoodling their baby on a recent visit to the pub. Hours in, the pair finally admitted they knew who she was. Youre big fans, and you didnt tell me for two hours? she laughed, recollecting the moment. Yet even an ocean away, the brash developer from the 90s is still living in her head, rent-free.Hes in the news, on her phone, and in her mind, just like he was in his first term when she sketched more than 200 portraits of him on her iPad with titles like The Moron and Loser and Liar.In July,Trump gleefully posted an unflattering pic of ODonnell with a threat to take away the ex-pats citizenship.She is incapable of being a great American, he declared.You are everything that is wrong with America, she wrote in reply, and Im everything you hate about whats still right with it.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.