Rosie O'Donnell: 'It was very strange to feel so at home in a new country. But I do'

Ahead of her show at the Cork Opera House, Rosie O’Donnell talks to Colin Sheridan about Trump, making Ireland home — and how she’s coping with the very Irish weather

Rosie O'Donnell: “Everyone warned me about the weather, but you know what? I quite like it.”

If Irishness was measured by people’s ability to talk about the weather, Rosie O’Donnell may well deserve some sheep-grazing rights. Actress, activist, advocate, comedian — it’s hard to know where to begin with someone whose life has been so public for so long. So I take the soft approach. I choose rain.

I tell her I’m in the West, where the wet arrives like a nosy neighbour. Rosie is in Dublin. She laughs when I tell her that maybe, for once, things are a little drier out West than they are up East. “It’s funny,” she says. “Everyone warned me about the weather, but you know what? I quite like it.”