Rosie
O’Donnell continues to be one of Donald Trump’s biggest critics, but
things just took a more personal turn. (Photo: Getty Images)
It’s no secret that Rosie O’Donnell hates Donald Trump, but she insists that she wasn’t trolling the president-elect when she shared a YouTube video
speculating that his 10-year-old son has autism. She has since gone
public with her own daughter’s recent diagnosis with the developmental
disorder and said that she reposted the clip because she found
it “educational and informational.”
The
outspoken comedian’s latest Trump drama started Tuesday when she
tweeted a viral video, which has more than 3 million views, speculating
that Barron Trump has autism, based on some of his mannerisms. The
piece, which has a positive, antibullying tone, is informative,
as it talks about various symptoms of the disorder, but it is
completely speculative, based on brief snippets of footage of
the elementary-school kid with his famous father. The future president
has never said that his youngest has autism. In fact, Melania Trump has threatened to file a lawsuit against the person who originally posted the video. (For what it’s worth, the video’s creator, James Hunter, told Gossip Cop that he “never meant to hurt” the Trumps and “just wanted to bring light to the autism epidemic.”)
Barron Trump Autistic? if so – what an amazing opportunity to bring attention to the AUTISM epidemic https://t.co/Acgy1Qxyqi via @YouTube— Rosie (@Rosie) November 22, 2016
Along
with the video, O’Donnell wrote, “Barron Trump Autistic? if so — what
amazing opportunity to bring attention to the AUTISM epidemic,” and it
immediately drew criticism. That backlash caused her to respond, “Not my
movie clip — lots of us — who raise autistic children notice many
things many would miss … somethings felt familiar #NOshameAUTISM.” (In
yet another post, O’Donnell again tried to show that she has no
malicious intent toward Barron, describing him as “truly angelic — beautiful like ivanka,” whom she had that awkward run-in with in NYC recently.)
The
president-elect hugs his youngest son, Barron, at the Republican
National Convention in July. (Photo: Ida Mae Astute/ABC via Getty
Images)
Perhaps
feeling that the 140-character limit wasn’t allowing her to get her
points across, O’Donnell took to her website on Sunday to share one of
her poems elaborating on the Barron drama — and clarifying what she
meant by “lots of us who raise autistic children.”
“Here
is how it went down / my 3.5 yr old daughter dakota / was diagnosed in
september / with HFA — high functioning autism,” the 54-year-old former View co-host wrote.
“i have been immersed in that world/reality since / learning — reading —
asking questions / it’s all autism — all the time / for the newly
diagnosed / as we try to grab onto / anything to keep us standing the
knowledge we r not alone / there r others living this too.”
Rosie O’Donnell’s youngest daughter, Dakota, was diagnosed with high-functioning autism in September. (Photo: Instagram)
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