Earlier than she was a queen of daytime discuss or a cohost of The View, Rosie O’Donnell was a humorist — as you may see in her 1984 Star Search efficiency. At currently, O’Donnell has been returning to her roots, performing stand-up in what could also be rehearsals for a rumored comedy particular.
On Instagram on Friday, Could 23, O’Donnell shared a photograph of herself on stage. “I can’t consider that is me now,” she wrote, including the hashtags #mounjaro (a brand-name weight reduction treatment), #weightloss, and “#bodydismorphia” [sic].
Within the feedback, supporters — together with well-known of us — praised O’Donnell for selecting up the mic once more.
“I LOVE THAT YOU’RE DOING STAND-UP,” Kathy Griffin wrote in a single remark, a sentiment echoed by Instagram person @lindalmay5345.
Comic Dana Goldberg wrote, “I used to be simply saying how rattling fortunate they’re over there to witness you doing stand-up once more!”
The “over there” is Eire, the place O’Donnell moved earlier this 12 months together with Clay, her 12-year-old baby. She later instructed Instagram followers she’d solely think about transferring again to america “when it’s secure for all residents to have equal rights.”
And whereas throughout the pond, O’Donnell has been busy with stand-up. She carried out at Dublin’s Craic Den Comedy Membership on Tuesday, Could 20, and on the close by Worldwide Bar the next day, based on her Instagram feed.
O’Donnell will return to the Worldwide Bar stage for a sequence of exhibits between Could 28 and July 23 as she performs what’s billed as a “work-in progress” routine in assist of the Irish autism charity As I Am.
And that “work in progress” might come earlier than a comedy particular that every one O’Donnell’s followers can see. This February, In Contact reported that O’Donnell was secretly finalizing a deal for a comedy particular primarily based on a brand new hour-long stand-up set that she’d written and examined. “Rosie nonetheless has a swagger and nonetheless has actual comedy chops, and fortunately, in her new materials, she doesn’t come throughout as bitter or defensive,” a supply instructed the tabloid. “She’s simply making an attempt to make folks chuckle, and he or she’s doing it by being herself.”