Comedian Rosie O’Donnell may be living an ocean away, but she is still making waves in the U.S.
O’Donnell, known for her liberal political stance, apologized Sunday for mistakenly claiming the shooter at the Minneapolis Catholic church school was a MAGA supporter, a Republican and a White supremacist, Fox News reported.
On Thursday, O’Donnell took to social media to post a video regarding the shooting that left two children dead and 18 injured.
She likened the Minneapolis shooting to the 1999 Columbine massacre. She said she had a hard time understanding why American students were shooting each other in schools.
She then talked directly about the Minneapolis shooting.
“What do you know? It was a white guy, Republican, MAGA person. What do you know? White supremacists,” she said.
That was Thursday. By Sunday, she admitted she was wrong.
“I knew a lot of you were very upset about the video I made before I went away for a few days,” she said. She added she did not have time to go through the comments until Sunday.
“You are right. I did not do my due diligence before I made that emotional statement, and I said things about the shooter that were incorrect,” she said in a video.
“I assumed, like most shooters, they followed a standard MO and had standard, you know, feelings of… you know, NRA-loving kind of gun people,” O’Donnell continued. “Anyway, the truth is I messed up, and when you mess up, you fess up. I’m sorry. This is my apology video and I hope it’s enough.”
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O’Donnell was still criticized even though she apologized.
“How about you learn to do your due diligence instead of spewing stereotypical psycho babble?” one person posted on X. “I am a black woman in America and I own a gun. I actually like work and I support all of the positive changes that Trump has implemented in this country! Period!”
“This is what happens when you talk before you know the facts,” another posted.
Another posted, “This quack has lots to apologize for!..just an unhinged lunatic trying to feel relevant once again.”
O’Donnell also replied to comments made on her post.
“I was wrong – and I apologize – what more do [you] want?” she wrote.
O’Donnell made her original remarks a day after the Wednesday shooting during a Mass at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis.
FBI Director Kash Patel called it a “barbaric” attack and was “motivated by a hate-filled ideology.”
