Rosie O’Donnell Is Having a Hard Time With the Eric Swalwell Sexual Allegations [WATCH]

Rosie O’Donnell responded publicly to sexual misconduct allegations against former Democratic congressman and California gubernatorial candidate Eric Swalwell, saying the situation left her “heartbroken” and comparing it to her reaction to former President Bill Clinton, as reported by Fox News.

O’Donnell shared her reaction in a video posted to TikTok on Tuesday, where she described her past support for Swalwell and said she had contributed to one of his campaigns.

She also said she had interacted with him directly.

“Now can we talk a little bit about Eric Swalwell?” O’Donnell said.

“I know that guy. In the ‘What kind of way?’ Like, spoke to him on the phone a couple times, donated money to him, I believe. Talked about him in some public appearances years ago about how I believed in him, and his cute little family and two kids, and standing up to all those people when he, you know, berates them for their moralist behavior.”

Swalwell announced Sunday that he was suspending his campaign for governor of California. On Monday, he said he would also resign from Congress following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.

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O’Donnell said the developments changed her view of the former lawmaker.

“And then all this comes out about him, and it’s heartbreaking to me,” she said.

“You know? And I wrote him. I wrote him a little message and I said, ‘You know, Bill Clinton broke my heart, and now you did too.’ You know the conclusion I’ve come to? Men suck.”

Clinton’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.

O’Donnell continued by describing how the allegations influenced her broader outlook.

“And boy, that Eric Swalwell. You know, teaches you not to believe in anyone,” she said.

“For me, that’s what it does for me. I don’t believe in anyone. People have images and they sell themselves as one thing, but they’re not that thing. They have complications like all humans do, right? They have addictions, they have impulses, they have frontal lobe disorder, they have narcissism, they have a spoiled privileged upbringing that warps their perspective.”

Eric Swalwell broke Rossie O’Donnell’s heart!

Sorry guys now she believes that all men suck! pic.twitter.com/65pe5sCcdN

— Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) April 16, 2026

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Swalwell is facing a series of accusations, including claims that he drugged and raped one woman and sexually assaulted a staff member.

The allegations have led to at least two local criminal investigations. Swalwell has denied all the allegations but has acknowledged making mistakes.

O’Donnell has been living in Ireland after leaving the United States following the 2024 election of President Donald Trump.

In an interview in February, she said she had recently returned to the U.S. for a brief visit.

“I was recently home for two weeks, and I did not really tell anyone,” she said during an appearance on “SiriusXM’s Cuomo Mornings.” “I just went to see my family. I wanted to see how hard it would be for me to get in and out of the country. I wanted to feel what it felt like. I wanted to hold my children again. And I hadn’t been home in over a year.”

She added that she was evaluating whether it would be safe for her and her daughter to return again.

“I wanted to make sure that it was safe” for her and her daughter to come back over the summer so that they could be with family during her break from school.

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