Rosie O’Donnell’s daughter, Chelsea, is speaking out two months after she was reported missing by her famous mom.
“She told me to leave and take my dog," she explained. "Rosie knew I was planning to leave, that's why I think she kicked me out. She asked me to talk about what was going on and I didn't want to. So she asked for my phone and my computer. This was hours before she told me to leave. I gave them to her. A few hours later, she told me to leave.”
On Aug. 11, O’Donnell reported her adopted daughter missing and on Aug. 18, she tweeted to her fans that she had been found safe. Chelsea was discovered at 25-year-old Steven Sheerer’s home, who she reportedly met on Tinder.
O’Donnell claimed at the time that her daughter suffered from a mental illness, but Chelsea now says reading that was “hurtful.”
"People think I'm this crazy person and as I've said, I have depression and bad anxiety – but it's been something that's gotten a lot better,” she said. “But these were personal things and I didn't want anyone to know them about me. … I wouldn't say I'm mentally ill – I would say lots of people struggle with what I have."
O’Donnell told People Chelsea’s interview is “heartbreaking on every level.”
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