Rosie O’Donnell has once again made headlines, but this time for a humiliating retraction. The Hollywood actress admitted on TikTok that she spread false claims about the Catholic school shooter who recently opened fire during a mass, killing two children and injuring 18 others.

In her original comments, O’Donnell declared that the shooter was a “white guy, Republican, MAGA person.” She even linked the violence to the NRA, calling it a “terrorist organization,” and launched into a rant against President Donald Trump and conservative institutions like the Heritage Foundation.

“When is enough enough America? Haven’t you had enough of Donald Trump? The Heritage Foundation? All their bullshit? He’s their puppet. … but guess what? It’s coming to an end,” she raged, adding that Trump “isn’t doing well.”

The problem was that none of it was true. Authorities later confirmed the shooter was transgender-identifying, had changed his name from Robert Westman to Robin Westman at age 17, and had no ties to MAGA or the Republican Party. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara reported the gunman “opened fire through church windows during a Mass” attended by schoolchildren from Annunciation Catholic School.

Facing backlash, O’Donnell released an apology video. “I know a lot of you were very upset about the video I made before I went away for a few days,” she began. “I did not do my due diligence before I made that emotional statement, and I said things about the shooter that were incorrect.”

She admitted she had “assumed” the attacker was “an NRA loving kind of gun people,” adding, “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.”

Her confession underscores the dangerous habit of the left rushing to politicize tragedies without facts. O’Donnell’s smear fit a tired narrative—blaming Republicans and gun owners for violence—even as the truth proved otherwise.

This is not the first time O’Donnell has lashed out. After Trump’s 2024 victory, she even “self-deported” to Ireland, vowing she couldn’t live under his leadership. Her extreme partisanship has long defined her public persona, but this episode reveals just how reckless and damaging false accusations can be.

For conservatives, the lesson is clear: Hollywood elites and Democrat influencers will spread lies if it suits their agenda, even in the aftermath of horrific tragedy. O’Donnell’s false claims smeared millions of law-abiding Americans, only to collapse under basic facts.

Her apology may be an attempt to salvage credibility, but the damage is done. Parents in Minneapolis are grieving. Children are dead. And yet O’Donnell tried to twist the narrative into a political attack on Trump and Republicans. That is beyond irresponsible—it is disgraceful.

The American people are tired of being slandered by elites who see every tragedy as an opportunity to score political points. Rosie O’Donnell’s forced apology should serve as a warning to her allies: conservatives will not sit quietly while their values are smeared with lies.

President Trump has always said the media and Hollywood elites are out to get him—and this latest episode proves him right once again. The truth always comes out, and when it does, the left’s house of cards comes tumbling down.