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Update (8/19): One week after the teen was last seen at the O’Donnell’s home in Rockland County, Chelsea O’Donnell has been found and is safely in police custody, according to Rosie O’Donnell’s tweet from yesterday evening.
Chelsea O’Donnell, daughter of comedian Rosie O’Donnell, has not been seen by her family since she left home with her therapy dog last Tuesday, August 11.
Nyack authorities began searching for Chelsea in the Rockland area Sunday, according to a message posted this morning on the official Rosie O’Donnell website. Chelsea “stopped taking her medicine and is in need of medical attention,” the post said. The post also reports that she was last seen wearing a black hoodie, dark ripped blue jeans, grey converse sneakers, and a black backpack. She has a large tattoo of a dream-catcher on her right side with the word “Breathe.”
Rosie O’Donnell has been in the news recently after making a swift Twitter response to Donald Trump’s nod at their shared rivalry during the first Republican debate. Moderator Megyn Kelly asked him about his choice of language when referring to women as “fat pigs,” “disgusting animals,” and “slobs,” to which Trump replied, “Only Rosie O’Donnell.” O’Donnell tweeted later that evening, “try explaining that 2 ur kids.”
“Chelsea, like millions of people, lives with mental illness,” O’Donnell’s representative said in a statement to Mashable. “It has been a difficult road for Chelsea and her family and they just want her back safe.”
If you have any information, you can contact the Nyack authorities at (845) 358-0206, or call 911.