(NewsNation) — Rosie O’Donnell made a bet with Bill O’Reilly on the outcome of Donald Trump’s trial.
“I’ll make that bet,” O’Donnell said Wednesday on NewsNation’s “CUOMO.” “Anything he (Trump) is charged with, I agree he will be guilty,” O’Donnell pushed back at O’Reilly’s initial statement.
“I will take a $10,000 bet with you, Rosie, to your favorite charity or mine, that Donald Trump will not be convicted of insurrection, because he’s not charged.”
The comedian and the pundit were debating the former president’s role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, and his impact on democracy. O’Donnell said she thinks Trump is “trying to become an authoritarian.”
Trump “is the worst thing that ever happened to this nation. And there are so many examples, it’s ridiculous to name them all,” O’Donnell said.
O’Reilly disagreed with O’Donnell, stating that he’s “not really fearful of our democracy.”
“My freedom was not impeded during the Trump administration. … All the working people I know were better off under Donald Trump,” O’Reilly said.
They agreed, however, that the country needs unity. O’Donnell said her “hope is that we get to continue as a democracy in this country.”
O’Donnell joined Cuomo earlier in his show to discuss her decadeslong feud with Trump.
The Trump-O’Donnell feud first made its way into the 2016 campaign spotlight during the first Republican presidential primary debate.
Fox News host and debate moderator Megyn Kelly addressed Trump: “You’ve called women you don’t like ‘fat pigs,’ ‘dogs,’ ‘slobs,’ and ‘disgusting animals.’ Does that sound to you like the temperament of a man we should elect as president?” Kelly questioned.
“Only Rosie O’Donnell,” Trump interjected. O’Donnell replied, via Twitter at the time, saying “Try explaining that to your kids.”
“He (Trump) is a cruel criminal and mentally unstable man. … I think he’s the worst thing to ever happen to the United States. His cruelty knows no bounds,” O’Donnell said, discussing the feud. “I expect nothing but the lowest bar from Trump. … He’s an evangelical preacher to people that believed that (Trump’s TV show) Celebrity Apprentice was true. Celebrity Apprentice was not true. …What’s happening now is democracy is on trial.”
