Did Marco Rubio confirm Rosie O'Donnell's passport was revoked after she forfeited her American citizenship? No, that's not true: The story originated on the "America's Last Line of Defense" Facebook page, which is self-described as satirical. The owner of the page is known for tricking conservatives into liking and sharing made-up content. There were no actual news stories about this.
The claim originated in a post (archived here) published by the America's Last Line Of Defense (ALLOD) page on Facebook on October 19, 2025, with the caption "Rosie doesn't belong here." It read:
Marco Rubio confirms: Rosie O'Donnell's passport has been revoked after she forfeited her American citizenship: 'She wanted to be an Irish citizen. Now she can stay there.'
This is what the post looked like on Facebook at the time of writing:
(Source: Facebook screenshot taken on Wed Oct 22 14:52:20 2025 UTC)
This screenshot of the image, which has been shared across social media platforms as real, included a "America's Last Line of Defense" logo near the center bottom that reads: "Nothing on this page is real."
(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot of Facebook)
A Google search (archived here) for the terms "rubio rosie o'donnell passport" found only articles disputing the claim, and nothing suggesting it was real.
The homepage of the America's Last Line of Defense Facebook account (archived here) mentions it is the "home of the Dunning-Kruger Times" and clearly states, "The flagship of the ALLOD network of trollery and propaganda for cash. Nothing on this page is real," as this screenshot shows:
(Source: Facebook screenshot taken by Lead Stories)
The page says it is run by "Busta Troll," which is the nickname of Christopher Blair.
Christopher Blair is a self-professed liberal from Maine who, for years, has run networks of websites set up to troll conservatives with made-up news items in order to get them to share his posts. A 2018 BBC profile called Blair "the Godfather of fake news," describing him as "one of the world's most prolific writers of disinformation."
The account is part of a network of satire websites and those pages display satire disclaimers and predominantly publish made-up stories with headlines specifically created to trigger Republicans, conservatives and evangelical Christians into angrily sharing or commenting on the story on Facebook without actually reading the full article, exposing them to mockery and ridicule by fans of the sites and pages.
Lead Stories previously debunked other satirical claims about Rosie O'Donnell published by the ALLOD network.
