Chance meetings can be awkward. Especially when they are with a rival. Especially when the rivalry is VERY public. But did you EVER expect it to go like THIS?
The bitter contempt that Rosie O’Donnel and Donald Trump have for one another is hardly a secret. They have had one of the more famous twitter wars since Twitter became ‘a thing’. So much so, that Hillary made sure it even came up in the last debate.
She calls him an (expletive) stain. He calls her a slob, a loser. It was a very public spat.
Imagine the surprise when Rosie and Ivanka happen to sit down at the same restaurant. Will sparks fly? Or will it go a COMPLETELY different direction?
Rosie tweeted about it.
Rosie O’Donnell, a longtime foe of Donald Trump, is expressing thanks to Ivanka Trump after they met at a restaurant in New York this week.
…The comedian later tweeted that she talked with the Republican nominee’s daughter at 9 p.m. Wednesday night at the New York City eatery, Nobu Fifty Seven.
Then she got a little more personal. She wrote a poem about the encounter on her blog.
It probably isn’t what you’re expecting:
i saw 4 cops – security i thought
well dressed
jovial – handsome – “yo rosie”
“wasssup men” my common replywe walk toward one of the quiet booths
behind the stairway
i am tired
this is the first time i have been outout of bed really – to be honest
since the debate
i have been sleeping a lot
depression clings to meit’s hard to walk
to shower
to try
to carei see a couple
sitting close together
in a small corner booth
directly across from mei watch them
stunned by her face
and his calming charm
they were definitely a THEYobvious for all to see
oblivious to all seeing them
love works like this
i thoughttwo
so connected
alone together
in a crowded corner“that is the most beautiful woman i have ever seen”
i say aloud to dana
she turns to look – turns back at me
“that’s ivanka”can’t be i said
no it can’t be
it is –
she reassures mewhat r the chances i say to myself
as dana walked to the hostess station to ask
i stared at the young couple
as they ate – unawarei was captivated by her beauty
it blinded me so
i didn’t realize it was even her
til dana walked back to the table –nodding slowly
yes
she said
it wasdear god
i prayed
guide me
out of herewe stood to move to another table
but i knew i could not stay
my heart i worried
would break againit did 4 years ago
i won’t survive another one
change ur life
is the prescriptioni walked the 5 steps toward her table
introduced myself
she smiled genuinely
her husband was warm and graciousi told her of my children
some truths about myself
my pain and shame
she was absurdly kind“i just wanted u to know”
i said in a shaky quiet voice
i then made my way down the large wooden stairway
into my waiting carthe entire encounter
start to finish
was 4 minutes
maxi wrote a book once
about bashert
the concept of
meant to beit has comforted me
on my darkest days
when my inner voices scream
u deserved itas her father has
same as my own
— Hollywood Reporter
Rosie took issue with Fox News calling the encounter a ‘run-in’. Because it wasn’t hostile.
It’s harder to demonize people when we see them as actual PEOPLE.
