Rosie O’Donnell has shared a deeply personal poem about her daughter Chelsea’s time in prison, offering a rare look at the worry, love, and uncertainty her family has been living with behind the scenes.
The comedian posted the poem on June 12, writing candidly about losing contact with Chelsea for more than a week after she was moved from jail to prison. For O’Donnell, the silence felt alarming because she had grown used to hearing from her daughter regularly.
“Been over a week I haven’t heard from her not normal she was moved to prison from jail,” O’Donnell wrote at the start of the poem.
Chelsea, 28, has been behind bars since October after her probation was revoked. She had multiple arrests in 2024 connected to child neglect and drug possession charges.