Rosie O'Donnell has revealed that she saved elderly woman from choking to death in a Dublin restaurant.
The US comedian was out last night with her cousin and her friends, for what they assumed would be an ordinary meal.
On The Pat Kenny Show, Ms O’Donnell explained that whenever she leaves the house, she becomes “very hypervigilant”.
“I always notice what’s going on,” she said.
“So, I see an older woman with, I thought, her two daughters and all of a sudden I notice she starts to choke.
“The daughters stand up, I’m watching and I’m like, ‘That woman’s choking, that woman’s choking.’
“Then I get very loud, ‘THAT WOMAN’S CHOKING.’
“I get up, I almost knock over the tables - we were in the bar area - and I run through, it wasn’t very crowded.”
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Ms O’Donnell continued that she had completed first aid courses and explained to her friend how to help the woman.
“I was standing in front, holding her, checking to see that her mouth and her throat were clear - which it was,” she recalled.
“She’s got tears in her eyes and she’s turning red - and I’m now starting to panic.
“My friend is not doing it exactly right, so I scream to the whole restaurant, ‘CALL 911’ - only to find out later there is no 911 here.”
At that point, Ms O’Donnell took her hand, put it over her friend’s and pushed down on the woman’s chest.
“And out came a big hunk of steak, I believe,” she said.
“Everybody started to cry and it was very, very emotional.”
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Afterwards, Ms O’Donnell was so upset she felt unable to eat and instead sat there shaking and weeping.
“I look over, lovingly, to Angela, this 90 year old woman and she’s finishing her meal,” she added.
“She’s eating the rest of the steak, I couldn’t believe it.
“At moments like that, you really feel that God is somehow in your life and helping you get to the places that you need to be.”
Ms O’Donnell moved to Ireland after Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
The two New Yorkers have feuded in public for decades and last week Mr Trump announced he was considering revoking her US citizenship - something which he has no power to do.
Ms O’Donnell has Irish born grandparents and has applied for Irish citizenship through Foreign Birth Registration.
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