Rosie O’Donnell’s Troubled Daughter, Chelsea, Files To Change Her Last Name After Comedian Cut Her From $80M Will

Chelsea O’Donnell, daughter of View alumna Rosie O’Donnell, has petitioned to change her last name following a dispute over her mother’s $80 million will.
Chelsea recently went to jail on drug charges, which were eventually dropped after she agreed to probation.
Chelsea, 27, filed the paperwork in January asking to go by her birth mother’s maiden name, Neuens, according to the court documents. Rosie, 63, addressed her daughter’s decision in a 30-stanza Substack poem posted.
“She wishes to change her last name / to her birth mother’s maiden name / doesn’t make sense to me, I am not her,” she wrote in her free-verse poem, titled “My child Chelsea.” Rosie also discussed her daughter’s struggles in the public eye, noting that she is doing so well now, “Rain or shine / same name or not / that’s my girl / fierce and determined.”
Chelsea decided to file the paperwork after the...
Chelsea recently went to jail on drug charges, which were eventually dropped after she agreed to probation.
Chelsea, 27, filed the paperwork in January asking to go by her birth mother’s maiden name, Neuens, according to the court documents. Rosie, 63, addressed her daughter’s decision in a 30-stanza Substack poem posted.
“She wishes to change her last name / to her birth mother’s maiden name / doesn’t make sense to me, I am not her,” she wrote in her free-verse poem, titled “My child Chelsea.” Rosie also discussed her daughter’s struggles in the public eye, noting that she is doing so well now, “Rain or shine / same name or not / that’s my girl / fierce and determined.”
Chelsea decided to file the paperwork after the...
- 4/11/2025
- by Jacob Barker
- Uinterview
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