Rosie O'Donnell Reflects on Regrets Over Trachtenberg After Her Death
In a Variety interview, Rosie O'Donnell says she wishes she had done more for her Harriet the Spy co-star Michelle Trachtenberg, who died in 2025 at 39 from complications of diabetes after a liver transplant; O'Donnell recalls Trachtenberg as brilliant but “inaccessible toward the end,” drawing a parallel to high-pressure Hollywood dynamics, and she also discusses her family’s struggles as she prepares for a stage comeback.